Big news! One summer, eight hearings, many hours, & 32,295 words later, @benjaminwittes, @matthew_gluck & I have finalized our interactive Jan. 6 evidence piece. It's a comprehensive analysis of the committee's arguments, broken down point-by-point: https://t.co/hELpMW2fXW pic.twitter.com/KHhEeypEW2
— Tia Sewell (@tia_sewell) August 29, 2022
Category: 1/6/21 riot
Pardoning Trump is a bad idea
Totally disagree. Do you think Republicans would ever pardon a Democratic president? They wanted to lock Hillary Clinton up, impeached Bill Clinton, and will inpeach Biden if they take the house. If Trump is guilty, he should pay the price.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 22, 2022
Republicans don’t care about dividing the country – for example, how they handled the Garland SC nomination and the insurrection. Their Supreme Court majority didn’t care when they overturned Roe.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 22, 2022
Update on the Trump mob 8/11/22
A Capitol rioter claimed he was elsewhere on Jan. 6, handing out Bibles.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 11, 2022
The problem: As a convicted burglar on probation, he was wearing a GPS monitor at the insurrection. https://t.co/aZRbCpAxv9
W. Va. politician who apologized for Jan. 6 now writing defiant book https://t.co/JWb5bUl3vj
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) August 1, 2022
The Three Percenters recruiter, the first Jan. 6 defendant convicted at trial, was found guilty of leading a charge while armed that led to first break-in at the U.S. Capitol and also of threatening his son.https://t.co/lAlSOqpNe8
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 1, 2022
Jeremy Michael Brown, a retired Special Forces soldier charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct on restricted Capitol grounds, is running for the Florida State House while he is in jail awaiting trial. https://t.co/zOwqv52MSO
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 1, 2022
Virginia man who was accused of bringing weapons to a Pennsylvania vote counting center after the 2020 presidential election has been arrested for allegedly illegally trespassing at the Capitol on January 6 https://t.co/fzai5cdJ88
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 16, 2022
The Trump cult is immune to facts – the 1/6 hearings changed nothing
The majority of Republicans will never accept the fact that Biden won the 2020 election. They have not been moved by the great job the 1/6 committee has done.
A majority of Republicans describe participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, takeover of the U.S. Capitol as legitimate political discourse. (@YouGovAmerica) More: https://t.co/hoK92GJO8p pic.twitter.com/9kZXK4CA26
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) March 18, 2023
Jan. 6 hearings have no impact on public opinion; 4 in 10 would back a Trump presidential bid in 2024 (@PollsterPatrick @MonmouthPoll) Details: https://t.co/R84GqrAZru pic.twitter.com/61wKSkKA1x
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) August 9, 2022
New polling reinforces that Republicans are no less likely now than a year ago to say Biden won due to fraud and no more likely to reject politicians who claim Trump was the real winner. https://t.co/AWDozfR53o
— Philip Bump (@pbump) August 9, 2022
NATIONAL POLL: Is Trump responsible for #Jan6?
— MonmouthPoll (@MonmouthPoll) August 9, 2022
38% directly responsible
26% encouraged those involved
32% did nothing wrong
72% of DEMs say he was directly responsible and 68% of REPs say he did nothing wrong.https://t.co/W5dirGYAR7
Turning to the incident at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, is it appropriate or not appropriate to describe this incident as a legitimate protest?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) August 9, 2022
REP
Appropriate 53%
Not appropriate 40%
DEM
Appropriate 18%
Not appropriate 81%
(Monmouth U. Poll, 7/28 – 8/1/22)
How much of the responsibility, if any, do you think former President Trump bears for the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 22, 2022
REPUBLICANS
A lot 8%
Some 21%
Not much 24%
None at all 46%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, 7/14-18/22)
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— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 22, 2022
Which candidate do you think was the legitimate winner of the 2020 presidential election?
Joe Biden 65%
Donald Trump 28%
(New York Times/Siena College Poll, RV, 7/5-7/22)https://t.co/IiCgGgKEMr
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— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 22, 2022
Which candidate do you think was the legitimate winner of the 2020 presidential election?
DEM
Joe Biden 99%
Donald Trump 1%
REP
Joe Biden 29%
Donald Trump 61%
(New York Times/Siena College Poll, RV, 7/5-7/22)https://t.co/IiCgGgKEMr
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— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 22, 2022
Do you believe Joe Biden won the 2020 election fair and square, or do you believe that he only won it due to voter fraud?
REP
Fair & square 27%
Due to fraud 58%
DEM
Fair & square 95%
Due to fraud 3%
(Monmouth U. Poll, 6/23-27/22)
Do you think the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, was planned, or do you think it was spontaneous?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 22, 2022
REP
Planned 47%
Spontaneous 44%
DEM
Planned 93%
Spontaneous 6%
IND
Planned 62%
Spontaneous 28%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, 7/14-18/22)
Do you think the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, was planned, or do you think it was spontaneous?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 22, 2022
Planned 66%
Spontaneous 26%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, 7/14-18/22)
How much of the responsibility, if any, do you think former President Trump bears for the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 22, 2022
A lot 45%
Some 16%
Not much 14%
None at all 22%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, 7/14-18/22)
Based on what you have seen or heard about the January 6th Congressional committee hearings, do you think former president Trump should be charged with crimes?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 22, 2022
Yes 50%
No 46%
(NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll, RV, 7/11-17/22)
How much do you think former President Trump is to blame for what happened at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 22, 2022
Great deal/Good amount 58%
Not very much/Not at all 40%
(NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll, RV, 7/11-17/22)
Republicans don’t care about dividing the country so Democrats shouldn’t either
Prosecute Trump if he’s guilty (which I believe he is). It’s that simple.
Republicans never worry about dividing the country. Some examples:
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 27, 2022
*no hearing on Garland’s Supreme Court nomination #
*the Big Lie/the insurrection
* the Republican-dominated Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade
Trump’s insurrection mob update 7/26/22
As of July 18:
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 26, 2022
– 842 suspects have been federally charged in the DOJ probe of the Capitol insurrection.
– 116 defendants await sentencing after they either pleaded guilty or were convicted.
– 218 defendants have been sentenced so far. https://t.co/0WO5T0LuFf pic.twitter.com/l20QLAOuwg
A far-right internet personality who streamed live video from insice the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has pleaded guilty, according to a court filing. Anthime Gionet, known as “Baked Alaska” to his social media followers, faces a maximum of six months in prison. https://t.co/34ocfmCjz2
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 22, 2022
Jan. 6 rioter who said she wanted to shoot Nancy Pelosi sentenced to 60 days behind bars | @HolmesLybrand https://t.co/Aco1QdA23T
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) July 21, 2022
NEW and exclusive from me + @ryanjreilly + @byjacobward:
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 20, 2022
In Harvard study of 470 Jan. 6 rioters — the largest yet — motivations for storming the Capitol are clear: "Trump is calling us to fight"https://t.co/n9UBuytp8L
“They were not patriots on Jan. 6,” Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said during the hearings for James Mault, 30, and Cody Mattice, 29, of Greece, N.Y., according to NBC News. “No one who broke police lines that day were. They were criminals.” https://t.co/lAM9I05p7X
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) July 20, 2022
NEW story: Courtney Holland, the communications director for GOP Senate nominee Adam Laxalt marched to the Capitol on January 6th guided by two Oath Keepers charged by the Department of Justice — one of whom was charged with sedition.https://t.co/LHxohpXNcp pic.twitter.com/OpIV5VB0Qc
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) July 20, 2022
A January 6 rioter accused in the assault of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick pleads guilty to disorderly conduct and entering and remaining in a restricted area in connection to the US Capitol attack https://t.co/RhlXgF3eqZ
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 27, 2022
Bad tweets by the Washington Post
The Secret Service didn’t cause the controversy. Trump caused it by wanting to get rid of the magnetometers and wanting to go to the Capitol with his mob.
Your tweet is wrong. It should read “Donald Trump thrust Secret Service into controversy.” He did it to them with his disgraceful behavior.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 4, 2022
Your tweet should say “ Donald Trump thrust the Secret Service into controversy”. His behavior caused the controversy.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 3, 2022
How would a DOJ trial of Trump work?
Grand juries do not have to be unanimous. The regular jury would have to be unanimous. The difficulty of finding jurors who don’t know the case was discussed on MSNBC.
DOJ would assign a federal prosecutor to present the evidence before a grand jury. The grand jury would then decide to indict or not. It would then become a criminal trial with a standard jury that would require unanimity to convict.
— Skillet McTavish (@SMcTavishESQ) July 3, 2022
I’m still not worried that prosecuting Trump will divide the country
More than ever, it’s clear Trump should be prosecuted.
I’m not worried that prosecuting Trump would divide the country
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 28, 2022
1) the country is already polarized
2) did Republicans care about polarizing the country when they didn’t give Garland a hearing? Did the Supreme Court (R) care when they overturned Roe v. Wade?
January 6 poll – majority thinks Trump is responsible
Quinnipiac poll:
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 23, 2022
64% of Americans say the Jan. 6 attack was planned, rather than spontaneous.
58% are following news about the work of the Jan. 6 Committee very or somewhat closely.
59% think Trump bears a lot or some of the responsibility for the Jan. 6 attack.
According to a new poll from ABC News/Ipsos, 58 percent of US adults support prosecuting Trump for the riot https://t.co/ziiyQwkhkN
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) June 19, 2022
Interesting crosstab new Quinnipiac poll – whether Americans think Trump committed a crime vs. how closely they're following Jan 6 committee news:
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) June 22, 2022
Very closely: 69% yes, 29% no
Somewhat closely: 52% yes, 43% no
Not so closely: 42% yes, 48% no
Not closely at all: 15% yes, 71% no
91% of Democrats think Trump should be charged with a crime compared to 19% of Republicans, according to a new @ABC News/Ipsos poll. https://t.co/5IF75RVo1A
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 19, 2022
CBS News poll: Pluralities of Americans say Trump tried to stay in office through illegal means and that the Jan. 6 committee should recommend he be charged with crimes. https://t.co/6PAPAeYaZi pic.twitter.com/f5VBRI1oVx
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 26, 2022
Majority of Republicans: Biden not legitimate winner of 2020 election; people who forced their way into U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were defending freedom (CBS News) Details: https://t.co/GSfkDQzZRo pic.twitter.com/Eo1dWHNWMG
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) June 26, 2022
Views on Trump’s criminal liability break down predictably along party lines, with 86% of Democrats but only 10% of Republicans saying Trump should be charged with a crime. https://t.co/JBjL669Eug
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) July 3, 2022
Sad! 