Are you sure that Trump started the party or are they just naming him in hopes of getting him involved?
I don't understand this reasoning. I would think they'd be more likely to convict due to him starting a party:
“Trump has told people that the third-party threat gives him leverage to prevent Republican senators from voting to convict him during the Senate impeachment trial,” The Washington Post reported today.
can't run a party from prison gnomsayin'?
I strongly think that Trump's ultimate goal would be to head The Patriot Party as a faction of The Republican Party similar to The Tea Party but much more official and a lot stronger.