PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) -- The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump gets underway on Tuesday, opening with debate on the constitutionality of the U.S. Senate trying someone who is no longer president. Former KYW suburban bureau chief Jay Lloyd was on the air Tuesday morning with some insight into a key member of the team representing the former president: Bruce Castor.
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Castor was Montgomery County district attorney from 2000 through 2007, and Lloyd covered him for years.
Bruce Castor notched his belt with high-profile cases during his time as Montgomery County district attorney. Is it fair to say he likes the spotlight as much as it likes him?
Well, it's more than fair to say that Castor loves the spotlight. That's where he's always wanted to be. But even more than that. For him, winning a case is everything.
I think Frank Custer, the now retired communications director for Montgomery County, spelled it out most succinctly. He said: Bruce Castor is now preparing an argument he can't win for a case that he can't lose.
And that puts Bruce right in the environment he wants to be. He wants to be in that spotlight, and he wants a case that he can't lose. And this appears, at least for now, to be it.
What's in it for Castor?
A couple of things. You have to remember that Pennsylvania has been very much Trump Country until the 2020 election. And a lot of those Trump supporters are not going to go away.
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Castor is not going to defend what Trump did. But what he's going to do is argue the constitutionality of the issue, the procedure. He's going to appear that he's in Trump's corner, which goes very well with those voters. So if Castor has any further political ambitions -- he's always wanted to be governor -- he's positioning himself very well for that. He wins the case. Looks like he's in Trump's corner, and on he goes.
The former president is not expected to testify. Do you see Castor's hand in that move or purely Trump?
I'm sure Castor's hand is in the move to have Trump stay away from a witness stand. Bruce Castor would just a soon toss Donald Trump into a pit of venomous vipers before letting his hand go anywhere near a Bible.
He mastered the art of luring a suspect into perjuring himself. He knows how that works. Put Trump on the stand, and sure enough, he's going to perjure himself. And that's what his lawyers have been worried about all along during the first impeachment during other attempts to subpoena him. And now, of course, it's Castor's turn, and he's not gonna let that happen.
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