Trump's lawyers say he was immediately 'horrified' by the Capitol attack. Here's what his allies...

[DonViejo]

Trump’s lawyers say he was immediately ‘horrified’ by the Capitol attack. Here’s what his allies and aides said really happened that day.

Rosalind Helderman, Josh Dawsey 1 hr ago

President Donald Trump was “horrified” when violence broke out at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, as a joint session of Congress convened to confirm that he lost the election, according to his defense attorneys.

Trump tweeted calls for peace “upon hearing of the reports of violence” and took “immediate steps” to mobilize resources to counter the rioters storming the building, his lawyers argued in a brief filed Monday in advance of Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate. It is “absolutely not true,” they wrote, that Trump failed to act swiftly to quell the riot.

But that revisionist history conflicts with the timeline of events on the day of the Capitol riot, as well as accounts of multiple people in contact with the president that day, who have said Trump was initially pleased to see a halt in the counting of the electoral college votes. Some former White House officials have acknowledged that he only belatedly and reluctantly issued calls for peace, after first ignoring public and private entreaties to do so.

The assertion that Trump acted swiftly and out of genuine horror as his supporters ransacked the Capitol is largely a side note to his lawyers’ defense. In their 78-page brief, they focused on two legal arguments: that the Constitution does not allow for the conviction of an impeached former officeholder and that Trump’s speech to the crowd on Jan. 6 was political rhetoric protected by the First Amendment.

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[Cirque du So-What]

1. Lies! All lies!

Hope his liars...err...lawyers...get these lies thrown back in their faces.

[MagickMuffin]

2. It was reported that he loved the action but didn't like seeing ALL the Yahoos

They made him look like his followers are idiots and he would be should never forget this happened EVER!





I have been going through the various videos I can find and going through step by step Fram by frame and documenting everything I see.

I plan on talking with the FEDs to help anyway I can.


I think every American should watch the videos step by step frame by frame. You will experience shear hate and anger. I really feel for the unprepared (by design) Officers. What they experienced must have been extremely frightening. The MOB were scary AF!

[Blue Owl]

3. Oh, right right right.....

[Mister Ed]

4. He could have halted it instantly with a tweet.

It's that simple.

[dhill926]

5. this should be pretty easy to prove false...

timeline of tweets, actions and all...

[KentuckyWoman]

6. WTF ever

He poured the gasoline. He lit the matches.
But he didn't expect to set a fire?

Uh. No.

[Vinca]

7. It's not a secret he was glued to the tube and enjoying every moment. It took him hours to react

at all and it was reportedly after much coaxing. Even then he told the terrorists he loved them.

[cbdo2007]

8. Right...then he came out immediately and added fuel to the fire, saying the election was stolen, etc

instead of telling them to stop or stopping with his rhetoric.

His actions are what tells the story here.

[bdamomma]

9. He

was enjoying every moment. And staff members pleaded with him to call off his goons, and he did not.

[Totally Tunsie]

10. He enjoyed every moment.

His "supporters" fed his ego with every shout, every raised fist, and every battering ram to the Senate doors. He felt loved, adored and respected, and that's all it takes to make him happy.

[LiberalFighter]

11. His new lawyers were there and witnessed it? Hah!