Today, we're going to talk about the conclusion of Trump's second impeachment trial, a shameless

stunt by Mitch McConnell in the wake of Trump's acquittal, and my interview with Al Franken,

where we focus on Trump's defense lawyers without even throwing back to the SNL days and

doing some character work.

I'm Brian Tyler Cohen and you're listening to No Lie.

On the off chance that you haven't heard, Trump's second impeachment trial is over.

He was acquitted with what was actually a surprisingly higher number of Republicans joining

Democrats for a final tally at 5743.

Those Republicans include Senators Burr, Collins Cassidy, Murkowski, Romney, Sass, and

Tumy.

Now, whether for posterity or if you didn't watch the trial, I do want to reiterate the

core elements of the case that the impeachment managers led by Jamie Raskin put forward.

And those three elements that proved Trump's guilt are this.

One was the Violence on January 6th for Seable.

Was it predictable that the crowd at the stop of St. O'Reilly was poised for violence

if provoked?

And the answer is of course, when Trump went to the podium, he knew that those attendants

were inflamed, that they were armed, and were ready for violence.

The seeds for that violence were sewn by him with a big lie.

This idea that the election was rigged, that Trump was the victim of some massive conspiracy.

Trump spread that lie over the course of months, inflaming his base, resulting in death threats

and real world violence.

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