Does 'Instead, the task of defending Bradley fell to Erving, who shrugged that it's probably a debatable issue, but knowing Sen.' logically set the stage for the hypothesis 'Erving was a new attorney who didn't have a lot of courtroom experience.'
Instead, the task of defending Bradley fell to Erving, who shrugged that it's probably a debatable issue, but knowing Sen.###Erving was a new attorney who didn't have a lot of courtroom experience.