I think it was a mistake by the Democrats that they did not emphasize the dereliction of duty. The dereliction angle should have been front and center in the impeachment. You can tell by the GOP questions that they are more susceptible to this argument. I mean they (GOP Senators) were there in the thick of it for hours while the President apparently did nothing. If they can establish a factual timeline (this might be more difficult than I am imagining), it’s much harder for Trump and his lawyers to weasel out of than whether Trump actually intended his cult members to violently breach the Capitol.
Hopefully, there can be some witness testimony showing just what Trump did and most importantly did not do post insurrection. Everything I know about the sequence of events on Jan 6th suggests that he did nothing to protect the Capitol of the United States and all of the people within it against an attack – after he knew it was occurring.
BTW. We have identified a Sars-CoV-2 variant in California. Up to now we’ve been piss-poor at tracking genetic variants in comparison to the the UK and the EU.
Infectiousness and deadliness are not known at this time.
This phone call occurred while the insurrectionists were breaking the exterior windows of McCarthy’s office to gain access to his office. The House Impeachment Managers provided the timeline on Saturday both verbally and in “print”; I saw it.
If.you didn’t hear/see today’s trial proceedings, that was covered after Rep. Herrera-Butler’s statement about her conversation with Pence, regarding his phone call to Trump during the riot/attack, was entered into evidence.
Aside, I heard Castor(defense) speak about the events at the Capitol on Jan 6 and use the phrase “terrorist attack”. Curious to see whether that’s followed up on.
I was thinking, while listening to it on NPR, that the House may be really trying to make it painful to acquit, but are also looking to buttress a criminal trial later.
