Bruce Castor, one of former President Trump’s lawyers who is facing mounting criticism for his performance during opening arguments at the impeachment trial today, told reporters, “I thought we had a good day.”
Asked if he expects any adjustments to be made to the legal strategy after today, Castor said, “No, I set up the outline a week ago and it will not change.”
Castor did not engage when a reporter asked him to address the growing list of Republicans who have criticized his time on the floor today and instead reiterated, “I thought we had a good day, thank you.”
On what he made of GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy being the additional Republican to join Democrats in the vote today that established the impeachment trial as constitutional, Castor said, “I don’t make anything of it.”
But, giving a benchmark that would be a cause for concern, Castor said, “If it leaks, down to 34, then I'll start to worry.”
On why he spoke first today, which switched the original order of speakers, Castor said, “Well, weren't you listening? I said during the speech why we change things around.”
Trump's other lawyer David Schoen was supposed to present first, not Castor, according to two people familiar with the plan.
Castor said at the close of his remarks today that the reason the switch was made was the result of the House managers doing such a good job.
"I'll be quite frank with you. We changed what we were going to do on account that we thought that the House managers' presentation was well done,” Castor said earlier on Tuesday.
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