The impeachment debate of the manager highlighted its lack of evidence that would prove Trump should be tried and convicted, and in turn showed his innocence. Pictured are members of the U.S. National Guard patrolling the perimeter of the barbed wire fence that surrounds the Capitol early in the morning of Feb. 10, 2021. In the Senate, the impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump entered its second day.
On Wednesday, Feb. 10, the U.S. Senate held an impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump The impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump (Trump) entered its second day, and the first day of substantive debate. The House impeachment manager released security surveillance footage from inside the Capitol Hill event on Jan. 6. The footage had never been available before, thus becoming a heavy hitter for the prosecution’s impeachment staff on the first day.
However, as alarming as the footage was to senators, it did little to support the House’s ultimate argument that former President Trump was guilty of “sedition.
Moreover, the impeachment managers did not provide detailed and compelling evidence to support their charges, but mostly made incriminating inferences in the form of alleged conspiracy theories.
Impeachment arguments are mostly metaphorical, hypothetical, and conspiracy theories
Most of the arguments presented by the impeachment managers had little to do with evidence proving that Trump should be impeached, and were more emotionally charged speculation.
The crux of one argument by pro-Trump Republicans is that Trump did not incite a congressional mob and that his speech is protected by the First Amendment. Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, who led the House impeachment team, said he would not be able to get a vote. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Mass.), who led the House impeachment team, kicked off the debate with an attack on that argument.
“This case is much worse than people who yell ‘set fire to’ in a crowded theater.” Raskin said, “It’s more like this: the town’s fire chief, who gets paid to put out fires, sends out a mob that doesn’t just yell ‘start a fire’ in a crowded theater, but does start a fire in a theater.” Then, “(the fire chief) did nothing but sit back and encourage the mob to continue its rampage and happily watch the fire spread on television.”
Raskin did not provide evidence that the “fire chief” encouraged the mob, which means he could not produce evidence that Trump incited the mob.
Other impeachment managers have spoken out more in a manner similar to conspiracy theories and far removed from the allegations of Trump’s impeachment. They prove Trump’s guilt by hypothetically inferring Trump’s motives with his approach to the 2020 U.S. presidential election. But, again, its impossible to give concrete evidence of conviction.
An impeachment manager, Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse (R-Colo.) outlined the structure of their case against Trump: an introduction to Trump’s provocation of the mob attack, an examination of the attack itself, and the harm it caused.
Neguse addressed the most critical evidence of provocation by simply inferring that it began with Trump’s “big lie” that the election had been stolen and then evolved into a call for his supporters to “fight hard” to “stop the theft “.
It is reported that the Trump team won most of the election fraud cases filed by the Trump team before January 20, after the election was over and the courts around the country were late in accepting them for trial. That’s a good indication that election fraud is real and not a “big lie”.
However, this information has been almost completely blocked by the mainstream media in the United States and is not known. And, Negus said nothing about Trump’s ongoing calls for his supporters to fight peacefully.
Impeachment manager Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas. Joaquin Castro of Texas, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania. Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, and Eric Swalwell of California. Eric Swalwell of California and Ted Lieu of California. They all accused Trump of being provocative by repeatedly stating that he won the election and by continuing his legal battles.
In particular, Rep. Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, who has been under fire for his affair with Fang Fang, a female Communist spy, was deemed “trustworthy” by House Speaker Pelosi (D-Calif.).
And Stacey Pulaski of the Virgin Islands, who has been under fire for her involvement with Chinese spy Fang Fang, has been deemed “trustworthy” by House Speaker Pelosi. Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands tried to prove that Trump’s speeches influence the demeanor of his supporters, and that Trump knows it.
He cited the example of Biden-Harris’s campaign van in Texas, which was alone in a caravan of Trump supporters, which he claimed was a “siege. However, nothing violent happened, and Trump supporters behaved gently and peacefully.
New security camera footage released to show Trump’s innocence
The impeachment side released new surveillance videos from inside the Capitol during the debate. But it was those videos that took away from the impeachment manager’s stumping performance and furthered the impression that there was no evidence that Trump had incited the crowd.
The mind-blowing footage includes views of the first intruders breaking into the interior of the Capitol.
At one point, the intruders moved away from Vice President Mike Pence. The intruders were close to Vice President Mike Pence before Pence was evacuated under security cover. At the same Time, senators were evacuated from the Senate floor under cover. Among them was Republican Senator Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney (R-WI) was told to stay away from the mob.
Romney told reporters after watching the footage that he had no idea the intruders were so close.
Impeachment managers released the footage along with videos from the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill incident that had already been released to the public, and they created such a roar in the Senate chamber that they could be heard in the hallway outside even through the closed doors.
However, instead of convincing Republican lawmakers that Trump is responsible for the mob, the footage suggests that Trump is not to be impeached.
Texas Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, said the mob was not responsible. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told reporters, “Today’s speech was powerful and emotional, reliving a terrorist attack that took place in our nation’s capital.”
“But (in terms of the impeachment conviction itself,) little was said about the specific conduct of how President (Trump) met the statutory criteria (for conviction).”
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