13, of the “high crime and misdemeanor” of inciting the invasion and insurrection by thousands of Trumpites into the Capitol exactly a week before that. Raskin and the other House managers argued senators should convict Trump on one count, which the House approved Jan. It was his strongest language ever against the previous Oval Office occupant. Raskin, a longtime constitutional law professor, delivered that verdict at the opening of a short Zoom video speech to the Government Employees “virtual” political-legislative conference on Sunday, Feb. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., has labeled former White House Republican denizen Trump a “traitor.”
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WASHINGTON (PAI)-Unveiling a key word he never uttered during Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in mid-February, chief House impeachment manager Rep. Raskin told a legislative conference of the Government Employees this past weekend that Trump was 'a traitor.' | Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call via AP Jamie Raskin, D-Md., prepares for the start of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on Feb. Capitol, and causing the deaths of at least 5 people, all just to delay the certification for a few hours.Lead impeachment manager Rep. Tragically, some of Trump’s supporters took matters into their own hands and violently attacked police officers, breaching the U.S. Now, Raskin is the public face of an impeachment trial based on the premise that Trump “incited an insurrection” by encouraging Republicans to block the Electoral College certification and directing his supporters to march to the Capitol in protest. In other words, Raskin had falsely claimed that Trump stole the 2016 election by working with Russia but he had also publicly admitted that no challenge to the Electoral College results would get anywhere, but he still pulled a pointless stunt to slow the certification. “I would love to challenge the Electoral College vote because our election was badly tainted by everything from cyber-sabotage by Vladimir Putin, to deliberate voter suppression by Republicans in numerous swing states,” Raskin told The Baltimore Sun. “But it’s a very hard thing to prove that an election would have turned out differently than it did, and the law requires a challenge from both the House and the Senate, and I’m not seeing that happen.” While Harris pointed out this move, he did not explain just how hypocritical it truly was. Raskin pulled this stunt even after he had thrown cold water on the idea of contesting Trump’s Electoral College win. Biden asked if a senator had signed the objection and Raskin had to admit that his objection was invalid. Raskin rose to spoke even though no member of the Senate signed his objection. “I have an objection because ten of the 29 electoral votes cast by Florida were cast by electors not lawfully certified because they violated Florida’s prohibition of dual office holder,” Raskin said. Then-Vice President Joe Biden shot down his objection. Twitter screenshot.Īs Tim Harris reported for RealClearPolitics, Raskin rose in a futile attempt to block the certification of Electoral College votes in January 2017. “Rep Raskin says Trump promoted the ‘big lie’ that the election was stolen but didn’t Raskin promote the ‘big lie’ that Trump stole the election in 2016? Wasn’t it Jamie Raskin who ‘incited violence’ by objecting to Trump electors?” Paul asked. Then the senator quoted Raskin’s argument, noting that it arguably applies to Raskin’s own actions in 2017. Paul argued that Democrats had named “Raskin to lead impeachment of Trump for advocating for the same thing Raskin did in 2016.”
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“So, it’s ok for Dem Jamie Raskin to try to ‘overturn’ Trump electors but it’s incitement to violence when Trump urged Congress to ‘overturn’ Biden electors? Isn’t that called hypocrisy?” Paul tweeted, with a link to a RealClearPolitics story about Raskin’s antics in 2017.