'It just went downhill': George Conway shares favorite moment from Trump's gag order fight
Donald Trump's attorney Tuesday evoked pity from one of the former president's most vocal critics as he faced off against New York City prosecutors in a contentious gag order fight.
Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway told CNN viewers Tuesday night that Todd Blanche's struggle to put a good spin Trump's social media outbursts to Judge Juan Merchan — who barked back "you're losing all credibility" — was hard to watch.
"I almost felt bad for Todd Blanche," Conway said. "But that's what happens when you represent a guy who's just that way out there."
Conway's tepid empathy was evoked during a gag order hearing that saw Merchan blast Blanche over his defense of Trump's public statements that the prosecutors contend violated his gag order.
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“There was absolutely no willful violation of the gag order,” Blanche argued before Merchan, who reportedly lost patience with the lawyer he accused of dodging questions.
Conway was present in the courtroom during the hearing and shared what he described as his "favorite moment."
"Blanche said 'my client is trying very, very hard to comply with the order," Conway said. "You could just see the judge looking at Blanche like, 'Oh, come on.'"
Prosecutors contended Trump has violated his gag order at least 10 times. Conway suspects Blanche's efforts were designed simply to please his client.
"Todd Blanche was making these arguments that just were not even close to being anything that was in the zone of convincing or credible," he said. "I mean, arguing essentially that retweets don't count...it just went downhill."