DrLove
Diamond Member
I have read several speculations that Roberts would want no part of this Kangaroo Court, but nothing that originated from his august lips. I personally think he would be crazy to participate but it's not my call. Having ANY Democrat preside simply adds to the illegitimacy of the proceedings.
Whilst we all know that the "trial" will be a farce, I personally favor the minimalist defense: Bring a dictionary and a copy of the Constitution.
(A). There was no "insurrection." (And of course Trump said NOTHING that would incite an insurrection), and
(B). This ain't authorized under the Constitution.
I rest my case.
It doesn't really matter, because if Trump decides to run a few years out, he could just go go any competent Federal District Court and have the conviction tossed out.
A timeline of Seditious Incitement - This covers ALL of it leading up to the Rump Riot but I'll paste January 6th.
January 6, 2021: President Trump, members of his family and supporters speak at the rally on the National Mall in Washington D.C.
Donald Trump Jr. warms up the crowd, saying of Republican lawmakers, “If you’re gonna be the zero and not the hero, we’re coming for you.”
Rudy Giuliani is next. “If we’re right, a lot of them will go to jail. So let’s have trial by combat … I’ll be darned if they’re going to take our free and fair vote…We’re going to fight to the very end to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
Finally, President Trump makes a series of incendiary statements during his speech:
“I would love to have if those tens of thousands of people would be allowed the military, the Secret Service and we want to thank you and the police and law enforcement great you’re doing a great job, but I would love it if they could be allowed to come up with us.”
He directs them to the Capitol: “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.”
“You’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”
“Something is wrong here, something is really wrong, can’t have happened and we fight, we fight like hell, and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”
“So we are going to–we are going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we are going to the Capitol, and we are going to try and give–the Democrats are hopeless, they are never voting for anything, not even one vote but we are going to try–give our Republicans, the weak ones because the strong ones don’t need any of our help, we’re try–going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country. So let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.”
Incitement Timeline: Year of Trump’s Actions Leading to the Attack on the Capitol
A highly detailed chronology of the year leading up to the attack on the Capitol.
www.justsecurity.org