In His Impeachment Defense, Trump Cites Mike Pence Admitting Trump Made an Unconstitutional Demand
Eleven pages into his 75-page impeachment defense, Trump makes this claim:
President Trump did not direct anyone to commit lawless actions,
In context, he’s speaking about his speech before the riot, claiming that his invocation that his mobsters “fight” didn’t mean he wanted them to fight illegally. His defense only addresses the meaning of that word, “fight,” in his speech, while treating impeachment over and over as akin to the passage of a law restricting First Amendment protected speech and not the political act that impeachment is.
But this brief, like in the 14-page answer brief he submitted last week, barely addresses one of the times he quite clearly did direct people to commit lawless action, first, when he called Brad Raffensperger and asked him to find him votes that didn’t exist.
The article also discusses in passing other “statements” of Mr. Trump as well as a telephone call to the secretary of state of Georgia.
[snip]
The allegation that Mr. Trump should be convicted for “incitement of insurrection” based upon the telephone call to the Georgia secretary of state rests on even shakier ground. The allegations of “threats of death and violence” come not from Mr. Trump at all; they come from other individuals from the internet, not identified (nor identifiable) in the House Trial Memorandum, who took it upon themselves to make inane internet threats, which were not urged or “incited” by Mr. Trump in any way shape or form.150 Examining the discussion with the Georgia secretary of state under the standard of “incitement,” leads to the same conclusion as the January 6, 2021 statements of Mr. Trump: there is nothing said by Mr. Trump that urges “use of force” or “law violation” directed to producing imminent lawless action.151
More strikingly, given the greater length of this brief, Trump again completely ignores a key part of the article of impeachment against him: his actions targeting Mike Pence, both his demand that Pence commit an unconstitutional act by throwing out the votes of key swing states, and his comments that specifically riled up the crowd against Pence, even after the rioters started looking for him at the Capitol to assassinate him.
Instead of addressing the actions he took that got Pence targeted for assassination, Trump mentions Pence only in the context of discussions about the 25th Amendment.
The very next day, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called on Vice-President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment concluding – without any investigation – that Mr. Trump incited the insurrection and continued to pose an imminent danger if he remained in office as President.12
[snip]
First, in an attempt to usurp Constitutional power that is not in any way hers, the Speaker demanded that Vice-President Michael Pence or the White House Cabinet invoke the 25th Amendment, threatening to launch an impeachment proceeding if they refused. Four days later, on January 11, 2021, an Article of Impeachment was introduced, which charged President Trump with “incitement of insurrection” against the United States government and “lawless action at the Capitol.” See H. Res. 24 (117th Congress (2021-2022). The Speaker made good on her extortionate threat.
[snip]
After the Article was introduced, Speaker Pelosi again gave Vice President Pence an ultimatum: either he invokes the 25th Amendment within twenty-four hours or the impeachment proceedings would proceed. Vice-President Pence responded in a letter to Speaker Pelosi the following day stating that he would not allow her to usurp constitutional authority that is not hers and extort him (and by extension the Nation) to invoke the 25th Amendment because he believed to do so would not “be in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with our Constitution.”29 Vice-President Pence also noted that Speaker Pelosi was being hypocritical, as she had previously stated that in utilizing the 25th Amendment, “we must be ‘[v]ery respectful of not making a judgment on the basis of a comment or behavior that we don’t like, but [rather must base such a decision] on a medical decision.”30
I suspect Trump’s lawyers will try to defer any questions about Trump’s attacks on Pence by suggesting that Pelosi’s decision to impeach because Pence didn’t invoke the 25th Amendment is just like Trump’s incitement of violence targeted at Pence. With their use of the words, “usurp” and “extort,” Trump’s lawyers grossly overstate the force of language Pence himself used to compare the two:
Last week, I did not yield to pressure to exert power beyond my constitutional authority to determine the outcome of the election, and I will not now yield to efforts in the House of Representatives to play political games at a time so serious to the life of our Nation.
But there are several problems with this: Congress was already intent on impeaching Trump for his actions before the request that Pence intervene. More importantly, even in Pence’s treatment comparing these two, he calls one — Trump’s demand — unconstitutional but the other — Pelosi’s request — a “political game.”
So in one place in his impeachment defense, Donald Trump’s lawyers claim, “President Trump did not direct anyone to commit lawless actions.” Elsewhere, however, they cite a letter in which Mike Pence says he did, that he made a demand, “beyond [his] constitutional authority.”
And with this apparent effort to deflect a key accusation against him, Trump entirely ignores the specific, targeted action he used to lead the mob to attempt to assassinate his Vice President.
Wonderful analysis. It is hard to believe Pence is not more publicly outraged.
General query to all: what flavor of popcorn best suits this impeachment? Sweet and Sour? Hot and Spicy? I can’t bear to look at Cheese flavored …
American BBQ flavor fits the occasion better, no?
Yes, Pence is either putting on a good game face or he really is that ignorant / compromised.
He’s compromised, almost certainly. The difference between Trump and Pence is that Pence was interested in being President in 2024… back at the end of 2020. Trump was just interested in being President indefinitely… which is not so good for Pence’s political ambitions. And right now I bet Pence is trying to lie low so that he isn’t censored by the Indiana state party and the GOP National Committees.
Pence could have a well grounded fear of violent Trumpists trying to harm or kill him or his family.
This could explain his very low public profile.
Whereas a patriot would be publicly offering to testify to Trump’s guilt at the trial.
More like he just doesn’t want to risk censure by the GOP national committees and the Indiana GOP. In that sense, Pence is trying to keep what power he thought he had within the GOP in tact. In reality, he’s a dead duck in the GOP and doesn’t even have the sense to come out swinging like folks like Romney and Liz Cheney.
Jalapeno will piss him off.
No lie, the label is “Indiana Black & White Popcorn” drizzled with dark chocolate and caramel syrups and a pinch of salt. It’s like crack!
Indiana allegedly leads the world in popcorn production.
This is the best analysis of what happened that I’ve found. I just wish more people had read it.
https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/trump-told-stop-the-steal-organizers
Seth Abramson doesn’t have a good reputation among legal eagles.
Lol, that is being overly kind. Abramson is a self promoting buffoon and nobody should pay any attention to him.
As part of their “I know you are, but what am I defense?”, Trump’s lawyers apparently plan to show video of the summer demonstrations. Will the Impeachment Managers have roughly the same protocols for objecting to Relevancy as in a traditional trial? Will Senator Leahy’s presiding (as opposed to Chief Justice Roberts’) make any difference regarding admissibility?
Here’s “documentation” of the nexus = Roger Stone, Enrique Tarrio et al. (recall Tarrio being at the White House on Dec 12 for “a tour”?)
From Twitter:
“Justin Hendrix
@justinhendrix
Footage
@rgoodlaw
& I obtained from Parler shows Roger Stone and Proud Boys leaders Enrique Tarrio and Ethan Nordean (a.k.a. Rufio Panman) together the night before the December 12th “Stop The Steal” rally in Washington DC. Read
@just_security
report here: https://justsecurity.org/74579/exclusive-new-video-of-roger-stone-with-proud-boys-leaders-who-may-have-planned-for-capitol-attack/ ” …
The previous reference to justsecurity.org probably familiar to Dr. EW — there is this acknowledgement:
“Acknowledgement: Thanks to Marcy Wheeler’s reporting..”
https://www.justsecurity.org/74579/exclusive-new-video-of-roger-stone-with-proud-boys-leaders-who-may-have-planned-for-capitol-attack/
I will celebrate my 75th birthday tomorrow with a new bottle of Irish whiskey, and Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial.
Enjoy the Irish Whiskey; the trial is a joke.
Not to take things off topic, but WaPo announced earlier – it’s official, Richard Shelby won’t run for reelection.
He will, however, be able to vote in Trump’s impeachment, and I expect him to acquit, despite the fact that politically he has nothing to lose.
Bobby, good for you on the whiskey, and all best on the birthday.
Thanks, LOL. What should the drinking game be?
A shot for every instance of a tu quoque.
Yes, the “what-about-antifa/BLM?” card. I’ll be face-down on the floor within the hour.
Start drinking it neat when the event starts. And keep drinking it neat one after another. Until you pass out. So you don’t have to watch all that much of the joke (as bmaz puts it).
I know a terrible sacrilege of good Irish Whiskey. One can only hope you don’t need that much to float off into “don’t give a damn” land.
Oh – Happy Birthday ;-)
Aye!
Thanks.
Bobby, joining Pete, and should have in first response, happy birthday!
Thank you, Sir. :)
Congratulations. Which bottle did you choose?
I have discovered later in life that I like whiskey.
I have been experimenting and found that Paddy’s Irish Whiskey is comparable to others that are at a higher price.
At 74, I congratulate you. Cost Plus World Market has these molds with which you can make large single spherical ice things that go very well with any sort of whiskey and take a long time to dilute it while adding some chill.
Just sayin’.
Happy Birthday Bobby!
I bought beer, sláinte!
Impeaching Trump again after a 2022 midterm resulting in enough Democrat Senators remains an option.
Assuming the Old Republic is still even recognizable at that point? Seriously, the Senate is already making many mistakes about this trial… and it hasn’t even begun yet.
To the extent that Trump’s lawyers are actually putting on a defense it seems to be twofold: 1) at the end of a President’s term he (Or she, one hopes, sooner rather than later.) can do as they please because they’ll be out of office before the trial; and 2) although sacking the Capitol was wrong, Trump did nothing to excite the vile scum who did it. With the outcome a foregone conclusion, it seems the best that can be hoped for is for Trump’s dull-witted base to take notice of the fact that the sacking of the Capitol–widely approved of or, at least, not terribly condemned in GOP circles–is, in effect, being criticized by their hero and a number of US Senators who leap to his defense.
I’ll hope for the best but plan for the predictable worst: the great majority of the base will take notice only of the fact that their hero is acquitted.
Sad but true.
Regarding your mention of his “if you do or get caught for the crime close enough to the end of your term to avoid impeachment by running out the clock or just leaving, you’re good” defense, Trump’s sister, the federal judge, resigned from her judgeship just after the tax dodge scheme came out in the Times and doing so allowed her to avoid the investigation within her employment situation. Just a little side-step of consequences once the heat got turned up in the kitchen. That whole family (save Mary Trump, his niece) are just the definition of deplorable!
There’s just no way the framers would have countenanced this ‘get off the hook’ strategy for holding government officials accountable!
Thank you Dr. Marcy.
Mike Pence as a witness might be able to answer questions regarding being targeted by Trump and his violent mob in an attempt to “Hang Mike Pence.”
Finally some action from Georgia on Trumps call to Raffrensperger.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/08/politics/georgia-secretary-of-state-trump-investigation/index.html
It seems the investigation was requested by the only Democrat on the Georgia State Election Board and Raffrensperger was compelled to do it. Additionally Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis may have something to say additionally further down the line.
This news caused me to go back and read that whole CRAZY transcript…again.
Thanks a LOT, madwand! ugggg…
TRUMP’s 1/6/21 CALL to INSURRECTION is exactly like that phone call.
Anything TRUMP does not like IS fraud!
It…just IS!
And,
So, it’s ALL GOOD!
Yep and Georgia Republicans go by very different rules, so the probability of the Georgia Election Commission composed of 4 Republicans and one Democrat referring the results of this investigation are certainly less than 50 50. Plus these same guys and Raffensperger along with the Georgia House are trying to make things exponentially harder to vote by mail which as we know disproportionately affects voters of color.
Are people cheering this political posturing bullshit? Seriously? Stop. Don’t get ginned up by politicians ginning up things for their own purposes because they suit your own beliefs. Let actual hard evidence drive things, not this.
And, no, the hard evidence is nowhere near complete yet.
bmaz, some kinda nice state ya got there in AZ.
According to Mother Jones: “A Republican member of the Arizona state legislature took more than $6,000 from the Trump campaign in December, as he was pushing fellow state lawmakers to overturn the November election results, the Arizona Republic reported Saturday.
The payment to state Rep. Mark Finchem was disclosed in the Trump campaign’s latest financial disclosure, which listed the money as being paid on Dec. 18, 2020 in exchange for “recount: legal consulting.”
Finchem claims the payment was a reimbursement for “crowd control and security costs” for a meeting held at a downtown Phoenix hotel Nov. 30 with the former president’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, the paper said. The payment was made to a company registered to the lawmaker’s house…The paper also reported that Finchem is, in fact, not a lawyer, but is enrolled at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law. Finchem was also at the US Capitol on January 6…Previously, Finchem has claimed to be part of the Oath Keepers, a right-wing extremist militia that was also present at the Capitol on January 6. In 2014 he sought to recruit new members to the group, according to a Facebook screenshot, and also claimed to be a member of the group in 2014 ahead of that year’s elections.”
Saw all that, and this just in from Arizona:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/02/08/arizona-senate-republicans-vote-contempt-maricopa-county-supervisors-election-audit/4435515001/
It seems Republicans are still wanting to contest the election, holding the Maricopa County Supervisors in contempt failed by one vote.
That would be the fastest reimbursement for security in the history of the Drumpf Campaign. He still has multi $100K bills for events in like a dozen cities.
Actually I was trying to inform posters of what is happening in Georgia as Trumps call to Raffensperger (caught on tape, so that is pretty hard) is considered possibly relevant to the upcoming trial to the senate. I have no idea if people are cheering this as “political posturing bullshit” I am not for the record.
OK Bmaz, I don’t think there are many around here who would disagree with you that “the hard evidence is nowhere near complete yet” however I saw Lawrence Tribe on CNN state that what the Dumpster did was treason and that he used the word “carefully”. He was speaking directly to Dumpster’s words and actions (or inactions) during the assault on the capitol. Do you disagree with him?
Yes, if Tribe said that he is a complete idiot. Remember, Dershowitz was once a HLS sage too. Don’t bite off on everything you hear, especially if their voice is only because they are old HLS.
Well then, I guess he stands corrected. LOL Seriously though Bman, though I agree with you about being careful and precise in using the term, I want to make sure I understand you. Isn’t treason whatever the SCOTUS says it is? And I am well aware of Dershowitz as sage from HLS but I’m talking about a real lawyer with more than 3 brain cells left.
Pretty sure it’s settled law. Maybe time to move on?
“Treason” is what the US Constitution says it is, which was specifically crafted to avoid the creep in definitions that occurred under English Common Law to the point where criticism of the monarch was considered treason there.
Sedition matches the situation and will send these twerps to prison for a long time, as long as Trumpist judges like McFadden don’t send them into exile in Mexico. I’d like to know the legal reasoning behind that ruling in comparison to the one where former Governor Siegelman was not allowed to leave jail to visit his very sick wife. If justice is about one size fitting all, I didn’t see it.
No.
Treason is what the *CONSTITUTION* says it is.
As modified by law.
bmaz will enlighten you….
Think vvv understands it all perfectly!
The lawyer who wrote the constitutional analysis — Brian Kalt, Michigan State University law professor, …”widely viewed as the leading expert in constitutional law dealing with the presidency, presidential pardons, impeachment, succession, and the 25th Amendment—immediately responded to the memo by saying it repeatedly distorted and misrepresented his work.”
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Trump’s lawyers relied heavily on Kalt’s reasoning — AND GOT A LOT OF IT WRONG — i.e. deliberately/mistakenly misquoted Kalt — I was thinking — maybe the attorneys did that on purpose, so the author, Kalt, would *have* to be called as a witness, to set the record straight from the “horse’s mouth” …
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See this article from Dan Abrams’ lawandcrime.com, titled: “Law Professor Cited 15 Times by Trump’s Legal Team Says Impeachment Memo Was Filled with ‘Flat-Out Misrepresentations’ of His Work
JERRY LAMBE FEB 8, 2021 2:36 PM” …
Further down in this story from lawandcrime.com there’s this:
… “In an email to Law&Crime, Kalt said the misrepresentation of his work tainted the credibility of Trump’s attorneys before the trial has even begun.
“In a typical legal case, one of the worst things a lawyer who values his or her credibility can do is to cite authorities that actually say the opposite of what the lawyer claims,” he said. “An impeachment trial is unlike a typical legal case in a lot of ways, but I hope that this is not one of them. I hope that the senators realize what it means when lawyers misuse sources in this way.”
Kalt is not the only legal scholar to issue a response like this.
Law&Crime reached out to Trump’s legal team by email regarding Kalt’s comments, but we have not yet heard back. “…
[image via Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images]
Tags: Brian Kalt, Bruce L. Castor, Donald Trump, Jr. David Schoen, Michael T. van der Veen “…
I’m guessing responding to Law&Crime’s outreach is not high on the priorities of Trump’s legal team seeing as how they need to focus like lasers on not being obvious clowns.
Trivial point: the defense starts by referencing numerous earlier resolutions to impeach Trump, “each containing charges more outlandish than the next”. This seems to imply the Dems had knowledge of the future. Either that or Trump’s lawyers are admitting that the present Article is not at all outlandish.
This just in from the GOP related to a few random cases in the news:
Charges of bank robbery should be dismissed on account of the fact that the robbers had already left the bank prior to the start of the trial.
Suit for battery should be dismissed because the defendant stopped beating the plaintiff just before the jury was sworn.
IRS to forgive all back taxes owed on business based on owner’s statement that “the business is not as profitable as it used to be.”
Impeachment charges to be dismissed based on novel defense of permission, “When you’re a star, they let you do it.”
/s
Still struggling to understand Pelosi’s thinking. What does she see in impeachment as an upside to Democrats? Is she convinced that, by forcing Republicans to go on record, their votes to acquit will be punished by voters? If it’s not, what is it?
Don’t know Nancy.
But the Senate trial has a dice being rolled. And while the odds of it coming up “guilty and barred” are very low they are greater than zero.
And Trump appears to have had a wet blanket thrown over his gob – with time devoted to lawyer conferences probably – this has given The Deluded some increased chance of regaining some common sense.
And if Trump is found to be involved in any planning for the insurgency then the Repubs will be carrying their two defenses of an blatantly treacherous insurgent on their backs for years. Same for any other crimes that Trump is found to have participated in.
I like your optimistic tone, but I don’t know what principle of modern politics suggests that the Republicans will be “carrying something on their backs for years”, whatever happens.
The Ukraine extortion couldn’t have been more blatant, the mishandling of covid was out in the open, and the Big Lie was pushed in our faces for months.
Unless we’re imagining Trump being personally involved in a plot to kidnap or kill members of Congress?
I am naturally optimistic, and also not the Nancy Whisperer.
I might add that (as Bmaz pointed out) the investigation (in the real world) is just getting started and the news (in the real world) is worse for Trump every day.
I can’t imagine this will happen, but I would ADORE it if one of the various jurisdictions that is investigating Trump filed for extradition the day before the Senate votes …
De-nominator
He fakes a steal,
He wakes a zeal,
He snakes a deal,
He stakes a heel.
He opaques a spiel,
He forsakes the real,
He makes ‘em squeal,
He breaks appeal.
Impeachment Trial, C-span:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?508293-1/impeachment-trial
I’m continuing comments about TRUMP’s involvement in the planning for 1/6 from this comment at this closed post:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/02/06/another-violent-foot-soldier-radicalized-by-donald-trump/#comment-881973
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1359597306111270920
3:17 PM · Feb 10, 2021 [VIDEO of Del. Plaskett re: coordination]
1] “Save America March” signage on stage
2] “Save America March on Congress” promotional material
3] MARCH ON CONGRESS press credential for a pro Trump videographer
Photos and screenshots here:
https://twitter.com/RobertMackey/status/1359620858382196741 4:50 PM · Feb 10, 2021
In response to Plaskett’s report, nycsouthpaw retweeted Greg Palast:
https://twitter.com/Greg_Palast/status/1359625959222239234
5:11 PM · Feb 10, 2021
Insider: White House was Warned March was Illegal
Trump’s Call to March Broke Organizer’s Promise to DC Police
https://gregpalast.com/insider-white-house-warned-march-was-illegal/
January 15, 2021
NOW I’m thinking about Hunter Walker‘s VIDEO of the march where the SIRENS were blaring throughout the whole thing. The POLICE could NOT get through. He thought they were DHS.
There’s information / VIDEO and a transcript from Walker here:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/02/06/another-violent-foot-soldier-radicalized-by-donald-trump/#comment-881566
This was happening [he says on the video] just after the Capitol had been placed on lockdown.
Another time I heard SIRENS was while Trump was speaking at 12:29 PM
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1346871991916257280
12:31 PM · Jan 6, 2021 [VIDEO] [He was attacking KEMP]
https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1359633541525602307
5:41 PM · Feb 10, 2021
2:13 PM PENCE was escorted off the Senate floor.
2:14 PM (est.) TUBERVILLE to TRUMP:
I said ‘Mr. President, they just took the vice president out, I’ve got to go.
2:24:22 PM TRUMP tweets: Pence didn’t have the courage […]
2:26:06 PM VIDEO shows PENCE/family being evacuated
Also, the “nuclear football”:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/politics/military-officials-were-unaware-pence-nuclear-football-riot/index.html
WHOOSH. Yet another thing for Congress to look into bigly…
I did not even know the VP had one!
Senator Chris Murphy [D-Ct.]
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1360085809534238721
11:38 PM · Feb 11, 2021
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1346970322315202562
2:34 PM Senator Ted Cruz sends a fundraising text:
TODAY:
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1360251322063327243
10:36 AM · Feb 12, 2021
Yes. They’re they’re their type of judge and jury and…well, let’s how we never go on to that last ‘and…’
Eye witness, photographer Igor Bobic:
2:16 PM Protesters have breached the Capitol. They’re outside the Senate chamber [PHOTO]
2:17 PM This is happening [outside the Senate Chamber] [PHOTO]
2:20 PM Police officers are holding them steps away from the Senate chamber, which is locked. Senators are inside. I see a few confederate flags. [PHOTO]
2:20 PM Capitol is on lockdown as protesters storm front entrance of the Capitol. They are banging on the door. They have broken the glass window. [VIDEO]
2:23 PM A dense group of protestors has shattered the windows of the Capitol. We can hear roaring chants of “USA” outside. [VIDEO]
2:24 PM Some sort of gas has been set off. I’m not sure by whom. Police seem to be trying to deescalate and talk to them. [outside the Senate Chamber] [PHOTO]
2:25 PM “If we don’t get justice, this will never stop,” one protester yells I count about 10 protesters by the Ohio Clock [No photo]
2:28 PM Looks like a lot more protesters walking through the Rotunda toward the House chamber [PHOTO]
2:31 PM That’s the confederate flag flying outside the Senate chamber [PHOTO]
2:45 PM Protesters are on the third floor of the Senate, walking door to door, shouting “Where the fuck are they?” [PHOTO]
They’re in the gallery [PHOTO]
2:47 PM They’re in the chamber. One is up on the dais yelling “Trump won that election!” This is insane [PHOTO]
Links here:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/01/31/the-role-of-trumps-incitement-in-providing-violent-foot-soldiers/#comment-880998
Herrera Beutler Again Confirms Conversation with McCarthy Regarding January 6 U.S. Capitol Attack
https://jhb.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=402083
Washington, February 12, 2021
KC = Kaitlan Collins
1:23 PM [KC] President Trump just returned to the White House. Many of his supporters are on their way.
1:29 PM [KC] Multiple buildings on the Hill are now being evacuated.
1:36 PM [KC] McConnell says the election was not that close.
2:06 PM [KC] The US Capitol is now on lockdown.
Hunter Walker reports DHS cars going to toward the Capitol with SIRENS can’t get through the crowd
2:10 PM -2:14 PM (est.) [text in brackets is paraphrased]
P = President C=Coach
2:13 PM PENCE was escorted off the Senate floor.
2:24:22 PM TRUMP tweets Pence didn’t have the courage […]
2:25 PM [KC]: I’ve asked the White House for a comment from President Trump on the chaos unfolding on Capitol Hill right now by a mob wearing MAGA sweatshirts and waving Trump flags. No response yet.
2:26:06 PM VIDEO shows PENCE/family being evacuated
And just BEFORE THAT sequence of events:
1:00 PM RNC bomb reported
1:02 PM PENCE tweets that he will certify vote
1:10 PM Trump’s speech ends
1:15 PM DNC bomb reported
I’m still not sure about those bomb reporting times.
I think these are approximate…still looking for that info.
NOW MIKE LEE IS TRYING TO ADJUST what he said about the TIMING OF THE CALL.
Marcy linking to Rosalind Helderman:
https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1360517929176096769 4:15 AM · Feb 13, 2021
Also Helderman says Senate was evacuated at 2:30 PM
CORRECTION!
THIS IS NOT TUBERVILLE…it’s MCCARTHY!
XX:XX PM (est.) TRUMP / McCARTHY call [text in brackets is paraphrased]
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/politics/trump-mccarthy-shouting-match-details/index.html
Rally 1/6/21
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1346823072612036608
9:16 AM · Jan 6, 2021 [VIDEO THREAD]
9:16 AM Mo BROOKS “Today is the day American Patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.”
9:49 AM [SPEAKER?] “We’re not gonna complain. We’re not gonna cry in the streets”
10:00 AM [just after] Roger STONE [with Oath Keeper security guards] seen outside the Willard Hotel. Rudy GIULIANI [possibly with John EASTMAN] also seen, leaving the hotel, and entering a black SUV.
10:15 AM Eric TRUMP
10:19 AM Kimberly GUILFOYLE “The best is yet to come!”
10:22 AM Donald TRUMP, JR.
10:23 AM
10:41 PM Madison CAWTHORN
10:42 AM Rudy GUILIANI arrives with John EASTMAN
10:45 AM A campaign ad is playing:
[woman’s voice]: Raphael Warnock attacks our military. Only Georgians can stop them.
10:48 AM Rudy GIULIANI:
10:50 AM GIULIANI:
10:55 AM John EASTMAN:
10:59 AM Movie at the Ellipse: A Study in Fascist Propaganda Scholars on the Nazis and anti-Semitism have seen this before
https://www.justsecurity.org/74504/movie-at-the-ellipse-a-study-in-fascist-propaganda/ Jason Stanley February 4, 2021
12:00 PM TRUMP begins his speech. He finishes at about 1:10 PM.
1] Here’s a TRANSCRIPT of Trump’s speech by the AP:
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-01-13/transcript-of-trumps-speech-at-rally-before-us-capitol-riot
2] Rupar’s thread continues with VIDEO clips of the speech [most of which have on screen timestamps], so the timing can be cross referenced between the two, approximately.
1:00 PM Split screen of
a] Trump putting massive pressure on Pence to try to overthrow the election while
b] Pence gets ready for the joint session
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1346879740750262280
1:02 PM · Jan 6, 2021
1:00 PM[approx]
1:02 PM PENCE tweets three images-a letter indicating he will follow protocols in counting the Electoral College votes.
1:10 PM [approx.]
Thank you for reminding me (us) of exactly what was happening and being said by the seditionists on Jan 6. The evidence of sedition is apparent. The question now is if the DP will take it seriously enough to calling first person witnesses to testify to grand juries… if not the Senate during the current impeachment trial.
See cliffs notes version of TRUMP’s speech here:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/02/08/in-his-impeachment-defense-trump-spends-five-times-as-long-not-addressing-the-mike-pence-allegations/#comment-882296
TRUMP’s 1/6/21 SPEECH – [Cliff’s notes]
12:00 PM Ranting about the media
12:02 PM Ranting about the radical-left Democrats and the media
12:06 PM Comparing USA to third world countries
12:11 PM Bashing weak Republicans [McConnell]
12:12 PM Ranting about the election
12:13 PM Bashing weak Republicans [Romney]
12:13 PM Bashing weak Republicans [Pence]
12:16 PM TRUMP:
12:22 PM Ranting about Hillary Clinton
12:29 PM Bashing weak Republicans [Kemp]
Ranting about Stacey Abrams and Michelle and Barack Obama
12:29 PM Bashing weak Republicans [Barr]
12:38 PM Ranting about Hunter Biden
12:40 PM Ranting about Twitter, etc and shadow banning and:
12:45 PM Bashing weak Republicans [“the Liz Cheney’s of the world”]
12:46 PM Bashing weak Republicans [Brad Raffensperger]
12:49 PM Bashing weak Republicans [Pence] [“I’m not hearing good stories.”]
12:53 PM Ranting about the election
1:00 PM The WHOLE election was fraudulent and
1:10 PM [Let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue and give the weak Republicans] “the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.”
The beginning pat of the Rally is here:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/02/08/in-his-impeachment-defense-trump-spends-five-times-as-long-not-addressing-the-mike-pence-allegations/#comment-882266
Add: [just before the one about BARR]
12:29 PM Bashing weak Republicans [Supreme Court, Kavanaugh]
TODAY at the Senate Impeachment trial:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump team glosses over his Jan. 6 tirade
https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-donald-trump-capitol-siege-violence-elections-507f4febbadecb84e1637e55999ac0ea
CALVIN WOODWARD 2/12/21
About this comment [one that really makes my blood boil]:
And we all know the hateful tirades are the point.
SB Sunday pre-game, casual fun time. Then they announce, ~ “And now the President and First Lady…” and I literally flinched. Body parts need to catch up to each other; reduced vigilance because we do have our new POTUS and FLOTUS (and had all of those post-1/8 days off from the twitter-MSM spiral!) but some items pop up which require reconditioning with time and exposure. T’was an instructive moment.