Impeachment managers plan to zero in on Trump's lack of remorse today

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

The House impeachment managers plan to conclude their case against former President Trump on Thursday by zeroing in on Trump’s lack of remorse following the deadly attack and going further into the role he played, according to senior aides on the impeachment team.

The managers also intend to examine the harm that the attack caused to the people in the Capitol, including beyond just the physical scars, the aides said.

They will discuss the legal issues surrounding the case, according to the aides, in what will likely be a prebuttal to the arguments they expect to hear from Trump’s legal team when the defense presentation begins.

The aides would not get into specifics on the evidence they plan to present today, or whether they will show any additional new video of the Capitol riots.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-impeachment-trial-02-11-2021/h_349cb32c4ec0d060f6f826abfd8a3bae

[rso]

1. Impeachment

I wish they hadn’t stated in the last couple of days that they had the “goods”, as that only raised expectations. I don’t know about others here, but based on that statement, I expected them to present much more direct, incontrovertible evidence of Donnie’s involvement such as a new recording or testimony from one of his aides.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Trump's own words and behavior are more impactful than an aide's testimony.

And anyone who testified against Trump would be shredded to ribbons by the GOP.

[rso]

5. Trump

I was thinking along the lines of an aide being able to testify directly as to Trump’s joy and delight upon seeing the riots, including some things he may have said about admitting that it was his doing.

[Irish_Dem]

6. I'd like to hear that testimony too.

[pfitz59]

3. A Sociopath cannot feel remorse

One simple sentence.

[Paladin]

4. That's why the managers' tactic is so sound.

trump has never been capable of expressing remorse for anything. Any efforts he might make to do it now will be laughably inept and transparently dishonest. Confirmation of trump's sociopathy is what's needed, at the moment.