James Hohmann

James Hohmann @jameshohmann

Critical point by House manager Stacey Plaskett: If they had any exculpatory evidence, Trump and his defense team could offer it. But they are not sharing any evidence that would make Trump look less negligent or derelict in his response to the marauders seizing the Capitol. — PolitiTweet.org

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Michael van der Veen’s acerbic behavior in the face of even friendly questioning by senators is reminiscent of Melissa Carone’s demeanor during that bizarre election hearing in Michigan. https://t.co/KuAeMLkF3a — PolitiTweet.org

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Van der Veen can’t bring himself to admit that Trump lost the election because he doesn’t want to upset his client. #audienceofone — PolitiTweet.org

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Very Philly. — PolitiTweet.org

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@tbalcerski I would bet that this is in their firm’s promotional materials within a month. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tbalcerski: @jameshohmann As someone who regularly drives by a billboard on the Whitestone Expressway for Cellino Law, specializing in… — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump’s lawyer just implicitly called Senator Tuberville a liar on the floor of the Senate. And the former football coach is still going to vote against convicting the former president. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a clean up question from Republicans. Trying to get the president’s defense team to give them a procedural off ramp to justify voting against conviction. — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s inconvenience that the Secret Service wouldn’t alert Trump that his Vice President had been evacuated. For his own security. The first, second and third in the line of presidential succession were all in grave danger on the afternoon of Jan. 6. It was playing out live on TV. — PolitiTweet.org

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Correction: It was defense lawyer Michael van der Veen, not Castor, who said this. Apologies. — PolitiTweet.org

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Flashback to yesterday: Tuberville says he informed Trump of Pence’s evacuation before rioters reached Senate https://t.co/ApGLcNrJF6 — PolitiTweet.org

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Bruce Castor says “the answer is NO” when asked if Trump knew Pence had been evacuated. How is that possibly true? This is a legal proceeding. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ebruenig That looks like Pepto Bismol. https://t.co/RLLMwCXEtO — PolitiTweet.org

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@ThePlumLineGS made the case for calling witnesses this AM, anticipating this stonewalling from Trump’s defense lawyers on what the president knew and what he did on Jan. 6. https://t.co/TlleU73tZg — PolitiTweet.org

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@JRubinBlogger Yep! That’s exactly what it means. — PolitiTweet.org

James Hohmann @jameshohmann

On the battlefield, one sends in the cavalry, which is the word for an army component mounted on horseback. The similarly spelled word calvary refers to "an open air depiction of the crucifixion," or more recently "an experience of intense suffering." https://t.co/wLEn2ULtkh — PolitiTweet.org

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Cavalry vs Calvary — PolitiTweet.org

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Collins and Murkowski asked for as much detail as possible about what Trump knew, when he knew it and what he did on Jan. 6. They wanted specifics. The refusal of Trump’s defense team to answer — and Trump’s refusal to testify — shows that the answers would only hurt their case. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GlennKesslerWP: Trump was invited to testify but choose not to. He could have answered this question. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @aseitzwald: Trump's lawyers say they can't answer this key question because there hasn't been an adequate investigation. Presumably th… — PolitiTweet.org

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I cannot imagine Murkowski or Collins are satisfied with the non-answer by Trump’s lawyer about what the then-president knew and did on Jan. 6. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump’s lawyer refuses to answer. He can’t say there’s been no investigation. He must be able to answer. Trump is his client. This is a central question. — PolitiTweet.org

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Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski — swing votes on conviction — want to know: Exactly when did President Trump learn of the breach, what specific actions did he take and when did he take them. “Please be as detailed as possible,” they write. — PolitiTweet.org

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Mitt Romney will ask these questions. https://t.co/K4zPg9fZcM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jabinbotsford: Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., notes on the 4th day of the Impeachment trials for President Trump on Capitol Hill today. “The… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jaconi: 🇺🇸🎥🗞️Question Time in the U.S. Senate --> Watch now with the newsroom of the @washingtonpost: https://t.co/v7H9NUxUvS — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump’s defense lawyer points out that the only reason we know what really happened on Trump’s call with Georgia’s Secretary of State is because it was recorded and published. This raises the question of how many more off-the-wall convos Trump has had that we don’t know about. — PolitiTweet.org

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Where did the defense lawyers get this soundtrack to play over the news clips? Like a trailer for Heat or something. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump’s interference in Georgia’s administration of elections is under active investigation. — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaking of rank amateurs. — PolitiTweet.org