No the impeachment trial will not enter in stuff like that.
You basically get articles about very specific things, and then you can only address those specific things.
They're going to say "he incited insurrection with the speech." What happened in the election is immaterial to the content of the speech and the immediate aftermath. Even if the election was fraudulent - and i dont think it was - you can't insight an unlawful action, and then hide behind the complaint being legitimate.
No the impeachment trial will not enter in stuff like that.
You basically get articles about very specific things, and then you can only address those specific things.
They're going to say "he incited insurrection with the speech." What happened in the election is immaterial to the content of the speech and the immediate aftermath. Even if the election was fraudulent - and i dont think it was - you can't insight an unlawful action, and then hide behind the complaint being legitimate.
that's not how impeachment proceedings work, is what i'm telling you.