How do we know that they knew that what they were doing was illegal? They requested pardons from Trump and pled the fifth amendment when they were interrogated. They would not have done this if they did not believe that what they did was illegal. Cipollone also stated that they would face huge legal exposure had Trump gone there in person as he sought to do. Herschmann knew that they would be facing legal exposure too based upon his testimony that he told them that the only words he wanted to hear were orderly transition. That’s part of the importance of the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson.
These people knew what they were doing was illegal. We would have suspected that a great many of these people would have known better than to believe the big lie, but this made it transparently clear. So what does this mean? Doing these things to subvert and overturn a free and fair presidential election devoid of the kind of massive voter fraud necessary to alter who won the election when they knew that Trump had lost the election means they intentionally attempted a coup! That’s what this means. These people knew that Joe Biden had won a free and fair election devoid of massive voter fraud and they still tried to keep Trump in power. And this is the political party that has claimed to be the party that loves America and is the party of patriots. And to this day, you hear this from the MAGAts but these morons actually believe the big lie. The leaders knew better and that difference is huge. This political party cares only about protecting themselves and holding power. They don’t give a shit about this country!
The other thing that jumps out at me regarding their lack of morals and patriotism is the attempt to intimidate the witnesses and scare them into testifying falsely in order to protect Trump. This only happens, again, if they KNEW that they were committing crimes and subverting a free and fair election. They wouldn’t have worried about that if they thought that what they were doing was righteous and that they were trying to right a wrong. And it did sound like a mob boss. And it shows how all that the members of Congress who are republicans apart from Representative Lynn Cheney and Adam Kinzinger care about is their own power and their political party and that’s about it. These people care more about staying in good graces with “Trump world” than doing what is right or in the best interests of this country and democracy.
These people are the lowest scum there is.
My apologies for not typing the thoughts and words that were in my mind but missing in the diary. The fact is that, as many know, I have insomnia because of the side effects of my substance abuse rehabilitation medication. I am a month away from my fourth year of being clean and without any relapses in that 4 years since I first sought help. That was near the end of July of 2018. Insomnia is terrible for my memory and I strongly suspect leads me to errors like the type I mentioned above. Again, I apologize for the errors. Thank you for your patience!