(12-14-2023, 09:05 PM)Sneakers Wrote:

(12-14-2023, 07:41 PM)mikesez Wrote: His January 6 speech and the first few tweets.  Even the one that said "stay peaceful" was still a call for disruption.  He knew when he tweeted it that the Capitol was breached and that the legislators had stopped proceedings and taken cover.  Disruption of a federal proceeding. 

Another example, wasn't live TV, but he says "I declassified it with my mind"... That's not valid.  The document remains classified unless there is a written, signed document explaining what was declassified. Because no one can read his mind, everyone must proceed as if the document is classified including the sitting president and all former presidents.  So his retention of those documents is on its face illegal, unless he's lying and there actually is a written, signed record of declassification somewhere.

Only you could interpret "stay peaceful" as a call for disruption.  To paraphrase Johnnie Cochran, "If the quote doesn't fit, you must acquit."

The building was already breached.  They did not go through the metal detectors.  The proceeding was not going to resume until the people who may or may not have had weapons left, or the members reconvened elsewhere.  So instructions to "stay" clearly mean "continue disrupting".

If you think "only I" am able to connect the dots on this... Not only would that make me significantly smarter than you, it would also make me the smartest person you know. Now, that's probably not the case. You've just willfully blinded yourself to what Trump was actually trying to do on Jan 6. You could connect these dots easily, if a Democrat had behaved as Trump did.

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