(06-11-2024, 04:16 PM)Sneakers Wrote:

(06-11-2024, 03:26 PM)mikesez Wrote: Most of the people who have been tried on Jan 6 charges said in court that they understood Trump's tweets to be inviting and inciting what they did.

Don't you think the burden of proof to support a charge of insurrection should be a little higher than what a handful of people thought his tweets meant?

Sure.  In a court of law, certainly.  In a random internet forum, no, I am not a prosecutor and you are not a juror.

By the way Trump has been indicted for his conduct on and around January 6.  Four charges. Conspiracy to defraud the US, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy against the right to have one's vote counted.

So far his only defense has been that his behavior was all "official acts as President" and therefore he is immune from prosecution.  His lawyers have not mounted any other defense.  We are waiting on a Supreme Court decision.

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