The Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump continued with House managers presenting video and tweets they say indicate that former President Trump incited the deadly January 6 riot.
During a dinner break on the second day of the impeachment trial against former President Trump, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gave brief remarks to the press. The leader said that he hopes his Republican colleagues have an open mind after being presented with the evidence from the Hose managers. He then went on to say that he gives "tremendous credit to Capitol police officers" for keeping them safe.
During a dinner break on the second day of the impeachment trial against former President Trump, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) spoke briefly with reporters. Referring to the video evidence as disturbing, the senator said "I'm angry, I'm disturbed, I'm sad." When asked if she felt the insurrection at the Capitol "was completely Donald Trump's doing," she said that the House managers are "making a very strong case" in building a timeline to show how the words of the former president were used "to build the anger that we saw here in this capitol."
During a dinner break on the second day of the impeachment trial against former President Trump, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) spoke briefly with reporters. When asked if there was anything that should be taken away from the trial so far, Senator Cassidy said, "there were people - insurrectionists - who attempted to affect the peaceful transfer of power, and that should give anyone, who loves our republic, great pause."
The Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump continued with House managers presenting video and tweets they say indicate that former President Trump incited the deadly January 6 riot. House managers Representatives David Cicilline and Joaquin Castro presented arguments on what President Trump was doing during attack on the Capitol, and showed his tweets and statements against Vice President Pence on January 6th.
The Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump continued with House managers presenting video and tweets. Del. Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) describes the breaching of the Capitol and the location of lawmakers in time stamped video.
House Managers continued their presentation, focusing on First Amendment concerns among other issues. Later, Managers Neguse and Raskin gave a summation of their case and rested.
House Impeachment Managers continued to make their case that former President Donald Trump incited an insurrection that led to the riot at the U.S. Capitol. This part of the trial begins with House manager Diana DeGette telling her personal experience on January 6.
House Managers continued their presentation, focusing on First Amendment concerns among other issues. Later, Managers Neguse and Raskin gave a summation of their case and rested.
After the Senate adjourned day three of the impeachment trial against former President Trump, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke briefly with reporters. When asked whether the House managers made the case for impeachment, He said that "the case was made so powerfully. If my colleagues listen to their conscience and rise to the moment, they will convict."
After the Senate adjourned day three of the impeachment trial against former President Trump, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) spoke briefly with reporters. He said that the House managers, "have done very well," but that he still needs to hear from the defense.
House Impeachment Managers continued to make their case that former President Donald Trump incited an insurrection that led to the riot at the U.S. Capitol. This part of the trial begins with House manager Diana DeGette telling her personal experience on January 6.
House Managers continued their presentation, focusing on First Amendment concerns among other issues. Later, Managers Neguse and Raskin gave a summation of their case and rested.
After the Senate adjourned day three of the impeachment trial against former President Trump, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke briefly with reporters. When asked whether the House managers made the case for impeachment, He said that "the case was made so powerfully. If my colleagues listen to their conscience and rise to the moment, they will convict."
After the Senate adjourned day three of the impeachment trial against former President Trump, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) spoke briefly with reporters. He said that the House managers, "have done very well," but that he still needs to hear from the defense.
Landmark Cases explored Brandenburg v. Ohio, in which the Supreme Court overturned the anti-criminal syndicalism conviction of Clarence Brandenburg, an Ohio Ku Klux Klan leader, on the grounds that the state law violated the 1st Amendment. Nadine Strossen, the former head of the American Civil Liberties Union, and Katie Fallow, a senior attorney with Columbia University's Knight First Amendment Center, were on set to discuss the case.
House Impeachment Managers continued to make their case that former President Donald Trump incited an insurrection that led to the riot at the U.S. Capitol. This part of the trial begins with House manager Diana DeGette telling her personal experience on January 6.
After the Senate adjourned day three of the impeachment trial against former President Trump, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke briefly with reporters. When asked whether the House managers made the case for impeachment, He said that "the case was made so powerfully. If my colleagues listen to their conscience and rise to the moment, they will convict."
After the Senate adjourned day three of the impeachment trial against former President Trump, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) spoke briefly with reporters. He said that the House managers, "have done very well," but that he still needs to hear from the defense.
House Managers continued their presentation, focusing on First Amendment concerns among other issues. Later, Managers Neguse and Raskin gave a summation of their case and rested.
After the Senate adjourned day three of the impeachment trial against former President Trump, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke briefly with reporters. When asked whether the House managers made the case for impeachment, He said that "the case was made so powerfully. If my colleagues listen to their conscience and rise to the moment, they will convict."
After the Senate adjourned day three of the impeachment trial against former President Trump, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) spoke briefly with reporters. He said that the House managers, "have done very well," but that he still needs to hear from the defense.
House Impeachment Managers continued to make their case that former President Donald Trump incited an insurrection that led to the riot at the U.S. Capitol. This part of the trial begins with House manager Diana DeGette telling her personal experience on January 6.
