Why we should care about the 187 minutes

[AProudLefty]

So you’re saying the deleted texts were official?

Yes.

 

[martin]

The obvious purpose is to build a case for what amounts to a third impeachment of Trump. It's a show trial and nothing more.

If the case does that it's more than "a show trial". But the purpose is something else. It is to lay out a record of what happened stripped of the cover of excuses and falsehoods Trumpers have been trying to lay over it ever since.

 

[martin]

I have evidence too. I saw photos of those guys in the capitol bldg. They went to jail.
I did not see Trump inside the capitol building on January 6 which makes me think he probably will not go to jail.

I bet you've never been accused of being a deep thinker.

 

[Flash]

Why not? They already impeached him once after he was no longer in office.

Not true. His second impeachment was January 13, 2021. His term did not end until January 20.

 

[Lionfish]

The House Jan. 6 select committee on Thursday will provide a blow-by-blow account of the 187 minutes that passed during the Capitol siege in which Donald Trump did nothing to rescue lawmakers and his own vice president from the mob he unleashed. It’s critical to understand what purpose this evidence will — and will not — serve.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ttee-final-hearing-what-trump-inaction-means/

What time does it start?

 

[floridafan]

The obvious purpose is to build a case for what amounts to a third impeachment of Trump. It's a show trial and nothing more.

Not an impeachment, my dear, an indictment. One he truly earned and deserves.

 

[Flash]

So you’re saying the deleted texts were official? And were illegally deleted?

When replacing equipment there is a requirement to preserve the information from the old phones. It is part of the government records act.

 

[Flash]

Never, ever, under-estimate the stupidity of the Left.

It has been done before, but it would serve no purpose since they obviously cannot convict and therefore cannot disqualify him from holding federal office in the future.

 

[BidenPresident]

Yea, yea... That's what babbling conspiracy theorist tards like Adam Schitt kept saying the last two times he headed up impeachments of Trump...

you're an immature bozo

 

[anonymoose]

When replacing equipment there is a requirement to preserve the information from the old phones. It is part of the government records act.

Not trying to invoke whataboutism but why do you think Hillary was never prosecuted for deleting her hundreds if not thousands emails? Which were on a private server (illegally) so they couldn’t be traced?

 

[anonymoose]

you're an immature bozo

Unread.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

If the case does that it's more than "a show trial". But the purpose is something else. It is to lay out a record of what happened stripped of the cover of excuses and falsehoods Trumpers have been trying to lay over it ever since.

Wrong again. It doesn't examine anything that happened that day except as it relates to Trump.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Not an impeachment, my dear, an indictment. One he truly earned and deserves.

in your opinion.

 

[martin]

Wrong again. It doesn't examine anything that happened that day except as it relates to Trump.

It all "relates" to Trump. What happened that day was initiated on his behalf, carried out on his behalf. Remove him from the picture and the picture disappears.

 

[BidenPresident]

It all "relates" to Trump. What happened that day was initiated on his behalf, carried out on his behalf. Remove him from the picture and the picture disappears.

Gardner think Trump does not exist. Hard to understand his comments.

 

[anonymoose]

It all "relates" to Trump. What happened that day was initiated on his behalf, carried out on his behalf. Remove him from the picture and the picture disappears.

It also opens up the Republican race for good candidates. I think dims have a better chance against Trump than a myriad of Repubs. Be careful what you ask for. OTOH, Taking Trump out of the equation is good for everybody.

 

[Joe Capitalist]

The obvious purpose is to build a case for what amounts to a third impeachment of Trump. It's a show trial and nothing more.

The obvious purpose of J6 is to find the truth and bring those who committed crimes to justice.
Of course, because MAGA is scared shitless of what J6 is finding, the obvious belief is that it's a show trial and nothing more.
The more the far right tries to convince Americans that the J6 hearings are a nothingburger, the guiltier they look.
If there was 'nothing to see', MAGA wouldn't be so concerned, but methinks MAGA morons protest too much.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

The obvious purpose of J6 is to find the truth and bring those who committed crimes to justice.
Of course, because MAGA is scared shitless of what J6 is finding, the obvious belief is that it's a show trial and nothing more.
The more the far right tries to convince Americans that the J6 hearings are a nothingburger, the guiltier they look.
If there was 'nothing to see', MAGA wouldn't be so concerned, but methinks MAGA morons protest too much.

If that is true, then why are the committee members, and they alone, deciding what' evidence' is presented, choosing all the 'witnesses,' and completely directing the narrative? Why is there no adversarial questioning of those things? Why is there no defense allowed for the accused?

In a show trial, the prosecution controls everything and there is no effective defense allowed.

Whether you hate, love, or don't give a fuck about Trump the above remains true, and not just about Trump. It is a show trial and believing that it is in some way just makes you an accomplice to what amounts to a dictatorship.

 

[BidenPresident]

If that is true, then why are the committee members, and they alone, deciding what' evidence' is presented, choosing all the 'witnesses,' and completely directing the narrative? Why is there no adversarial questioning of those things? Why is there no defense allowed for the accused?

In a show trial, the prosecution controls everything and there is no effective defense allowed.

Whether you hate, love, or don't give a fuck about Trump the above remains true, and not just about Trump. It is a show trial and believing that it is in some way just makes you an accomplice to what amounts to a dictatorship.

you are just really fucking stupid

 

[Joe Capitalist]

If that is true, then why are the committee members, and they alone, deciding what' evidence' is presented, choosing all the 'witnesses,' and completely directing the narrative? Why is there no adversarial questioning of those things? Why is there no defense allowed for the accused?

In a show trial, the prosecution controls everything and there is no effective defense allowed.

Whether you hate, love, or don't give a fuck about Trump the above remains true, and not just about Trump. It is a show trial and believing that it is in some way just makes you an accomplice to what amounts to a dictatorship.

It's not a trial. It's a hearing. The trial is for the Justice Dept to take care of. Did you see the Benghazi hearings? We're they any different?

Accomplice to dictatorship? Man, you are deep into the cult, son. DEEP!!