Marci Wheeler (aka Empty Wheel) and Kyle Cheney of Politico are live tweeting the hearing in Congressman Eric Swallwell’s lawsuit against Trump and Mo Brooks (who’s representing himself).
Some choice moments via Cheney: “[DC Circuit Judge Amit] Mehta points out that Trump took hours after violence erupted to call off his supporters, noting that if he believed his words at the rally were misconstrued by violent supporters, a reasonable person would’ve spoken out and told them to stop… Judge Mehta forced Trump’s lawyers to discuss whether Trump’s two hours of silence as the Jan. 6 riot raged amounted to ‘agreement’ with what the rioters were doing. He clearly is closely following the Jan. 6 committee’s work and homed in on their central focus.”
Via Wheeler: “We’re at the ‘Black Maxine Watters using inflaming rhetoric’ again. Mehta says to stop with the whataboutism, using that word… Mehta looking at Trump’s tweets further inflaming to show that he agreed with conduct… Now, cornered with evidence that Trump agreed with the conspiracy, [Trump lawyer Jesse Binnall] is saying the President can’t be obligated to take actions.”