Thread by @AkivaMCohen

Listening to Trump v. Thompson, and trump's lawyer is now arguing that Trump has a *duty* as president to try to pressure Raffensberger into reversing Georgia's election

Sorry, Thompson v Trump

"is there anything a president could say while President that would subject him to a civil suit in your view?"

"I can't think of anything"

Don't think this will fly

Judge to defendants: you can't possibly be saying presidential immunity has to be for some express statutory or constitutional duty

Ah, sorry, to plaintiff's counsel

Now asking defendants counsel about whether there's a difference between "pres as president" and "pres as campaigner"

Defense counsel says you can't distinguish because president's are always campaigning

Trump lawyers: "there's no way you can construe anything that the speakers said as a plausible invitation to commit a crime"

Judge: "why not?"

Judge pointing to the medgar Evers case,which said he'd be in a different position if violence had immediately followed: "isn't this that case?"

What about the President's silence? Wouldn't he have spoken up if this wasn't what he wanted?

The judge just basically said he doesn't think trump saying the words "peacefully and patriotically" in his speech was meaningful in light of the rest of the speech