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yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 01:52 PM Feb 2021

"Insufficient evidence" (of election fraud) my ass. How about NO evidence?

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-impeachment-2650257424/

Former President Donald Trump's newly minted team of impeachment defense lawyers is admitting right off the bat that it does not have evidence to prove the president's claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

In a brief filed on Tuesday, the Trump lawyers argue that the former president didn't incite a violent mob against the United States Capitol building, but instead "exercised his First Amendment right under the Constitution to express his belief that the election results were suspect."

In the very next sentence, however, the brief declares that "insufficient evidence exists upon which a reasonable jurist could conclude that the 45th President's statements were accurate or not."


Yeah that doesn't do it, counselor. You are trying to have it both ways. A reasonable jurist has to conclude that Trump's statements were wrong. Really no other side to it, but nice try.

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"Insufficient evidence" (of election fraud) my ass. How about NO evidence? (Original Post) yellowcanine Feb 2021 OP
Lawyer speak. old guy Feb 2021 #1
Argued stupidly and written awfully. nt coti Feb 2021 #2
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