Michael van der Veen spent some time running through the strongest element of the defence's argument – the House of Representatives impeached Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection", not something like dereliction of duty.
"Despite all of the video played, at no point in their presentation did you hear the Trump managers play a single example of Mr Trump urging anyone to engage in violence of any kind. Mr van der Veen said the riot had nothing to do with Mr Trump's rhetoric about the election being stolen, or his insistence that then-vice president Mike Pence had the power to overturn the result."They hijacked the event for their own purposes."that fringe left groups were behind the riot.
Either way he was proven guilty by a majority vote. TrumpCrimeFamily
TimesRuth So the republicans believe that Trump was guilty however the only time the Senate could lawfully convict Trump was in January when they stopped it from happening?
I don't have to remember how many votes it takes ... I don't give a flying fcuk. Tell me the news, end of story
It’s confirmed. The GOP are a tribe. Party before country. I wonder how the families of the dead feel today.
Stick that up your arse
McConnell appears 5 mins after voting against convicting Trump -- to condemn Trump over his actions. McConnell knew all along Trump was guilty - as he voted not guilty. Just like several others know Trump was guilty. There was no surprise about this vote, this decision.
Anti-Climatic
As expected by many, many people. Dear Leader was never going to be convicted by his party [cult members]. They telegraphed their intention before the trail began, just like they did in the previous one.