Of course it's impossible to pile on Trump.

It's like having to pick one's favorite Trump lie out of the 30,353 he told.

I know, trying to convict him of Criminal Negligence would be a waste of time considering this target rich environment. But Dems on the campaign trail should remember to point out the extra half million Muricans that might otherwise not have died. Death transcends party lines.

evidentiary

I like the way you pile on. :)

Not to split hairs, but aren't you kind of piling on in light of the myriad other crimes Trump committed in plain sight?

Nope. I actually listed crimes for which Donald Trump was directly involved and conspired to commit for which he could be indicted by the DOJ based on the evidence we know and in the context of the premeditated events of January 6. Could I list a shit-ton of other crimes? Yes. Was I "kind of" piling on? No. You will know I am piling on when I use the words "aiding" and "abetting."

I mean, I don't always pile on. But when I do I prefer to effing pile on hard-core:

The Woodward recordings are proof of his intent and proof of his consciousness of Covid's threat. Proof of Criminal Negligence resulting in the deaths of thousands of Americans.

If you attempted to charge Trump with negligent homicide and/or manslaughter for lying about the severity of COVID-19, you're not really "piling on" so much as you're spinning your wheels and wasting your [limited] time.

Just a thought.

Donald Trump's rhetoric was obviously a factor in the deaths of thousands of Americans losing their lives to "own the libs," but you'll never convict him on a charge like that when his affirmative defense would be something similar to: "I love the uneducated but am not criminally responsible for the deaths of the gullible rubes that were ignorant enough to revere and regurgitate my pathological lying regarding medical advice when I'm obviously a con artist and not a physician."

An easier case to make regarding the former president's direct involvement which caused harm to Americans would be those multiple cases wherein multiple Capitol police officers are suing Trump et alia for their injuries sustained when Trump irrefutably directed a crowd he knew was armed toward the Capitol, causing direct injury to law enforcement officers:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.234873/gov.uscourts.dcd.234873.1.0_1.pdf

I lost count of the number of police officers suing Trump and his co-conspirators for their direct actions (some in criminal violation of federal statute) that resulted in bodily injury... multiple lawsuits with punitive damages in the multiple millions that aren't going to go away anytime soon.

Did you read Jonathan Swan's newest interview with Trump on Axios' website? Here's a link:

https://www.axios.com/2022/07/23/donald-trump-news-schedule-f-executive-order

The article describes Trump's plans for what he thought would be his second term in office in which he would gut the intelligence agencies of those in charge who are committed to defending the Constitution and replacing them with those loyal to Trump. Trump had issued an executive order entitled "Scedule F" that would toss out civil service guidelines for hiring and firing of those pesky Asst. Directors that were career staff and experts in their fields and allow Trump to replace them with his people who were loyal to only him.

I guess Trump really hated hearing, "You cannot do that!", "The Constitution does not allow you to do that!", and "That's would be a crime against humanity, sir!" every time he came up with a brilliant plan... after talking to Putin about what he should do.

Check out Swan's article; it's a doozy!

But emails!
And Benghazi!

c. 2022

But inflation!
And Hunter Biden's laptop!

I only hope they do this right about when early voting starts to ensure that our Republican counterparts really pay for their Faustian bargain with Trump.

The passages Trump would not deliver are proof of his intent and proof of consciousness of guilt... in Trump's own handwriting.

Not to split hairs, but aren't you kind of piling on in light of the myriad other crimes Trump committed in plain sight?

I mean, I don't always pile on. But when I do I prefer to effing pile on hard-core:

The Woodward recordings are proof of his intent and proof of his consciousness of Covid's threat. Proof of Criminal Negligence resulting in the deaths of thousands of Americans.

Just a thought.

Of course, we already know that Trump objected to certain words and phrases in the speech (including, inexplicably, the word "yesterday," because Trump somehow found it hard to say the word).

What is so damned hard about saying the word yesterday?

I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack yesterday. Yesterday is a hard word for me.

~ Donald Trump

*
To hell with "person, woman, man, camera, TV." Are words that end in "y" too hard?

Somebody should give Trump a cognitive test including:

castigatory
disciplinary
punitory
reformatory
penitentiary

Those are the "best words" for him.

It was Pence who called for the National Guard and certainly not Trump; any statement drafted by Trump's co-conspirators and delivered by Trump is proof of a coverup of the premeditated conspiracy. The passages Trump would not deliver are proof of his intent and proof of consciousness of guilt... in Trump's own handwriting.

It was indeed Donald Trump who lied when he alleged that Mike Pence was on board with their premeditated conspiracy (Pence wasn't) and Trump himself who had put pressure (multiple times) on the Vice President to violate multiple federal laws, including Pence recognize the multiple slates of fake electors of the Trump campaign (illegal) who had filed fake certificates with the National Archives (illegal) and had also conspired in premeditated fashion to stop/delay the constitutionally mandated duty of the VPOTUS and Congress (illegal). Mutiple people on Pence's staff have already testified to the January 6 Committee regarding Trump's (illegal) acts.

The DOJ should now obviously get busy issuing subpoenas and hammering down under POP (penalty of perjury) regarding the testimony of anyone involved/eyewitnesses in the above obviously illegal acts... which is exactly what they did last week when former chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence testified before the federal grand jury investigating the January 6 premeditated conspiracy at the Capitol.

(proofreading)

In fact,

Spot on.

A couple of thoughts:

In Thursday night's hearing, we saw him having little mini-tantrums about each of them while trying to read the prepared remarks off the TelePrompTer.

I found Trump more master of fact than petulant.

...or utter the word "today."

I believe it was "yesterday" that he had trouble with. Not one of his "best words" I guess.

...since Trump truly does believe -- back then and now -- that not only did these people represent him and his movement, but that they were the heroes of the movement.

Doubtful. Unless he got a secret personality transplant overnight Trump was/is always the only hero in his own mind. He would have pardoned them otherwise, no?

The only really surprising thing here is that Trump didn't refuse to read the passage that begins with: "This moment calls for healing and reconciliation," and ends with: "We must revitalize the sacred bonds of love and loyalty that bind us together as one national family."

I think including these words was calculated to give Trump a little political cover in the immediate aftermath of J6, and not remotely any sincerely felt sentiment. The hostage video-like recitation of these particular words verifies this.

Besides these minor quibbles, Mazeltov CW.