1) House impeachment managers plan to use video evidence substantially in next week's trial.
nytimes.com/2021/02/07/us/…
nytimes.com/2021/02/07/us/…
2) I predict not all of the video will be from January 6th. While it reached a fevered pitch on January 6th and the days after the election, Trump’s false claims started long before. He was explicit about the "stolen election" narrative from last summer.
3) @rgoodlaw and I analyzed dozens of hours of Parler videos of the events of January 6th at the US Capitol. They reveal the psychology of the crowd, and how its violent behavior was a direct result Trump’s rhetoric. justsecurity.org/74335/fight-fo…
4) They can be expected to linger on the fact Trump’s rhetoric nearly got Mike Pence and other lawmakers killed. And that is exactly what was going to happen- Pence in particular got very lucky.
5) In many ways, this impeachment trial will make history. On some level it is more like an international tribunal for war crimes or human rights violations, but with less resources and time to prepare. justsecurity.org/74565/social-m…
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