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Okay, you don't believe that Trump attempted to follow this fringe legal theory. We have the Eastman memos, we have communications inside the trump administration about them, it just so happened that "alternative electors" stood ready, and the protest - which Trump specifically scheduled to get to the location of the EC election at the right time (remember, he even said he'd walk there with them) - just so happened to be led through the building, as you yourself stated.
Is there anything in the above paragraph that you disagree with? I can produce the evidence I've seen since the insurrection for each of the points, but you'll have to accept it in good faith if you ask for it (reasonably, of course, if you have specific disagreements).
> This entire "fringe legal theory" idea is pure conjecture.
No, it really is not. As I said we have internal communications, and I even distinctly remember it being floated on public conservative forums before Jan6. But the worst part for me? I can't point to anything that Trump would have done differently had he actually followed this strategy. That's the thing that puzzles me. Isn't it a bit eery just how well everything lines up around his actions? So he can keep plausible deniability?
> Trump even told people to go home and to be peaceful.
Like, let's go over this point. The capitol police started getting overwhelmed and pushed back around 1:30pm. Some time around, or slightly after, this I remember watching a livestream from one of the protesters. Then, at 2:24pm Trump tweeted:
Trump> Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!
He must already have been aware of the protest. I was, and I was on the other side of the world. Then, at 2:38pm he tweets:
Trump> Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!
Great, at last, a call for peace.
But now explain to me. Let's say you were in Trumps position AND you wanted to follow the previously-described legal theory AND you wanted to keep plausible deniability. What would you have done differently?
So trump has nothing to do with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_fake_electors_plot ?