Wow
Just read through Rep Mo Brooks (R-AL) legal filing today defending himself in lawsuit filed by Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA) alleging Brooks helped incite the US Capitol insurrection with "start taking down names and kicking ass" speech
It's quite something
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Rep Brooks specifies he was called by the White House on Jan 5 and invited to give the speech at Ellipse on Jan 6. And only did so because the White House invited him
He also says, at last minute, organizers tried to reduce the time he was allotted for speech
Rep Brooks' court filing includes the vote tally in his District for Trump and Biden
Arguing he was "representing the will" of the Alabama 5th District that day
About those words we've heard in video clips so many times since Jan 6: "Start taking down names and kicking ass"...
Rep Brooks argues the words "as such" at the start of the sentence were important modifiers or softeners of the language
Rep Brooks added this nugget on info in his legal filing:
He believes the evidence is "overwhelming" that Nov 3 elections suffered from voter fraud, that Donald Trump won the electoral college and should be serving his 2nd term as President
Rep Brooks' court filing acknowledges he and other Members of Congress met at White House with Rudy Giuliani after the election for a briefing... but that he "did not use anything of substance" said by Giuliani
(Note: Giuliani is a co-defendant in civil suit)
Rep Brooks specifies on multiple occasions in his legal filings that he was working within the scope of his employment in challenging the electoral college submissions
Rep. Brooks asks judge to dismiss him as defendant in Rep Swalwell's civil suit
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