Herrera Beutler asked other witnesses to the conversation to step forward. "If you have something to add here, now would be the time," she said.
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McCarthy BEGGED...DEMANDED that Trump call off his riotous Mob and Trump refused
1. From additional reports, when Trump brought up bringing 10,000 National Guard Troops to the Capitol, it was Pelosi who refused that.
2. When Democrats called for witnesses, Graham added 300 more witnesses, including Democrats who would be questioned under oath.
The Senate voted to APPROVE witnesses,
but after Republicans added theirs, the House Managers backed off and negotiated with Trump lawyers to settle for "statements being read."
If they thought their witness testimony would win over Republican's call for witnesses, they would not have backed off.
Clearly, from the begjnning, relying on "hearsay reports" and edited media clips, this was all a propaganda show. And nothing was presentable that would meet requirements to convict someone based on the severity of "other people's actions."
Trying to prove INTENT is near impossible unless someone admits this or states it literally. It cannot be assumed by just the statements Trump made.
This case was set up to fail. And done more to make complaints and criticisms blaming Trump, similar to blaming Covid deaths on him and deflecting blame away from Cuomo and the CDC for misguided reports and decisions that caused equal if not more harm.
In this case, the politicizing and blame projected onto Trump and Republicans further threatens and discourages anyone who questions election results by criminalizing all opponents as co conspirators.
What a disaster. Equally caused by refusing to resolve disputes over rule changes and mailin ballots before the election. Had those issues been resolved by agreeing on notarized ballots and supervised poll watchers, none of this would have happened.
