from what i read (and i can't remember the source) the way the judges made up their mind was to view all available evidence presented to date and make a decision based on that. I don't have the legalese language to explain that but it seemed that due process was followed by the judges.

Personally, the moment you publicly instruct your vice president to stop the necessary signing of documents needed to hand over power you have partaken in an "act of insurrection" 

 No, it was a joke. He has never been charged let alone convicted of anything. There was a bunch of protesters let into the capitol by the police. They were unarmed, hurt no one, had zero impact. 

I don’t even like Trump but this is an absolute farce. 

 judges would have to follow due process though - to pretend the judges are somehow "owned" by a political party goes too far... it was a narrow decision, too - 4:3 

 btw they were NOT unarmed - this was all over Twitter yesterday - scores of different groups came in and had guns... 

 and did i imagine it, or weren't a couple of policemen or guards killed?

Maybe i have that wrong though... 

 You didn’t imagine it. You were lied to, and no correction was ever made by those who lied. And they were unarmed. Total farce.