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Originally Posted by Rockstar
Now I don't hold him responsible for the unlawful actions of others, I just don't. But my opinion of him changed when without any evidence he brought discredit to the election process and transfer of power. Of all the things that has happened that ticked me off. So you might be right. But I tellya looking around and listening to others where I live doesn't seem much has changed its still all about team D and team R.
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I know I'm repeating myself, but I need to repeat:
If intention can be proven - which is admittedly hard to do, even though it should be cristally obvious - we would talk about sedition, never,
@el_Whacko about treason, because that would need an overt act of levying war: "[...]on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court."
At this point, the accusation is "incitement of insurrection." Intent is a bonus for a criminal trial (which should be held separately). And fact is:
Had Trump not lied for weeks about a stolen landslide victory, had he not held a rally in Washington / had he held it at a different date, had he not used martial language in front of a crowd partly in combat gear, would he not, after protesters breached the capitol, accused pence of cowardice etc. - it would not have happened. And it would have been his *sworn* in *duty* as president and commander in chief to protect and prevent this events from happening.
The question is - at this point - moot however, as the first vote, wether the impeachment was constitutional or not, has shown that most republican senators vote politically/ in their best interest and not according to law.