The day after Trump’s indictment for his involvement with the January 6 attempt to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power, one of the leading defense arguments that is being put out by right-wing news outlets, is that this is a matter of Trump’s right to free speech. Here’s why that won’t wash. “When our research and campaign legal team can’t back up any of the claims made by our Elite Strike Force Legal Team, you can see why we’re 0-32 on our cases. I’ll obviously hustle to help on all fronts, but it’s tough to own any of this when it’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.” -Trump Senior Campaign Advisor email, Dec 8, 2020. Pg. 13 1/6 indictment
Former VP Mike Pence, after Trump repeatedly pressured Pence to toss out the election results, Pence refused. Trump responded to Pence with the following: “You’re too honest.” Was Trump knowingly asking Pence to do something dishonest?… pg. 33 of the indictment…