Ranking member McHenry says there is “wisdom to the crowd” and said that general public is more savvy and intelligent and people in Washington think they are. Funny. The Securities laws were created to protect investors. With a “seller beware” motto from FDR
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He is complaining about the accredited investor definition designed to protect people who cannot afford to lose money from being fleeced by securities offerings where there is not adequate disclosure.
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♥️Day 5 of the Donald Trump Impeachment Trial 2.0. February 13, 2021. Wonderful! They are going to debate whether to subpoena witnesses and documents
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Raskin says the House Managers have proven their case, but because last night a house member Congresswoman Herrera said that Kevin McCarthy communicated with Trump in middle of insurrection. He wants to depose her and ask for notes.
And, other witnesses could come forward.
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Van der veen said there was plan for witnesses. He is complaining that the House "did not put the work in that was necessary to impeach the former president, but, if they want to have witnesses, I'm going to need at least 100 depositions, not just one."
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✔️ We have begun. It's Day 4 of the Trump Impeachment Trial 2.0. The defense is putting on their case. The first lawyer is Van Der Veen.
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Already this is wackadoodle. Seems like the defense is trying to tell us not to believe what we saw. This lawyer has the audacity to say that the people assembled at Trump's speech were peaceful patriots
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This lawyer is claiming that Trump's speech on the ellipse on January 6th was was a policy speech about "turning out strong in the next primaries" and how this was about working on voting law reform.
🇺🇸It's on. Day 3. The Trial of Donald Trump 2.0 continues at 12:04 p.m. on February 11, 2021
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Rep. Raskin invited Colorado Congresswoman @RepDianaDeGette to talk about how the mob believed they were following President Trump's orders.
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DeGette begins with her own experience under attack. Here's what she saw when she left the chambers. She looked at the mob and thought "Who sent them here?"