Mark it down: Most elected Republicans will end up comprehensively absolving Trump of any and all responsibility for inspiring the attack. His role will be erased entirely. @LindseyGrahamSC's abject toadying on Fox shows where this is all going. My latest: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/11/lindsey-graham-fox-news-impeachment/

News accounts keep claiming Dems have "failed to persuade" GOP senators to break with Trump. This framing is all wrong. It implies most Republicans have principled objections to the case against Trump. Everyone covering this trial knows that's nonsense:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/11/lindsey-graham-fox-news-impeachment/

People have rightly ragged on Graham's "what did Pelosi know and when did she know it" idiocy.

But it's also worth noting that the underlying argument -- some preplanned Jan 6, and this exonerates Trump -- is also nonsense. These known facts demolish it:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/11/lindsey-graham-fox-news-impeachment/

Graham's evolution:

Jan 6: Graham declares "enough is enough" about Trump's election lies, admitting they incited the attack

Last night: Graham says Dems' presentation was "offensive." But it was all about Trump's election lies inciting the attack:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/11/lindsey-graham-fox-news-impeachment/