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Kyle Cheney

11 Feb, 10 tweets, 5 min read

TUBERVILLE tells reporters tonight that when Trump called him on Jan. 6, he informed the president that security had just taken Pence out of the chamber for safety.

"I said ‘Mr. President, they just took the vice president out, I’ve got to go.”

Seems significant that a senator is acknowledging telling Trump *directly* that Pence was under threat, and Trump still didn't say anything publicly about it.

We know Trump tweeted at 2:24pm that Pence "didn't have the courage" to overturn the election. What we don't know is if Trump's tweet came just before or just after Tuberville says he told him that Pence had been evacuated.

From what I can establish from the record:

-Trump spoke to Tuberville sometime between 2-2:15 (Deseret News)
-Pence was evacuated at 2:15pm, prompting Tuberville to relay this to Trump and end the call (Tuberville comment)
-Trump tweeted his attack against Pence at 2:24pm

NEW: Sen. Tuberville’s claim that he informed Trump *directly* on Jan. 6 that Pence had just been evacuated by security is a new and potentially significant point on the timeline.

Trump tweeted his attack on Pence around the time of that call.

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…

@burgessev

NEW: Sen. Tuberville's comments to @burgessev last night handed new evidence of Trump's actions during the insurrection to House prosecutors.

Aides made clear today that they noticed.

w/ @AndrewDesiderio

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…

@burgessev

@burgessev @AndrewDesiderio UPDATE: House impeachment managers say acquitting Trump could be a recruitment boon for Trump-aligned extremists who viewed the Jan. 6 insurrection as a success and harbinger of future violence.

The latest from the trial w/ @AndrewDesiderio

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…

@burgessev

@burgessev @AndrewDesiderio Raskin/Neguse now make the point that Trump can't use a First Amendment defense because he's not just a random guy spouting controversial opinions.

As president, his oath required him to uphold the integrity of the electoral process/Constiuttion.

@burgessev

@burgessev @AndrewDesiderio Raskin looks super pumped to get to impart basic Constitutional principles, usually reserved for his classrooms, on the Senate floor. He says "Brandenburg standard" with particular zeal.

@burgessev

@burgessev @AndrewDesiderio "Voltaire said famously ..." Raskin continued.

"And we might take a moment to consider another Voltaire insight..."

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Kyle Cheney

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@burgessev

NEWS: Tuberville speaks to reporters just now and stands by account he gave to @burgessev on Wednesday

"I said Mr President, they've taken the vice president out. They want me to get off the phone, I gotta go ... probably the only guy in the world hung up on pres United States"

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@burgessev Trump's lawyers dismissed it as "hearsay" during the trial today. It's a key point that several Republicans considering conviction asked about and got no answer from Trump's team.

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@burgessev More importantly: If Tuberville's account is true, it means Trump attacked Pence on Twitter about 10 minutes after learning Pence had been evacuated to escape the violent mob.

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@burgessev

CASTRO references Sen. TUBERVILLE's comments to @burgessev indicating he *directly told Trump* that Pence had been evacuated moments before.

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…

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@burgessev The Trump team's response to this ignores what Castro just said to indicate there's "nothing in the record" about what Trump knew about Pence.

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For exmaple, here's a DOJ filing in the Q shaman case last week describing the "insurrection."

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They are also pretending that the House's entire case is about the word 'fight.'

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This is important: Trump's own lawyer inadvertently made the House's case for why Trump's words carry unique weight compared to congressional Democrats.

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