Rep. Eric Swalwell, who will help prosecute former President Trump for ‘inciting insurgency’, said the House’s accusations are prepared to call witnesses during the upcoming Senate hearing.
“If the Senate allows witnesses, we will be ready with witnesses,” Swalwell, D-California, told MSNBC on Saturday morning.
MSNBC host Tiffany Cross told Swalwell she would like to see Trump’s inner circle called to testify before the Senate hearing about their speeches during the January 6 “Stop the Steal” march that caused the Capitol riot, including Trump’s eldest son Don Jr. and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
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Swalwell did not specifically say whether Trump’s confidants would be called, but suggested the evidence could be far-reaching because so many people were affected when a pro-Trump crowd stormed the Capitol, killing five people, including the police officer. of Capitol Brian Sicknick.
Accusation Manager Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-California, walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Wednesday, January 13, 2021. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh)
“It’s not just the people who have knowledge of what the president knew,” Swalwell said. “The American people saw the police officers being beaten and spat on and punched – 50 of them were injured and almost 20 of them were hospitalized, one of them was dead. The cafeteria workers who also ran for their lives. There are many witnesses to this crime. ‘
Swalwell said this trial would be different from Trump’s accusation a year ago of Ukraine’s foreign intervention in the 2020 presidential election. This is because the senators are not only jurors but also witnesses of the uprising that ‘runs for their lives’, he said.
Witnesses were not admitted by the then IDP-controlled Senate in the previous indictment.
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House leaders will set up the riot as a premeditated attack orchestrated by Trump, Swalwell said.
“It was not a violent passion crime. It did not happen spontaneously with words that just slipped out of Donald Trump’s mouth during the rally. He propagated this big lie for months to radicalize these terrorists. [and] to … call the Golgotha to Washington, and he calls it “stop the stealing,” Swalwell said.
“And if you are not an elected representative, the only way you can stop the theft is by taking a physical act. He told them: do not be weak, you will lose your country if you do not fight. not, “Swalwell continued.
“And then, most importantly, they attacked the Capitol for two hours and the president said nothing.”
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The indictment will formally move from the House to the Senate on Monday night. Swalwell is one of nine indictment leaders, led by Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland. Diana DeGette of Colorado, David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Joaquin Castro of Texas, Ted Lieu of California, Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania and Joe Neguse of Colorado.
The trial is expected to kick off on February 9, giving Trump time to get his legal defense ready. Trump was indicted in the House a week after the riots broke into the Capitol for “inciting insurgency” in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden as president.
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Republicans are divided over whether Trump is responsible for the uprising. To convict the former president, 17 GOP senators, along with all Democrats in the Senate, would have to join a majority vote.
Since Trump’s term is over, the biggest punishment he faces is being banned from running for office again.