02-12-2021, 09:33 AM
Quote:Donald Trump’s lawyers face a challenge as they begin his defense at this week’s Senate impeachment trial. House prosecutors have made the case that Trump, in his Jan. 6 speech to a crowd in Washington, D.C., incited the insurrection that followed. Trump’s lawyers deny that the insurrection was what Trump intended. But in that case, they need to offer a plausible alternative. If Trump wasn’t directing the mob to attack or threaten Congress, what was he telling it to do?Trump impeachment: Lawyers’ bogus claim that he wasn’t calling for insurrection. (slate.com)
What was the purpose of the MAGA rally on Jan 6 ? Trump had lost the election in everyway conceivable. He had exhausted every peaceful avenue possible to change the results and more.