Lawyers: Capitol storming already planned for Trump speech | Abroad

The lawyers say this on the eve of a trial against Trump that is due to begin in the Senate on Tuesday. He considers whether the former president was guilty of instigating an uprising.

Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on their own initiative to prevent ratification of President Biden’s victory, the lawyers said. Trump’s speech in the hours before the riot “was not an act encouraging an organized movement to overthrow the United States government.”

Theater

Republican Trump’s defense team accuses President Biden’s rival Democrats of political theater. There is no question of ‘fair justice’ and therefore the trial should be called off, the lawyers said.

But the Democrats see it completely differently. Trump is responsible for the most serious violation of the constitution ever committed by a US president when he incited supporters to storm the Capitol. “The evidence of President Trump’s behavior is overwhelming,” said the nine “plaintiffs” from the House of Representatives. That he instigated an uprising against the United States government, which disrupted a peaceful transfer of power, is clear to the Democrats.

Impeachment

The impeachment process against Trump, who has not been president for about three weeks, will in any case be interrupted on Friday evening. If the Senate has not settled the matter by then, the senators are holding a rest day at the request of a Jewish lawyer for Trump, David Schoen. Schoen argued that he wishes to respect the Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest. The Democrats’ leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, has said Schoen’s request is being met, according to American media.

Trump received 74 million votes in November, the highest number ever received by a Republican candidate and eleven million more than in 2016.

In the Senate are fifty Republicans, 48 ​​Democrats and two independents who are usually considered Democrats. 67 votes are needed to overthrow Trump. Hence, reaching that number requires the support of seventeen Republicans. According to American media, that is not feasible. Only four Republican senators may seem inclined to turn against Trump, including Mitt Romney who voted in favor of Trump’s impeachment in the first impeachment process over a year ago.

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