For many, Lutig’s rhetoric gave weight to the process, as he bluntly declared that “our democracy today is on the edge of a knife” and described Donald Trump’s plan to overthrow the election as “treacherous.” Watching the hearing, Vanity Fair writer Joe Hagan wrote in Twitter: “I like the way this guy treats every line of his deposition as if he were carving it in a national monument. And honestly, * really * carries it for the story. And he seems to know it. “ Mr Hagan went on to say: “I also respect, no matter how stopped it may sound, that Lutig is not making himself a mere sound engineer. He speaks in history, not on television. “ “His sobriety, his seriousness, his holiness are so foreign to our modern sensibilities – but that’s the point. That’s the point. “ Judge Lutig observed Mr. Hagan’s posts and took to Twitter to thank him and explain why he had spoken so extensively. “Thank you very much for this thread, Mr Hagan. “You almost obviously understood exactly what I was trying to do at least to the best of my ability during Thursday’s hearing,” Lutig wrote on Twitter. “What you could not know and did not know, but I will tell you now, is that I believed that I had an obligation to the Election Commission and to the country, first to formulate… then to count… and then… to count… every… individual… word “I spoke…, carefully… accurately… and… deliberately, so that the words I spoke were clear and audible, and therefore understandable, as such,” he explained. “I believed on Thursday that I had this high responsibility and obligation – to myself, even if to no one else. Also keep in mind that Thursday was the first time in 68 years, as far as I know, I had ever been on national television, let alone on national television like this. “And although I was not scared, I was worried that I was doing the best I could and I was not ashamed, as I think anyone in this horrific situation would be,” the retired judge continued. “I decided to respond to your immediately perceptive and understandable tweet at last this afternoon, because I was watching the tweets all day suggesting that I was recovering from a severe stroke and my friends, out of concern for me and my family, sent them to me fervently. the tweets, asking me if I’m fine. “These are social media, I understand,” he wrote. “But I deeply believe in the fundamental, in fact revolutionary, value and contribution of social media to Free Speech in our country, and for this reason I willingly accept the occasional evil that comes from social media, in exchange for the much more common good coming. from that – at least from the much more responsible, respectful speech in these media, “said Mr Luttig. Continuing his explanation, he wrote: “That’s why, 16 years after I left office, even then as a very skeptical, infamous old federal judge, I set up a Facebook account and then a Twitter account – slowly… too late … One account first… and then… followed. By the other. All that said, I do not recover from a stroke or any other illness, I promise. Fortunately, I have never been so sick or as weak as I have ever been in my life and I would not wish it on anyone. I hit wood, I have never been sick for a single day in my life “. “I was more prepared, prepared and spiritually focused (I thought) during Thursday night listening than ever in my life. Gathering my face looked “very red” to some on Twitter, betraying them serious illness. The explanation was more innocent than that. At the last minute, I was able to help my daughter move into her new home, where the temperatures were in the ’90s, and where I was grateful, albeit unwillingly, to do so over the weekend before my deposit. . of the necessary tanning! ” Mr Luttig continued. “It simply came to our notice then. And I think that explains it all. Throughout my life, I have said (as far as I am concerned, and at times, sarcastically to others) that I never… speak… nor γρήγορα faster… than μου my mind… can. Think. “I will proudly assure everyone on Twitter that I was stuck, like a laser, like never before, with this promise to myself that starts immediately at 13:00 on Thursday afternoon,” he wrote. “Furthermore, as consciously as one can subconsciously realize something, I was, in your poetic words for which I was, and I am myself, incapable of even misleading, Mr. Hagan, highly aware that if I were to sculpt words in stone that day, it was imperative that I carve the exact words that I would like to be carved in stone, if I carve words in stone for the story “. Concluding, Judge Lutig wrote on Twitter: “Well, in all honesty, thank you all on Twitter for being genuinely concerned about me. I can assure you that last Thursday, June 16, I had never felt, nor was I, ever better in my life. And now, two days later, I still feel better! For better or worse, I was as synthetic as ever last Thursday, June 16, 2022. But please, keep checking on me from time to time! You never know these days! Thank you all! You are the best!”
