Trump's Actions Demand a Full Trial. Will Democrats Concur?

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Tim O'Brien
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An impeachment trial that fully airs everything known about Trump’s role in the insurrection is crucial. It will fortify the historical record and let citizens and voters know what evidence Republicans choose to overlook should they roundly acquit Trump.

Trump’s Actions Demand a Full Trial. Will Democrats Concur?
Because the odds of a conviction are long, a sweeping impeachment hearing that fully airs everything known about the insurrection is crucial.
bloomberg.com
6:04 AM · Feb 8, 2021

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-08/trump-impeachment-needs-a-full-senate-trial-will-democrats-concur?srnd=opinion

Smartmatic Corp.’s recent defamation lawsuit against Fox News, a few of its anchors and a pair of lawyers, all of whom helped Donald Trump promote bogus election-rigging myths, is a model of clarity and principle.

“The Earth is round. Two plus two equals four. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the 2020 election for President and Vice President of the United States. The election was not stolen, rigged, or fixed. These are facts. They are demonstrable and irrefutable,” the suit says. “Facts matter. Truth matters. Defendants engaged in a conspiracy to spread disinformation about Smartmatic. They lied. And they did so knowingly and intentionally. Smartmatic seeks to hold them accountable for those lies and for the damage that their lies have caused.”

The U.S. Senate would be wise to keep those words and values in mind when it begins Trump’s second impeachment trial on Tuesday and weighs whether it will hold the former president accountable.

Trump is being tried for inciting an insurrection, and the fact pattern supporting that charge is robust. He spent months claiming the presidential election was rigged and weeks alerting supporters to a Jan. 6 rally that led to a violent, deadly Capitol siege — while also trying to strong-arm the Justice Department, the court system and state election officials into playing along. Members of his presidential campaign helped organize the rally, and his campaign funded other individuals and firms that also helped pull the affair together. The day of the insurrection, Trump reminded rally-goers that “if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” He then promised he would lead them on a march to the Capitol. A majority of arrested insurrectionists have said since — in court records and in FBI interviews — that they were acting on Trump’s orders, hoping they could block Congress from certifying Biden’s victory.

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1. I expect the FBI to charge drumpf for his crimes. Impeachment is not serious enough.

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2. I wish they would impeach him for all the shit he pulled as president and the first campaign

Not just the insurrection, but all the abuse of power, campaign finance violations, emoluments violations, obstruction of justice, soliciting foreign aid to get elected, advocating violence, attacking the press, separating babies from their families, etc. as well as inciting an insurrection and trying to overthrow the U.S government.