{"id":52211,"date":"2021-02-12T14:38:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=52211"},"modified":"2021-02-12T14:39:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:39:46","slug":"democrats-caught-using-fake-evidence-at-impeachment-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=52211","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Caught Using Fake \u2018Evidence\u2019 At Impeachment Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Made up phone calls and photoshopped tweets<\/h2>\n<p><!--more-->Steve Watson<br \/>\nSUMMIT News<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52213\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52213\" class=\"wp-image-52213 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231091578.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231091578.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231091578-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-52213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congress.gov via Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Democrats were caught Wednesday using fake evidence during their impeachment clown show, and were forced to withdraw it, proving that they don\u2019t care about the truth, and only about trying to punish President Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-out right relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-in\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"tps_slideContainer_12615\" class=\"theiaPostSlider_slides\">\n<div class=\"theiaPostSlider_preloadedSlide\">\n<p>Impeachment managers led by Rep. Raskin charged that following the Capitol storming on January 6, Trump called Senator Mike Lee by accident when he really meant to speak to Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville.<\/p>\n<p>Impeachment manager David Cicilline said \u201cHe dialed Senator Lee by accident, and Senator Lee describes it that he had just ended a prayer in the Senate chamber.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cicilline then charged that Trump asked Tuberville to \u201cmake further objections\u201d to Biden\u2019s election vote count, while Senator Lee \u201cstood by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It soon emerged that then entire claim was bullshit, when Senator Lee confirmed it never happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStatements attributed to me moments ago by the impeachment managers, statements relating to the contents of the conversations between phone calls involving Trump and Senator Tuberville, were not made by me, were not accurate,\u201d Senator Lee said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1359664867192561673&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F02%2F11%2Fdemocrats-caught-using-fake-evidence-at-impeachment-trial%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1359664867192561673\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As Lee shouted at him, Raskin admitted that the claim was fake and agreed to withdraw it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1359674846062469120&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F02%2F11%2Fdemocrats-caught-using-fake-evidence-at-impeachment-trial%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1359674846062469120\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Earlier in the hearing, Rep. Eric Swalwell\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2021\/02\/busted-eric-swalwell-caught-using-photoshopped-tweet-impeachment-trial-fakenews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">used a photoshopped tweet<\/a>\u00a0in an attempt to add extra weight to a post Trump re-tweeted about supporters \u2018fighting\u2019 for the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1359623622206267392&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F02%2F11%2Fdemocrats-caught-using-fake-evidence-at-impeachment-trial%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1359623622206267392\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1359710864127967233&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F02%2F11%2Fdemocrats-caught-using-fake-evidence-at-impeachment-trial%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1359710864127967233\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1359633475071074308&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2021%2F02%2F11%2Fdemocrats-caught-using-fake-evidence-at-impeachment-trial%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1359633475071074308\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; 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