Senat Impeachment trial

[Lafayette]

Excerpt from The Guardian: Impeachment trial: mob 'believed they were acting on Trump's orders'

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The insurrectionists who attacked the US Capitol on 6 January believed they were acting on instructions from Donald Trump, House Democrats said on Thursday as they launched the final stretch of their arguments to convict Trump during his impeachment trial.

Diana DeGette, a Democratic congresswoman from Colorado, played several video clips and pointed to legal documents in which the attackers said they were following Trump’s wishes. In one clip, protesters screamed at police that they had been invited to the Capitol by Trump

“They didn’t shy away from their crimes, because they thought they were following orders from the commander-in-chief. And so they would not be punished,” she said. “They came because he told them to.”

Congressman Jamie Raskin, the lead impeachment manager, walked senators through several instances in which Trump had encouraged and sanctioned violence by his supporters.

Excerpt from the NYT:
Incitement to Riot? What Trump Told Supporters Before Mob Stormed Capitol

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Here are some notable excerpts from Mr. Trump’s remarks, with analysis.

Trump urged his supporters to ‘fight much harder’ against ‘bad people’ and ‘show strength’ at the Capitol.
“Republicans are constantly fighting like a boxer with his hands tied behind his back. It’s like a boxer. And we want to be so nice. We want to be so respectful of everybody, including bad people. And we’re going to have to fight much harder. …

“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them, because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”

The president’s speech was riddled with violent imagery and calls to fight harder than before. By contrast, he made only a passing suggestion that the protest should be nonviolent, saying, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”

Given the above that is being mentioned in the present trial of Trump in the Senate, one might think that the vote will have him found guilty.

But politics-is-politics even in America. So, Trump will likely not be impeached. Which means what?

That justice in America as regards politics is and can be purely political machinations ...

 

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Excerpt from The Guardian: Impeachment trial: mob 'believed they were acting on Trump's orders'

Quote:


Excerpt from the NYT:
Incitement to Riot? What Trump Told Supporters Before Mob Stormed Capitol

Quote:


Given the above that is being mentioned in the present trial of Trump in the Senate, one might think that the vote will have him found guilty.

But politics-is-politics even in America. So, Trump will likely not be impeached. Which means what?

That justice in America as regards politics is and can be purely political machinations ...

WELL, HE WAS IMPEACHED. HE WAS THEN NOT CONVICTED IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL----NOT A CRIMINAL TRIAL IN THE REGULAR COURTS.

 

[Lafayette]

WELL, HE WAS IMPEACHED. HE WAS THEN NOT CONVICTED IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL----NOT A CRIMINAL TRIAL IN THE REGULAR COURTS.

And so?

They will get him on Tax Evasion ...

 

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I'm particularly interested in what the Deutsche Bank investigation turns up, myself...