Criminal prosecution required for Trump inspiring violent government Insurrection

              

 

Trying to overthrow a legitimate election to remain president by inciting a violent assault on the seat of government is a monstrous crime that must be criminally prosecuted.

 

Trump had been inspiring this assault indirectly thruout the campaign claiming the only way he could lose was thru fraud. Once he lost by over 7 million votes and 74 electoral votes, a near landslide, he orchestrated a 2 month long campaign to overturn the ceremonial electoral vote counting in 4 critical states he lost.

 

He maintained this fantasy before the state legislators, the U.S Supreme, and his last resort, the Congress. A massive propaganda effort brought thousands of supporters, many armed, to his final rally as president, literally telling them to redeem his stolen election by ‘not being weak’.

The near catastrophe sent 535 congresspersons scrambling for their lives. One of Trump’s crazed supporters, who Trump promised to lead to the assault but didn’t, was shot thru the neck dead trying to enter a window of a barricaded office protecting our legislators. A Capitol Police Officer died, just the 4th in 200 years. We watched in horror another officer nearly crushed to death by the ravenous mob.

Trump watched the insurrection unfold on TV, refusing to send help; instead calling congresspersons to join the traitorous vote to complete his delusionally inspired coup. His public criticism of Vice President Pence for not supporting the coup brought cries of ‘kill Pence’ to the criminal mob.

Trump will be impeached in the House but not convicted in the Senate. The 25th Amendment, garnering Trump’s removal in his last few days, is unlikely. But neither remedy is sufficient if enacted. If Trump wasn’t president today he’d be sitting in jail without bond pending trial for incitement to riot in furtherance of insurrection that claimed 5 lives and injured many. The most grievous injury was to Uncle Sam.

 

Ironically, Trump does sit in jail, Twitter Jail, imposed by Twitter specifically in recognition of his incitement of the deadly insurrection…and his continuing incitement to riot on Inauguration Day. January 20. His last tweet told the next mob he won’t be there. Wonder why?

 

Nothing less than criminal prosecution of Trump for incitement to riot in furtherance of a coup to remain in power in required. The nation and the world are watching.