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#Thread: Smoking Gun for Impeachment: Proof Trump’s Call to March on Capitol was a Crime #ImpeachmentTrial #ImpeachmentTrial2 #CapitolInsurrection https://www.gregpalast.com/smoking-gun-for-impeachment-proof-trumps-call-to-march-on-capitol-was-a-crime/
Here is the smoking gun...
Trump’s GOP defenders say that Trump merely called for a march to the Capitol, a legal act of protest.
Except for this: it wasn’t legal. And Trump and his team knew it. https://www.gregpalast.com/insider-white-house-warned-march-was-illegal/
Trump’s GOP defenders say that Trump merely called for a march to the Capitol, a legal act of protest.
Except for this: it wasn’t legal. And Trump and his team knew it. https://www.gregpalast.com/insider-white-house-warned-march-was-illegal/
During Wednesday’s trial, Rep. @StaceyPlaskett laid out the evidence our team first broke in @ConsortiumNews & on the @Thom_Hartmann Program: The sponsors of the Jan 6 rally at the Ellipse promised, in writing, there would be no march on the Capitol.
In fact, the Park Service reiterated, days before the Trump rally, “The permit does not authorize a march from the Ellipse.”
As an insider told us, rally organizers Women for America First were stunned by Trump’s call for a march in violation of the permit. “It was shocking. It’s something we advocated against doing for exactly the reasons that ended up playing themselves out.”
In other words, the riot was foreseeable and resulted directly from Trump’s call to march. As the permit holders understood, sending thousands of angry people, some armed, meant there was no warning to the Metro or Capitol police, no monitors to direct or control the crowd.
While the House #ImpeachmentTrial prosecution team referenced our story, it appears that neither the senators nor media understood the importance of the damning evidence.
Because there was still a missing piece of evidence: did Trump know a march was not permitted, illegal, and dangerous?
The evidence is that Trump had to know. While his call to march on the Capitol appeared spontaneous, it was anything but... https://www.gregpalast.com/smoking-gun-for-impeachment-proof-trumps-call-to-march-on-capitol-was-a-crime/
The evidence is that Trump had to know. While his call to march on the Capitol appeared spontaneous, it was anything but... https://www.gregpalast.com/smoking-gun-for-impeachment-proof-trumps-call-to-march-on-capitol-was-a-crime/
On Jan 5, the night before the riot, Txtwire CEO Daniel Beck revealed on social media he'd spent the evening at Trump’s DC hotel with Trump strategists. The group notably included Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Tommy Tuberville, #MyPillowGuy Mike Lindell & Rudy Giuliani.
Crucially, during the meeting Don Jr.’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle called #AliAlexander — who’d been calling for a “Stop the Steal” march on the Capitol from the rally despite admonitions from the rally organizers that it would be illegal and dangerous. https://www.mediamatters.org/media/3923971
We’ve previously reported on #AliAlexander’s threats of violence to overturn the election [“We’ll light the whole sh*t on fire!”].
Kimberly Guilfoyle gave #AliAlexander the go-ahead. And indeed, Alexander was escorted by White House emissaries to a place just outside the rally to lead the march — which he did. https://www.gregpalast.com/smoking-gun-for-impeachment-proof-trumps-call-to-march-on-capitol-was-a-crime/
Ali Alexander led the deadly march to the Capitol, knowing it was illegal—but blessed by Trump. https://www.gregpalast.com/smoking-gun-for-impeachment-proof-trumps-call-to-march-on-capitol-was-a-crime/
Alexander immediately went into hiding. But, as there has been no known attempt to arrest him nor even question him about the march to the riot, he’s now emboldened. https://hillreporter.com/ali-alexander-wants-to-build-a-maga-mega-city-where-10-million-trump-supporters-would-live-92650
Alexander resurfaced this week to announce:
“I’m going to have indoor gatherings in March. …I’ve been plotting, I’ve been planning, I’ve been scheming… A lot of people will end up rioting in a couple of months.”
“I’m going to have indoor gatherings in March. …I’ve been plotting, I’ve been planning, I’ve been scheming… A lot of people will end up rioting in a couple of months.”
Welcome to the new America, where you can put a riot into your calendar.
It's not minor that neither Trump, nor the White House, nor Trump fils told organizers that he would call for a march. The permit holders, Women for America First, told us that both the White House & Alexander had been warned repeatedly against attempting an uncontrolled march.
The point is simple: when you promote an illegal action—exhorting an angry, armed mob to head to the Capitol, you are legally liable for its foreseeable outcome even if you did not plan nor endorse the outcome. https://www.gregpalast.com/smoking-gun-for-impeachment-proof-trumps-call-to-march-on-capitol-was-a-crime/
