Psychoanalyst Justin Frank: Capitol riot was a source of incredible pleasure’ for Trump

On Thursday, House impeachment managers finished their presentation of the case against Donald Trump, arguing that he should be convicted for the crime of inciting an insurrectionist attack against the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

The video, photographic and other documentary evidence of Trump’s responsibility for the attack on the Capitol is overwhelming. He has no reasonable defense for his crimes, and his attorneys have not offered one. Instead they will lie, obfuscate, change the topic and present Trump and his followers as being the “real victims” of a dark plot centered on “political correctness” and denying “free speech” to “conservatives” (read: white, Christian and male). 

House impeachment manager Joe Neguse explained the importance of convicting Donald Trump: “We humbly, humbly, ask you to convict President Trump for the crime for which he is overwhelmingly guilty. Because if you don’t, if we pretend this didn’t happen, or worse, if we let it go unanswered, who’s to say it won’t happen again?” Continue reading.