Republicans in Congress were in on Trump's coup plot

[turbinetree]

By Heather Digby Parton, Salon- Commentary
Published February 04, 2022

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Two and a half years ago, Special Counsel Robert Muller submitted his report in which he declared that Donald Trump did not engage in a criminal conspiracy with agents of the Russian government who had interfered in the 2016 election on his behalf. Numerous members of Trump's campaign were indicted on various related and unrelated charges, but the special prosecutors were never able to gather enough evidence of a conspiracy. While Trump had behaved in extremely suspicious ways, investigators simply couldn't prove that he knew what the Russian government was doing.

Trump went on to spend his entire term committing overt acts of corruption, combining his business with his duties and openly defying all ethical restrictions against conflicts of interest. He blatantly obstructed justice many times and was even impeached for abusing his power by attempting to sabotage his political rival's presidential campaign. He broke the law repeatedly and got away with it every time.

So why wouldn't he engage in a conspiracy to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power and overturn the election he lost?

https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-in-congress-were-in-on-trump-s-coup-plot/

These ()*#$!*&^ should be removed from Congress.....every last one of them.....when they swore to defend the Constitution.....they might as well taken that oath and flushed it down the toilet.....they didn't even call the FBI.....

[turbinetree]

2. Quite a list.....and they are getting taxpayer money to keep doing what they are doing....

[Emile]

3. Thanks, here are the traitors!

[ancianita]

10. Thank you!

[Emile]

4. They shouldn't be allowed to run for office ever again!

[Bayard]

5. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution

Prohibits anyone who has previously taken an oath of office (Senators, Representatives, and other public officials) from holding public office if they have "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against the United States.

[Emile]

6. There you go! The time to start prosecuting is NOW!

[Duppers]

8. Democratic candidates should repeatedly bring this...

Most important fact to voters' attention.

Excellent info, Bayard! Thank you.

[Bayard]

9. Its been talked about by Dems lately

But not enough.

It was originally written to keep Confederates out of Congress after the Civil War. But it would serve our purposes today.

[ancianita]

11. Or "aided and abetted" either sedition, or conspiracy to commit sedition.

[dalton99a]

7. They were in it up to their eyeballs.

[orleans]

12. salon link (for those allergic to raw story's million pop up ads)

https://www.salon.com/2022/02/04/in-congress-were-in-on-coup-plot/

(i won't go on raw story anymore--i spend more time dodging their ads than i do reading the content)