Trump Impeachment Lawyers’ First Public Filing Opens With Embarrassing Misspelling of ‘Unites States’

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Donald Trump’s legal team couldn’t make it one sentence in before making a prominent typo in their argument against his impeachment.

Trump’s legal representatives, David Schoen and Bruce Castor Jr. submitted a pretrial brief to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in defense of the former president. The document carries the arguments they are expected to make about why Trump cannot be impeached for inciting the insurrectionist mob of his supporters who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol in order to overturn the 2020 election.

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The 45th President’s Answer to Article of Impeachment: pic.twitter.com/SWm1h0PQk3

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) February 2, 2021

Much of the brief delves into Schoen and Castors’ push to dismiss the impeachment trial on procedural grounds. Unfortunately, people were distracted from that because of a glaring spelling mistake right at the top.

Did you catch it? If not, these guys will give you a clue where it is.

The first page of this makes reference to the “Unites States,” but anyhow, here’s Trump’s impeachment response: https://t.co/cHljjk4qLw

— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) February 2, 2021

The Axios story this morning quoted Trump as saying Sidney Powell’s spelling mistakes in her filings were “very embarrassing.”

So probably not thrilled with the new legal team! https://t.co/1c7WO60QE4 https://t.co/lW2SItVm1g

— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) February 2, 2021

this is why copy editors are important pic.twitter.com/CebBqa8Htc

— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) February 2, 2021

nailed it pic.twitter.com/vBhd6wAln4

— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 2, 2021

Trump’s response to the articles of impeachment starting with “Unites States Senate” is everything you’d expect and somehow more. https://t.co/tcCvwHumgJ pic.twitter.com/1nLavqk4jb

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) February 2, 2021

Beyond the procedural elements of the incoming case, the brief also seems like it will defend Trump for spreading unsubstantiated claims that the election results were corrupted by mass voter fraud. Trump pushed these claims for months before the Capitol riot, he continued to do so while the riot was happening, and there has been a plethora of evidence of incitement from Trump and his allies.