The Republican-led Home Judiciary Committee held a ridiculous listening to on Thursday aimed toward downplaying and re-litigating Donald Trump’s convictions on 34 felony counts. Republicans, as soon as once more, discovered themselves being publicly humiliated by Democratic representatives like Eric Swalwell of California, who deftly uncovered the unserious nature of the listening to.
“Only a present of fingers for anybody within the room who frolicked with the felon at the moment?” Swalwell started, alluding to the closed-door session with Trump earlier that day.
He then turned his consideration to former Ambassador to the Czech Republic Norman Eisen, the witness referred to as by Democrats. Eisen is a extremely regarded authorized thoughts, lawyer, and was particular counsel for ethics and authorities reform underneath President Barack Obama. He additionally attended Trump’s trial in New York.
Swalwell requested concerning the location the place Trump dedicated his crimes (New York), the place the jury pool was taken from (New York), whether or not or not the defendant had a say in selecting the jury, and what verdict the jury got here to.
“I used to be there for it. There was a vigorous voir dire. His protection counsel had been extraordinarily energetic and, I believed, efficient,” Eisen mentioned. “They determined, 34 occasions, that Donald Trump falsified paperwork to cowl up his 2016 prison election interference scheme.”
Hearings like Thursday’s sideshow give GOP officers the prospect to hurl baseless allegations into the general public sphere with out having to current something that might be thought-about actually evidentiary by the U.S. authorized system.
This may also be seen in GOP-led “investigations” into President Joe Biden, his household, and now Manhattan district lawyer Alvin Bragg, as Republicans try to create the phantasm that one thing untoward is going on to them. However their basic downside is that any and all proof they declare to have has been investigated, debunked, and can not maintain up in a court docket of legislation.
Thursday’s listening to is the GOP’s newest try to advertise misinformation about Trump’s numerous abuses of energy. It’s additionally the most recent Republican efficiency of crying about how every little thing is simply so unfair when your chief is a conman and convicted felon.
Democratic Rep. Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands referred to as these hearings “Groundhog Day” due to their repetitive, MAGA propagandist nature. This one was no completely different.
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