Sounds like a typical evangelical - the important part isn’t living it, the important part is to be seen doing it.
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Can the House subpoena this professor?
Seems like it would be time well spent.
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“Trump couldn’t have incited the riot because Ron Johnson owes him money”!!!
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Hey, in one of those comments, may not have been those specific quotes, he did add “peacefully” at the end of the sentence. Almost as an afterthought, but it was definitely there.
So nothing to see here at all.
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Yeah. I figured if we’re looking for righteousness this dude’s heart would yield us little.
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Maybe. But I’m certain that Jamie Raskin is aware of these arguments and has a treat or two cooked up for the defense.
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This is why we have lawsuits with evidence and impartial juries to decide. Let the evidence play out live on TV and let the American people (the real jury) decide.
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This is how they’re trying to walk the line:
P. 21 (emphasis in original). So they admit he is not technically “legally” still the president, while not admitting that he factually (and legally) lost the election and factually (and legally) is no longer entitled to be president.
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What are you trying to say?
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It’s like when he says he didn’t sexually assault the woman because she’s not his type. 
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To-may-to, to-mah-to.
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How tough is it to draw the conclusion that Trump was either one of the “small group” or was directing that “small group”?
It’s not like it’s a completely either/or situation here.
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C’mon man! How far could it have been? This morbidly obese clown invited them to walk over there with him.
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Distance From White House To Capitol Proves Trump Didn’t Incite Riot! Lawyers Plead
Reminds me when I was a kid I was walking by a house where the mental health workers were trying to take away a man, the guy was arguing that he wasn’t crazy, and was saying “If I was crazy I would not be able do this”, and makes a scary face…
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Totally irrelevant comment, but can everyone stop saying “pre-planned”?
…the riots were pre-planned by a small group of criminals…
Planning means to prepare and organize before an event. So what is “pre-planning”? Planning before you plan?
It’s like the stupid non-word, “proactive”. There’s active and there’s reactive. There’s no “proactive”.
Sorry, I’ll show myself out.
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My sense from this brief is that Castor is a bit of a slob. Sure, he only had a week, but the fucking lines of arguments probably took no more than 90 minutes and 6 martinis to generate. The Free Speech argument in particular is a non-starter. Trump intended to incite, incited and the audience stormed the capitol. Whether Brandenberg v. Ohio, which defines the standard for non-protected speech to cause imminent incitement, even matters is an issue, as that would apply in his separate criminal trial. In the phone call to Georgia, he threatened, which again is not protected speech.
I’ve always felt that there really is no issue about the defense here. It can be piss-poor, it can be cotton candy, it can be a frozen pizza. 40 Republican senators will still vote to acquit.
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Oh those darn Facts …
Check the cell tracking video From the Rally site to the Capitol
Opinion | They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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“Yer honna, there was no implied jerking off gesture at the end of my client’s statement!”
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And his followers did exactly what is being alleged - as illustrated by that graphic of cell phone users rushing from tRump’s speech to the capitol.
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There’s a lot of bull to wade through here, but I’ll start with the obvious.
It only takes a half hour to get from the Ellipse to the Capitol if you’re crawling with a damaged knee. Otherwise, it’s a 10 minute stroll, 15 if you stop to take a few pics along the way.
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