No There There

For John, BLUF:  I am not surprised at Senator Rand Paul's conclusions.  They align with mine.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Impeachment Managers Admitted Trump Was Not Impeached for His Words:  Sen. Rand Paul

From The Epoch Times, by Reporter Samuel Allegri, 12 February 2021.

Here is the lede plus three:

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that the House Democrats conducting the impeachment of former President Donald Trump were not able to prove that he incited the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Paul, in response to a Fox News interviewer asking him what he would recommend to Trump’s defense lawyers, said he “would capitalize on something extraordinary that the impeachment managers admitted.”

“They admitted that President Trump was not impeached for his words.  This is sort of extraordinary because I’m not sure how you incite someone to insurrection or to this violence they say he’s alone responsible for if it’s not through his words,” Paul said in the interview.

“They finish up by saying, ‘Well, it’s not through his words, it’s because he advocated that the election was stolen,'” he added.  “Well, so has Nancy Pelosi … So has Hillary Clinton in 2016.  So has Jamie Raskin, the lead House impeachment manager [who] went to the floor in 2017 and said, ‘Trump stole the election and I am objecting to ceding the certified electors from Florida.'”

This is all pretty sad.

Regards  —  Cliff