On December 21, 2020, Marjorie Taylor Greene attended a meeting with Donald John Trump. In the video outside the White House, she makes reference to the January 6th insurrection. That is the earliest record to date. Can't find it on YouTube but that doesn't mean anything. I think I heard the reference yesterday evening on an Al Velchi program when he stood in for the host on "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell."
Everything on January 6th was premeditated, even the gallows. Greene made a reference to it on December 21, 2020.
The 45 Republicans in the USA that cannot bring themselves to vote for conviction of Trump have a false face. They cannot obey their oath of office while courting extremist voters.
“...that I take this OBLIGATION freely, without ANY mental reservation or purposes of evasion;...
There is just no way that a US Senator can live up to their oath of office and not convict. I think the Republicans evade their responsibility every time they accept fringe demands as their own.
In reflection on January 6, 2021 was there treason? Yes.
The Supreme Court in two instances clearly stated there needs to be physical acts of war or giving aid and comfort to the enemy for treason to exist. On January 6, 2021 there was domestic terrorism which is an act of war. That day there was property damage, which was considerable, there were national security breaches in stolen material both computer and paper. If anyone has Pelosi’s laptop by now it is probably Trump.
Beyond the property damage there was death and injury. One death was that of a Capital Police Officer leaving behind a wife and children. There were also injuries. Some injuries are of seriously maiming with disability. I believe that injuries were levied on 140 people. There was also ambulance at the scene to rescue people to a nearby hospital.
There was reason in this act of domestic terrorism.
Was there sedition?
Yes, most assuredly there was sedition when Trump spent considerable time in a speech that day and in previous days to attempt to organize any such persons to a purpose to destroy by force or violence democratic processes to elect the next President of the USA. Having no legal process to place himself as president, after innumerable legal challenged, Donald John Trump attempted to overthrow the government by disregarding the USA Constitution Rule of Law
[USCO2] 18 USC Ch. 115 Treason, sedition and subversive activities
18 US Code 2483 Rebellion or insurrection
18 US Code 2485 Advocating overthrow of government
These laws and Supreme Court precedent separate an actual act of treason and/or sedition from symbolic forms of free speech such as flag burning.
What occurred on January 6, 2021 and the days and weeks leading up to it cannot in any way legitimately be interpreted as symbolic free speech.
