Senate impeachment trial

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., drew a direct line between former President Donald Trump’s actions and the Capitol Riot, but he said the now-private citizen was ineligible for conviction. “[Trump] was practically and morally responsible for provoking events of the day,” McConnell said. “This [impeachment] question is moot because former President Trump is constitutionally not eligible for conviction.”

In a 57-43 vote Saturday, the U.S. Senate moved to acquit former President Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection.

As the defense wrapped their case for former President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial, Trump’s attorney Bruce Castor imparted words of warning for both Democrat and Republican senators.

One of former President Donald Trump’s attorneys, David Schoen, presented a series of video clips used in the house managers’ case against Donald Trump and showed where edits were made in the content.

House impeachment managers wrapped up their argument that President Donald Trump incited the Capitol riot.

House managers leading the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump wrapped up their case Thursday. Here are the top moments you may have missed.

At the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., argued Thursday that the First Amendment is not a defense for inciting an insurrection, quoting Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia by saying, “You can’t ride with the cops but root for the robbers.”

Lead Impeachment Manager Jamie Raskin, D-Md., made the case on Thursday that the siege of the Michigan state Capitol served as a “dress rehearsal” for the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.

House impeachment manager Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., argued on Thursday that insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol believed they were following President Donald Trump’s “marching orders.”

During the second day of the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., played senators never-before-seen security footage that shows the moment rioters breached the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.

Bruce Castor, an attorney representing Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial, opened for the defense by condemning those who participated in the Capitol Riot.

House Manager Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., called the Capitol Riot the “Framers’ worst nightmare come to life” as he sought to make the case that it was constitutional for the Senate to try Trump after he has already left office.

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President Donald Trump spoke at the White House on Thursday following the Senate’s acquittal of impeachment charges, saying that the impeachment process was “evil,” “corrupt,” and run by “leakers and liars.”

At a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence joked about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the State of the Union, and the Senate’s vote to acquit President Donald Trump of both articles of impeachment.

House impeachment manager Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., defended the Democrats’ impeachment strategy after the Senate acquitted President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying, “There’s a giant asterisk next to the president’s acquittal. The asterisk says he was acquitted without facts, he was acquitted without a fair trial, and it means that his acquittal is virtually valueless.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) spoke to reporters on Wednesday minutes after the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump of both articles of impeachment, calling the impeachment process a “political loser” for Democrats and a “colossal political mistake.”

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a moderate Republican, said on the Senate floor Monday she’d vote to acquit President Donald Trump even though his actions were “shameful and wrong.”