Rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 to prevent the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory did so of their own accord, former President Donald Trump’s lawyers argued in a brief filed Monday ahead of his impeachment trial.
A speech made by Trump in the hours before the riot “was not an act encouraging an organized movement to overthrow the United States government,” his lawyers said.
In a brief filed on the eve of the impeachment trial, Trump’s lawyers denounced the impeachment as an act of “political theater” by House Democrats seeking to gain an advantage for their party.
The brief foreshadows the claims they intend to present when arguments begin Tuesday on the same Senate floor that was invaded by rioters last month.
They suggest that Trump was simply exercising his First Amendment rights when he disputed the election results and argue that he explicitly encouraged his supporters to have a peaceful protest and therefore cannot be responsible for the actions of the rioters.
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{Matzav.com}
bring in the stormers and ask them how long ago they planned this
ask the FBI as to how long ago they knew about this plan
You see from the Trump debacle another reason the Torah does not allow human courts to punish for groma.
If Schmerel didn’t actually do something how can a human court determine his degree of guilt for the fact that is happened?
Particularly in a situation like this one where fifty percent of the judges and jury are long term enemies with personal interest in Trumps conviction . Of course their negius is going to say that “he caused” whatever.