Trump refused to testify but his words are being used over and over again by Democrats to make their

[soothsayer]

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Yamiche Alcindor
@Yamiche
A striking part of this trial: President Trump refused to testify but his words are being used over and over again by Democrats to make their point that for weeks he set the stage for the January 6 attack and then on that day incited his supporters to storm the Capitol.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Why have him come in and perjure himself?

What he said is out there, on tape and in the Twitterverse.

[soothsayer]

2. I love how its dumb tweets are coming back to haunt it

[Wounded Bear]

3. Yep! There's always a tweet...

[Mike 03]

4. It's almost better this way, with no opportunity for cross-examination so he can

provide excuses, rationalizations and justifications.

[soothsayer]

6. Or more cries for violence

[qallunat]

5. Hope this is not too off-topic, but

Canadian here. North of y'all, former Prime Ministers lose their title, but are properly addressed as "The Right Honourable...". I'm curious: do impeached Presidents retain the right to be referred to as "Mr/Madam or Ms (let's hope) President"? Thanks for weighing in!

[soothsayer]

7. Yep

[qallunat]

10. That doesn't seem fair.

I should think that, at a minimum, the taint presumably left on the office should follow the individual forever. Especially in cases where the offenses represent treason.

[intheflow]

8. Why isn't he locked up for refusing to testify??

I would be, if I was called to testify in a federal investigation.

[localroger]

9. The rules are unclear for impeachment proceedings

They decided not to subpoena him, so he's perfectly within his rights to decline their invitation. And if he did appear under oath he would be within his rights to refuse to answer any question rather than give an answer that might incriminate him. But the problem with not testifying is that you let the prosecution's evidence speak for itself without answering at all, and in this case much of that evidence is his own words.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

11. Meanwhile

Fox news is broadcasting reruns of Adolf Hitler: The Man Only I Knew and Loved