Later on NBC's "Meet the Press," Rep. Jamie Raskin, who sat on the House panel that investigated the Capitol riot, said Lauro’s argument was “deranged.”

Trump’s lawyer John Lauro argued that even if Trump committed a “technical violation of the Constitution,” it does not necessarily mean he broke any criminal laws regarding pressuring Pence to overturn the 2020 election results. Lauro claimed Trump believed he had won the election and was exercising his First Amendment rights to express that opinion. However, critics say Trump’s actions went beyond free speech and he conspired to defraud the public and nullify lawful votes. Former Attorney General William Barr said the charges are legitimate and Trump’s actions went far beyond expressing an opinion. Trump has said he will seek to have the judge assigned to his case recused and request a change of venue, alleging unfairness.

  •  interolivary   ( @interolivary@beehaw.org ) 
    9•11 months ago

    History will not be kind to republicans and conservatives.

    Unless they’re the ones writing history. Here in Finland our biggest extreme right wing party (yes, there’s more than one…) was the most popular party of the under 25’s in our recent parliamentary elections, followed by the “fiscal” conservatives (ie. the conservatives who’d be fine with concentration camps for leftists as long as the proposal came from an extremist party and the camps were run by private for-profit companies).

    Doesn’t exactly spark hope for the future when Gen X / late Millennials are less conservative than Z’s