Talk inside the White House about invoking the act has ebbed and flowed since Trump took office again in January, said the five people, who include the senior administration official, two people familiar with the discussions and two people close to the White House.
But the debate inside the administration has shifted recently, from whether it makes sense to invoke the act to more deeply exploring how and when it might be invoked, both people close to the White House said.
The Biden administration and Garland are culpable for this. They had every reason to lock Trump up when they took office after January 6th. If they would have just locked his ass up right away and set a trial date, the sentiment in the world was he went too far. At minimum they could have gotten him for inciting a riot. Their hemming and hawing instead of acting allowed him to control the narrative and made people think he was innocent. They fumbled that moment so badly it was ridiculous. It made the government look weak and allowed the Trumpist right to consolidate power in the vacuum of inaction.
And people are going to die because of this incompetence
Judge Juan Merchan deserves even more of the blame. His dereliction of duty, brazen favoritism and special treatment of Trump has directly resulted in all of this terror. When the loiusettes are erected, he should face them alongside the fascists he empowered.
The main reason Biden was a democrat is because where he lived he had to be a democrat to get elected. He’s even farther to the right than the DNC.
I don’t think there was enough evidence to pin anything insurrection related on Trump specifically.
They could have nailed him on inciting a riot and used their majority to disqualify him from running again. Democrats always try to play nice with the kids who bloody their nose every time they get a chance to swing. Trump broke all the norms his first term, they needed to play hard ball right back at him.
The defence would just quote this
I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.
I’m not arguing Trumps intention. I’m just saying that proving insurrection is not an open and shut case.
Sure, but overreach has not stopped Trump at all. Democrats could have at least swung and maybe missed over doing nothing at all. They could have attempted overreach to protect us from a clearly insane vengeful demagogue.