Here's a more sober analysis:

" Trump did deserve to be impeached, removed, and disqualified over: (a) the baseless claims of outcome-determinative voting fraud; (b) the unseemly executive pressure on state officials, Congress, and the vice-president to endorse the baseless claims; (c) the encouragement of a mob to descend on Capitol Hill (and even though Trump half-heartedly encouraged his supporters to be "peaceful" and "patriotic," it is impeachable conduct for the chief executive to encourage a rambunctious political protest on Congress's turf); (d) Trump's persisting in public messaging about Pence's supposed betrayal after the riot started; and (e) the then-president's failure, for hours, to use his undeniable influence to induce the rioters to stand down and leave the Capitol grounds.

Smith's problem was not that evidence of egregious presidential misconduct was lacking. It was that he is (or was) a prosecutor, not Congress. He could not address political wrongs in a political forum, as the Constitution empowers the Article I political branch to strip power from the chief executive of the Article II political branch. Smith could only address Trump's wrongs in the criminal-justice process. In that non-political forum, unlike in impeachment, Trump was presumed innocent and entitled to every bounce of the ball."

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Your shoulders must be exhausted shoveling that much straw.