The justices did not seem very concerned with the question of whether Trump is actually an insurrectionist, only addressing it briefly during the proceedings.
Trump lawyer Jonathan Mitchell rejected the notion that the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, qualified as an insurrection.
“They kept saying about what I said right after the insurrection,” he said outside Mar-a-Lago after arguments concluded in Washington, D.C. “I think it was an insurrection caused by Nancy Pelosi.
Trump: I think it was an insurrection caused by Nancy Pelosi. pic.twitter.com/I3AMOSymjG — Acyn (@Acyn) February 8, 2024.
The idea that then-House Speaker Pelosi perpetrated an insurrection on Jan. 6 doesn’t make a lick of sense, of course.
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“I think it was well received,” Trump said of his lawyer Mitchell’s arguments in front of the Supreme Court on Thursday. »