Establishing the guilt of their leader is necessary in itself, but it's also a first step to establishing theirs.
Btw, here's Fiona Hill's explanation of the Trump-Repub self-coup attempt and why it failed.
Yes, It Was a Coup Attempt. Here’s Why.
What Trump tried is called a “self-coup,” and he did it in slow motion and in plain sight.
... Trump’s goal was to keep himself in power, and his actions were taken over a period of months and in slow motion. ... The truth is that for the past four years, Trump has been stress testing the U.S. democratic system to see if anyone will rein him in. ...
There’s a standard coup “checklist” analysts use to evaluate coups, and we can use it to assess Trump’s moves to prevent the peaceful transfer of executive power. To successfully usurp or hold power, you need to control the military and paramilitary units, communications, the judiciary, government institutions, and the legislature; and mobilize popular support. ...
So, what thwarted Trump’s slow motion, in-plain-sight attempt at a self-coup? Fortunately, there was pushback from all the key institutions you need for a coup.
First, the military and other parts of the government resisted Trump’s efforts to personalize their power.
Second, major media outlets reported the facts truthfully. Social media outlets flagged the president’s lies about the election—albeit belatedly—and Twitter and Facebook ultimately cut off his accounts.
Third, the judiciary and courts held firm. “Trump judges,” all the way up to the Supreme Court, respected their oath of office and rejected the president’s appeals to overturn legitimate election results.
Fourth, state and local government officials refused to be swayed. They repeatedly called out the lie that Trump had won the election.
Finally, in the legislature, the vice president performed his constitutional role, as did the Republican Senate majority leader and most of the Senate.
The only two elements that rallied behind the president’s coup attempt were the handful of senators and the majority of House Republicans and his popular support, in the form of an insurgency—the mob that stormed the Capitol.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/11/capitol-riot-self-coup-trump-fiona-hill-457549Their congressional element to this treason is a really, really, really big deal.
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