@Stevo_the_gamer: The odds look worse if you've read any correspondence from Trump's lawyers about his case, or any descriptions of his lawyers' conduct during the trial, or Trump's own statements about the case.
We don't know on what grounds they'll appeal the case, but team Trump's closing statements were mess of completely ignoring instructions from the judge, introducing new untested arguments, and making personal attacks and irrelevant campaign speeches. None of this helped Trump's case, and if anything, they harmed Trump because the judge specifically warned them beforehand to not do any of those things.
Given how weak and chaotic their arguments were at trial, I wouldn't put money on Trump's lawyers coming up with some brilliant arguments on appeal. Even if they somehow did, I have no confidence they'd be able to rein in their client enough to not sabotage their own appeal.
Keep in mind that one of Trump's main lawyers (who was sanctioned by the courts for making repeated, frivilous arguments) is someone who writes formal emails to the courts entirely in lower-case. It's a small thing, but the legal profession loves style and formality, so his shoddy emails are an immediate red flag and a blunder that you wouldn't expect to see in a high-stakes fraud trial.
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