2.10.2021

The impeachment trial in an historical nutshell

"They have charged the president with incitement of violence and insurrection," Cruz said. "Nothing he said meets the legal standard for incitement. Incitement is very clear. Incitement is very deliberately saying 'go, attack.'"

 
"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" (also expressed as "troublesome priest" or "meddlesome priest") is a quote attributed to Henry II of England preceding the death of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170. While the quote was not expressed as an order, it prompted four knights to travel from Normandy to Canterbury, where they killed Becket. The phrase is commonly used in modern-day contexts to express that a ruler's wish may be interpreted as a command by his or her subordinates.

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