from the House Impeachment memo -- terrifying evidence

[Grasswire2]

Link to tweet

?s=20

[tinrobot]

1. Huh. "Order the National Guard to stand down, if needed..."

And that is exactly what happened, for a few hours at least.

Damning.

[SunSeeker]

21. Yup. nt

[Maraya1969]

33. Exactly. I hope they bring this up at trial.

3 hours for one member of the National Guard to show up after the mayor of DC asked for them. THREE HOURS.

[triron]

2. Would like some independent corroboration of this asap.

If that happens all hell could break loose.

[Grasswire2]

3. I edited my comment to you.

We do need the actual language of the memo itself. Yes.

[pnwmom]

20. You're looking for the memo?

Here:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/democrats-impeachment-trial-brief/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3TJ05GKzf-YQnPcOe48WI5yEoXUR3SNiYq-e_4qO_YROAjVLSNGXIBRq4

[UpInArms]

6. Watch this video

Link to tweet

At 2:33 on the video, someone announced the defense department would not be sending

Reinforcements... the crowd cheers ... how did they know that?

[C Moon]

12. One of the rioters was heard saying something like, "This is just like we rehearsed"

[BobTheSubgenius]

22. "Bring the line forward!" What??? That alone seems conclusive of this being rehearsed.

If you were randomly part of the crowd there, or part of a small group from Elk Groin WY, how would you possibly know exactly what "Bring the line forward" means?

Obviously that it's in English with correct syntax means we all know the literal definition, but what specifically is the order being given in this context? "Am I part of this line?" "Should I be joining the line, and if so, where are they?" "Forward to where?"

Unless they've been drilled specifically for this, even trained soldiers would not necessarily know exactly what to do.

[Maraya1969]

35. The mayor called for more troops and .... "The Defense department told her "no thank you"?

How did whoever that was know that?

[UpInArms]

37. That is EXACTLY my question

Where were they getting their information?

[Maraya1969]

38. Hopefully they can identify who said it and then go from there. I think we are going to find out a

during the Senate trial. I am looking forward to it

[LastDemocratInSC]

11. The item has a footnote, number 55.

The document will have the footnote text.

[LastDemocratInSC]

15. Here's the footnote.

55 Andrew Feinberg, White House Insiders Say Trump Knew What Was About To Happen At The Capitol—
Because of His Social Media Guru Dan Scavino, Independent (Jan. 12, 2021).

[pnwmom]

19. Here's the 80 page memo written by the Democrats. Is this what you mean?

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/democrats-impeachment-trial-brief/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3TJ05GKzf-YQnPcOe48WI5yEoXUR3SNiYq-e_4qO_YROAjVLSNGXIBRq4

[triron]

25. Guess that would be it. I am being educated here.

[riversedge]

4. can't help but think that Repugs will not find this meaningful.

[Baked Potato]

5. I hope this opens up big and wide.

[BComplex]

31. It's going to have to be made really clear on ALL media platforms if the republicans let trump slide

They have to vote to convict him. They should each and all be publicly shamed if they don't.

[Baked Potato]

32. Agreed. It's the worst thing a sitting President can be part of

short of outright treason.

[Maraya1969]

36. Wasn't this treason? He attacked his own damn country!

[stopdiggin]

7. still doesn't say anything about "directing"

And I think a lot of us were long ago convinced there was "awareness" -- hopefully not only within the WH, but also by our security agencies. What a smoking gun looks like to us, are operational plans to storm the Capital (and kill or capture?) -- with cooperation and collusion traced to official sources.

[BobTheSubgenius]

24. "Awareness" is pretty much conclusive as to guilt or innocence, wouldn't you say?

Even if the evidence of what is happening, or about to happen, randomly lands in their laps, they should be doing SOMETHING to forestall the catastrophe. Even failing to do something effective in saving life and property would mitigate any guilt, as long as a good-faith effort was made.

My 2 cents.

[stopdiggin]

29. more or less agree

but my point is -- that standard has already been fully met?
Upping the ante -- to a place where the general public would agree that this man is certainly guilty of, and should be convicted of, actively promoting sedition and illegal actions (i.e. a riot at the Capital) -- probably means going to the next level proof? After all, Trump has been criminally reckless and dangerous with his speech -- since well before he took office.

[msfiddlestix]

8. Holy Moly. I didn't quite understand Dan Scavino's level of "intimacy" with a staff of 22

foot soldiers. Every. Single. One. of these people need to be indicted.

[malaise]

9. I have absolutely no doubt of Trump's guilt

none whatsoever. No one who was paying attention has any doubt.
He should die in prison.

That ReTHUGs are attempting to play down the seriousness of this criminality is unbelievable.

[spanone]

10. ⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧

[C Moon]

13. That whole party the Trump's had with the big tv, looked damning in and of itself.

[malaise]

16. +1,000

ReTHUGs know the evidence is damning

[BobTheSubgenius]

26. Even playing down the seriousness in the glaring light of evidence and the luxury of examining

and considering the various facets takes them to a level of culpability. Accomplices after the fact, so to speak.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. All that traffic, yet

where was the FBI? Usually we're told they're monitoring hate groups.

[triron]

18. That's what I want to know. etc.

[wiggs]

17. There doesn't have to be more than we already know about (though I bet there is). There

doesn't have to be explicit 'direction'...doesn't have to be a direct connection to the specific actions taken by the insurrectionists...we don't need to hear a phone call between Trump or spawn and the viking helmet guy...

...what we already know represents MASSIVE irresponsibility, GIGANTIC dereliction of duty, probable illegality, HUGE embarrassment on the world stage, ENORMOUS erosion of US as a beacon of democracy, EXTREME violation of oath of office...a culmination of the worst 4 years of presidential history. All of which are supremely impeachable in a health senate.

I hope the impeachment managers make it clear this is not a criminal trial and that undermining of democracy over several months represents a COMPLETE FAILURE of presidential duty warranting conviction. There don't need to be debates of fine points here...this is crystal clear.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

27. That orange POS is just the type to encourage assassinations.

[aggiesal]

28. I wonder how many of these people got Covid on Jan 6th ...

but in contact tracing, they never mention being at the Capitol building because it could
implicate them with sedition, or they could lose their jobs.

[vapor2]

30. And there was a memo from Chris Miller

for the National Guard to stand down and it is damning.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215034066

[spanone]

34. K&R...

[Blue Owl]

39. Fucking lock him up already