OK. Finally made it through 1st hearing. It was portrayed as an introduction, with more evidence to follow. But it was poignant to see the deposition testimony of Trump’s top campaign folks including their poll/numbers cruncher. They testified that:
1. They informed Trump that he was likely going to loose; and
2. They dug into the stats, irregularities, and allegations, and there was no fraud, and no irregularities, and they advised Trump on all of this. These guys would be the ones to really dig in to everything aggressively. Trump himself doesn’t dig through polls ad data; he relies on his campaign.
3. Barr, Trump’s appointee to the the top law enforcement position, who would know more than anyone about the fraud allegations, testified there was no fraud.
Also in the weeks before the election, all polls showed Trump was in trouble (even Fox news polls). I saw him complaining at a rally that suburban women weren’t going to vote for him, and ‘please vote for me because it would be so embarrassing if sleepy Joe beat me.’
So the fact that he knew before the election that he may very well lose, the fact that his campaign heads told him in the days after the election that he was finished and there was no fraud, shows that he knowingly pushed a false narrative. And the ‘no fraud’ conclusion supports how the 50-something court cases fell flat and the numerous videos and allegations that surfaced were all proven to be hoaxes.
A couple extra notes to address people’s prior posts:
1. Apparently Pelosi initially pushed for a formal bipartisan investigation, which the republicans rejected. I don’t know the details, but that’s their explanation why they did this has a committee hearing. They wanted something more formal;
2. Smerel: you acknowledge Trump probably did lots of treif things. Yet you skewer and discredit all investigations as corrupt and political. They are working with a handicap because Trump and many of his top supporters have not cooperated.