The tweet could 'pass' the Supreme Court's bar to prove the former president incited an insurrection, said former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade.
Former President Donald Trump is seen, inset, the Twitter logo displayed on a phone. Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade revealed Trump's January 6, 2021, tweet that could show his role in allegedly inciting an insurrection.She said a 2:24 p.m.
In the January 6 report, lawmakers said that Trump knew"exactly what he was doing" and that a staffer cautioned him that the tweet would imply"he had something to do with the" riot. McQuade told The Hill that focusing on this tweet in the report was a"stroke of genius." "I think it's that tweet—and they frame it not as inciting an insurrection, but as assisting in an insurrection—I think that tweet probably passes that [Supreme Court] bar," McQuade said.
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