INCREDIBLE: A newly filed affidavit against a Capitol rioter shows that this man, Daniel Egtvedt, fought with an entire room full of police, was kicked out, returned, fought/injured police again, left, returned, fought with police again and still wasn't arrested that day.
Scuffle #1
Scuffle #2
Scuffle #3
Another view of that first scuffle with a description of an officer's injuries.
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The commissioners agree that 9/11 and 1/6 aren’t particularly comparable except for the enormous damage to American’s psyche. One noted that on 9/11, terrorists wanted to hit the Capitol but failed. politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
The most important things for a new 9/11-type commission:
-Members and staff with non-partisan cred
-Subpoena power
-Carefully worded mandate from Congress
-No artificial deadline
The vote will be the first time since 1868 that a majority of the Senate (though not a supermajority) votes to convict. And it will easily set a record for most votes to convict by members of the president's party. politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
Most of the energy has been for speeding straight through to the final vote. But evidence that Trump attacked Pence while *knowing* he was fleeing the violence has changed the calculus.
Some Rs have signaled they're intensely interested in this as well.
@HerreraBeutler Tonight, Herrera Beutler makes clear she has been emphatic with her colleagues on this point and pleads with others close to Trump — and Pence himself — to start saying what they know.
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"
@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.
@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.