23 Feb MR. SCHOEN GOES TO WASHINGTON: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW HOW AN ORTHODOX JEWISH LAWYER FROM ALABAMA WAS PERSONALLY CALLED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO SERVE AS HIS LEAD DEFENSE COUNSEL

This past Thursday, attorney David Schoen, who led the defense of President Trump’s second impeachment hearing, was interviewed by Alan Skorski and Baila Sebrow, hosts of The Definitive Rap Podcast, whose topics and guests focus on conservative values and support for Israel.

During the interview, attorney Schoen told their listeners that the White House, familiar with his work, called him on a Sunday night after his dinner and expressed interest in retaining his services. He went on to say, that following the initial call, President Trump himself called him several times and “couldn’t have been more gracious,” according to Schoen. When told that Shabbos might cause a conflict because impeachment hearings tend to run for 6-7 days, the President told him that would be okay, and that he wanted him on his defense team for as long as he could serve.

Mr. Schoen talked about the manipulation and intentional distortion of the video clips presented by the Democrat House managers. He said the Democrats used a professional film crew to edit and distort the President’s words to make it look like he directly called for violence against Congress, which was the furthest thing from the truth. In response, not only did the Trump defense team show the unedited version which saw the President call on his supporters to march towards Congress peacefully, but then the defense played a lengthy montage of clips of various Democrats from Nancy Pelosi to Elizabeth Warren to Maxine Waters and others, directly calling on their supporters to attack Trump supporters. When Democrats showed the President using the word “fight,” as all politicians do to rally their base, the House managers tried to prove he meant it literally, and not as a figure of speech. “fighting for your rights,” is not a call to violence, as the Democrats suggested. In response, David Schoen and his colleagues prepared a video rebuttal with countless calls to “fight,” from many Democrats in and out of Congress, to prove that it is nothing more than a figure of speech, or, they too, could be guilty of incitement and potential insurrection.

During the defense, Mr. Schoen said that while the television cameras only showed the person speaking, the House and Senate members sitting out of camera view were glued to the videos and were shocked at what the Defense put up as a rebuttal to their accusations.

In the end, Schoen said that the impeachment “trial” was little more than political theater to appease their base and to humiliate the President and his supporters. The Democrats didn’t call any witnesses or conduct any investigations. It was pure theatrics to prolong the political toxicity that currently exists in Washington.

When asked about the now infamous video that went viral of him covering his head while drinking water, Mr. Schoen explained that he takes his religion and religious values very seriously, and that as a matter of practice, he doesn’t wear a yarmulka in court, fearing it could tilt a jury that might have some antisemitic jurors, against his clients. However, he would not eat or drink without making a bracha and covering his head.

You can listen to the full interview as well as their other weekly guests at, https://jewishpodcasts.fm/vinnews