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Sun Feb 9 2020 (Updated 02/12/20)
Bay Area Joins Nationwide "Reject The Coverup" Protests
Republican Senators' Refusal To Allow Witnesses, Hold Fair Trial Sparks Outrage
In the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of Trump that concluded with an acquittal on February 5, Republicans senators refused to let people with direct knowledge of Trump's behavior testify. Republicans did not allow witnesses such as John Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser, or Dick Mulvaney, chief of staff, to tell what they knew. Defense attorneys argued with, according to legal scholars, legally absurd arguments. They also claimed that although the facts might be as presented by the Democratic prosecution, these facts did not matter. In a final blow to long accepted constitutional theory, defense attorneys argued that a President could do whatever benefited him personally if he thought it was in the public interest, a theory previously promoted by France’s king, Louis XIV who said "l’état, c’est moi” ("I am the state").
The same day Trump was acquitted, protesters in the Bay Area and across the country hit the streets and called out the trial out as a “hoax," “sham,” and “fake," using some of Trump's favorite words to describe events that don‘t accord with his notions. Organizers of the action included El Cerrito Shows Up, East Bay Indivisible, Refuse Fascism, and Public Citizen. Under the slogan, “Reject the Coverup," the demonstrations held throughout the country were supported by many other groups including Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, People for the American Way, Democracy for America and Greenpeace.
San Francisco In Nationwide Rejection of Senate Coverup |
San Francisco Swift Reaction to Senate Sham Trial |
Event Announcement
Palo Alto
"We'll Remember in November" Theme at Reject the Cover-Up Rally in Front of Stanford University |
Stanford/Palo Alto: Reject the Cover-up! Protest |
Excitement Turns to Anger in Palo Alto After Senate Trial Sham |
Palo Alto: Band and Raging Grannies Reject the Coverup
San Jose
"Senators, Are You Completely Morally Bankrupt?" and Other Signs at San José Protest |
Event Announcement
Berkeley
Aquittal Protest in Berkeley (2/8) |
Event Announcement
Oakland
Oakland Protesters Insist Senate Trial Was a Cover-Up, Not an ExonerationOakland |
Event Announcement
El Cerrito
El Cerrito Shows Up to Say: No Witnesses, No Fair Acquittal |
Event Announcement
San Rafael
San Rafael Protests Senate Decision to Acquit Trump |
Event Announcement
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The same day Trump was acquitted, protesters in the Bay Area and across the country hit the streets and called out the trial out as a “hoax," “sham,” and “fake," using some of Trump's favorite words to describe events that don‘t accord with his notions. Organizers of the action included El Cerrito Shows Up, East Bay Indivisible, Refuse Fascism, and Public Citizen. Under the slogan, “Reject the Coverup," the demonstrations held throughout the country were supported by many other groups including Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, People for the American Way, Democracy for America and Greenpeace.
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