House GOP holds its first hearing on why Trump’s conviction is unfair
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee held a ridiculous hearing on Thursday aimed at downplaying and re-litigating Donald Trump’s convictions on 34 felony counts. Republicans, once again, found themselves being publicly humiliated by Democratic representatives like Eric Swalwell of California, who deftly exposed the unserious nature of the hearing. "Just a show of hands for anyone in the room who hung out with the felon today?" Swalwell began, alluding to the closed-door session with Trump earlier that day. He then turned his attention to former Ambassador to the Czech Republic Norman Eisen, the witness called by Democrats. Eisen is a highly regarded legal mind, lawyer, and was special counsel for ethics and government reform under President Barack Obama. He also attended Trump’s trial in New York. Swalwell asked about the location where Trump committed his crimes (New York), where the jury pool was taken from (New York), whether or not the defendant had a say in picking the jury, and what verdict the jury came to. “I was there for it. There was a vigorous voir dire. His defense counsel were extremely active and, I thought, effective,” Eisen said. "They decided, 34 times, that Donald Trump falsified documents to cover up his 2016 criminal election interference scheme.” YouTube Video Hearings like Thursday’s sideshow give GOP officials the chance to hurl baseless allegations into the public sphere without having to present anything that would be considered truly evidentiary by the U.S. legal system. This can also be seen in GOP-led “investigations” into President Joe Biden, his family, and now Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, as Republicans are trying to create the illusion that something untoward is happening to them. But their fundamental problem is that any and all evidence they claim to have has been investigated, debunked, and cannot hold up in a court of law. Thursday’s hearing is the GOP’s latest attempt to promote misinformation about Trump’s various abuses of power. It’s also the latest Republican performance of crying about how everything is just so unfair when your leader is a conman and convicted felon. Democratic Rep. Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands called these hearings “Groundhog Day” because of their repetitive, MAGA propagandist nature. This one was no different. Hopium Chronicles' Simon Rosenberg joins Markos to discuss the “red wave-ification” of the economy and how prepared Democrats are for November. There is still work to do but we have a better candidate—and we have the edge. Embedded Content Campaign Action
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The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee held a ridiculous hearing on Thursday aimed at downplaying and re-litigating Donald Trump’s convictions on 34 felony counts. Republicans, once again, found themselves being publicly humiliated by Democratic representatives like Eric Swalwell of California, who deftly exposed the unserious nature of the hearing.
"Just a show of hands for anyone in the room who hung out with the felon today?" Swalwell began, alluding to the closed-door session with Trump earlier that day.
He then turned his attention to former Ambassador to the Czech Republic Norman Eisen, the witness called by Democrats. Eisen is a highly regarded legal mind, lawyer, and was special counsel for ethics and government reform under President Barack Obama. He also attended Trump’s trial in New York.
Swalwell asked about the location where Trump committed his crimes (New York), where the jury pool was taken from (New York), whether or not the defendant had a say in picking the jury, and what verdict the jury came to.
“I was there for it. There was a vigorous voir dire. His defense counsel were extremely active and, I thought, effective,” Eisen said. "They decided, 34 times, that Donald Trump falsified documents to cover up his 2016 criminal election interference scheme.”
Hearings like Thursday’s sideshow give GOP officials the chance to hurl baseless allegations into the public sphere without having to present anything that would be considered truly evidentiary by the U.S. legal system.
This can also be seen in GOP-led “investigations” into President Joe Biden, his family, and now Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, as Republicans are trying to create the illusion that something untoward is happening to them. But their fundamental problem is that any and all evidence they claim to have has been investigated, debunked, and cannot hold up in a court of law.
Thursday’s hearing is the GOP’s latest attempt to promote misinformation about Trump’s various abuses of power. It’s also the latest Republican performance of crying about how everything is just so unfair when your leader is a conman and convicted felon.
Democratic Rep. Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands called these hearings “Groundhog Day” because of their repetitive, MAGA propagandist nature. This one was no different.
Hopium Chronicles' Simon Rosenberg joins Markos to discuss the “red wave-ification” of the economy and how prepared Democrats are for November. There is still work to do but we have a better candidate—and we have the edge.
