Republican strategist Karl Rove
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Rove said during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” that the leader of the Senate majority Mitch McConnell
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“I think it will all come down to the president’s defense,” Rove added.
“Rudy Giuliani set a very bad course in the morning papers,” Rove said, noting the lawyer’s comments suggesting the president could not have incited the deadly riots at the Capitol earlier this month because his unproven claims of electoral theft were true. The House last week accused Trump of his role in the riots, making him the only president to be indicted twice.
The election fraud argument, Rove noted Sunday, “has been rejected by more than 50 courts,” including some designated by Trump.
A defense by Giuliani, he added, “increases the likelihood that more than 17 Republicans will vote for the conviction.”
Giuliani also told ABC News that he is working to defend Trump’s removal and that the president could not have incited the crowds because they did not immediately leave for the Capitol after his speech at a rally.
“It simply came to our notice then. You should have people who were left without this frozen speech to the Capitol, and that’s basically an incentive, “he said.
The former mayor of New York spoke at the same rally and called for a “combat trial.”
“I am willing to bet on my reputation, the president is willing to bet on his reputation, because we will find crime [in the election]”he said at the time.
Speaking to The Hill’s Brett Samuels last week, Giuliani insisted the term was a reference to the HBO series “Game of Thrones” and not a literal invocation of violence.