McQuade's remarks come only days after the January 6 panel released its findings from its investigation into the Capitol riot. And written or recorded words are better evidence than spoken ones," Rahmani said in written remarks.
There's no better evidence of what Trump was thinking than his own words. "Trump's tweets can and will be used against him if he is tried. Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor, told Newsweek on Saturday that he agreed Trump's tweet "may be enough to satisfy the test for proximate or legal causation." "I think it's that tweet-and they frame it not as inciting an insurrection, but as assisting in an insurrection-I think that tweet probably passes that bar," McQuade said. Read more Joe Biden's eight biggest gaffes this year McQuade told The Hill that focusing on this tweet in the report was a "stroke of genius." In the January 6 report, lawmakers said that Trump knew "exactly what he was doing" and that a staffer cautioned him that the tweet would imply "he had something to do with the" riot. Trump tweeted: "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. tweet in which Trump blasted Pence for not having the "courage" to overturn the election results could "pass" the Supreme Court's bar to prove his involvement in inciting an insurrection in an interview with The Hill. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Chesnot/Getty Images attorney Barbara McQuade revealed Trump's January 6, 2021, tweet that could show his role in allegedly inciting an insurrection. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, pointed to one of Trump's tweets that could boost prosecutors' case against him in which he targeted former Vice President Mike Pence, who had declined to block the Electoral College certification to overturn Joe Biden's win.įormer President Donald Trump is seen, inset, the Twitter logo displayed on a phone. McQuade, who from 2010 to 2017 served as the U.S. Lawmakers on the House select panel have sought to tie these claims to the riot, which saw a mob of Trump supporters engage in a failed attempt to force Congress to block the results, as well as show he did little to stop the violence.
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The former president continues facing renewed scrutiny for his conduct surrounding the 2020 presidential election, after the House select committee investigating last year's Capitol riot referred him for criminal charges to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and released its full report earlier this week.įollowing his defeat, Trump repeatedly claimed, without providing substantial evidence, the election was stolen via widespread voter fraud. attorney Barbara McQuade revealed on Saturday the tweet Donald Trump sent on January 6, 2021, that could be his downfall.
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