Much more so than the earlier two felony indictments, with now over 80 counts in the aggregate, this one strikes at -- and will ask judges to decide -- who we will be, as a nation.
It is nearly impossible to overstate the historic importance (and peril) of this moment. Perhaps not since the signing of the Declaration, or the end of the Civil War. . . have we, as a people, been at such a defining. . . fork in the road.
[His very own hand picked Vice President's views and actions are cited over 100 times in this document.] Here's the Special Counsel's take on it, and a bit:
. . .Good evening. Today, an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here in the District of Columbia and sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full.
The attack on our nation’s capital on January 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy. As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. Lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government, the nation’s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election.
The men and women of law enforcement who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6 are heroes. They’re patriots, and they are the very best of us. They did not just defend a building or the people sheltering in it. They put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and as a people. They defended the very institutions and principles that define the United States. . . .
For my part, I am encouraged. We will collectively turn our back on this would be despot. While he belongs in jail, it almost doesn't matter to me whether he is incarcerated eventually now.
In this one, his own former running-mate, and the former Vice President has sworn under oath that he knew he had lost, but persisted in lies that got people killed. That's gonna' leave a mark. Out.
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