The news headlines about the J6 hearing are about the plot to seize the voting machine

[Bucky]

But the big news is how the committee connected Trump aides to violent groups and Trump instigating the call to and armed rally for January 6th, along with him directly inciting the March to the Capitol.

The main story is how they have connected the dots to premeditation of criminal activity, not the failed consideration of simple federal overreach. I mean, militarizing the big lie is a big deal too, but it never got past the contemplation stage.

I don't want Trump prosecuted because he had bad ideas. I don't want him prosecuted because he had zero concept of how a democracy works. I want him prosecuted because he committed and incited actual crimes against the Republic and against the rule of law.

[WheelWalker]

1. He did appoint Sidney Powell a Special Prosecutor in furtherence of the scheme

including seizure of the voting machines. That's an overt act in furtherence of a conspiracy. It just never got off the ground. Also an overt act using levers of Presidential power to further the conspiracy aimed at keeping a loser in office.

[Bucky]

3. It's interesting what Cipallone did with that question

Cause Trump may have said he would appoint her, but she apparently didn't do any of the HR paperwork and never drew a WH paycheck. Like Cipollone said, she spent her couple of weeks on White House staff both imagining she had a actual job there and continually pushing to have that officially recognized.

Cipollone clearly disliked the Team Rudy people and enjoyed frustrating them. That doesn't excuse him for being a Trumper though. He still takes pride in the "policy accomplishments" of that four-year travesty

[Scrivener7]

2. That's a good headline to come out of this. And the fact that he wanted to use the military for it.

[Voltaire2]

4. Because it is evidence of criminal intent.

This hearing was all about establishing that Trump knew he had no legal options after Dec 14, was told that repeatedly by the ‘inside team’, but by Dec 18 was engaged in plotting the coup with his ‘outside team’.

Basically this hearing ought to put him in jail.

[Bucky]

5. True, but this is the true headline

Ari Melber is awesome