Feb 11 Watch 7:52 Assessing the strength of the legal arguments made against Trump President Trump's defense team will make their argument Friday in his impeachment trial. Elizabeth Chryst, the Republican Senate secretary during President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial, and Melody Barnes, of the University of Virginia's Democracy Initiative, helped broker that trial's rules… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 8:02 How the impeachment trial is being seen and heard across the country To get a sense of how the impeachment trial is being seen and heard across the country outside Washington, D.C., we spoke with two political reporters in Phoenix, Arizona and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, a national political reporter… Continue watching
Feb 11 WATCH: Democrats end arguments in Trump impeachment trial By Associated Press Rep. Jamie Raskin implored senators in his closing speech to exercise “common sense about what just took place in our country” and find Trump guilty of inciting an insurrection. Raskin is the lead prosecutor for the House. Continue reading
Feb 11 WATCH: Trump not protected by First Amendment for inciting insurrection, Rep. Raskin says By Associated Press Lead House Impeachment Manager Jamie Raskin argued in the Senate trial that there is a First Amendment defense against the impeachment charge is "absurd."… Continue reading
Feb 11 Trump lawyer calls House impeachment trial presentation ‘offensive’ By Associated Press David Schoen told reporters on Thursday that Democrats were “making a movie” and had yet to tie the Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol to the former president. Continue reading
Feb 11 WATCH: Rep. DeGette says harm to the Capitol may be long lasting By Associated Press House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump's impeachment said Thursday the harm from the mob attack on Capitol Hill January 6th will be long lasting if there are no repercussions. Continue reading
Feb 11 WATCH: Lieu says Trump has shown no remorse for lies, riot By Associated Press “President Trump’s lack of remorse and refusal to take accountability during the attack shows his state of mind. It shows that he intended the events of January 6 to happen and when it did he delighted in it,” Lieu said. Continue reading
Feb 11 WATCH: Democrats show past Trump rallies cheering violence By Associated Press Lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin said that the litany of examples showed “obvious intent” as Trump told his supporters to come to Washington, and then to “fight like hell” just before they laid siege to the U.S. Capitol. Continue reading
Feb 11 WATCH: Trump ‘lit the fuse’ of the Capitol insurrection, Rep. DeGette says Democratic prosecutors in Donald Trump's impeachment trial say rioters believed they were are acting on the "president's orders" to storm the Capitol to undo Joe Biden's election victory. Continue reading
Feb 10 WATCH: Trump’s second impeachment trial | Day 3 By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jill Colvin, Associated Press House prosecutors concluded two days of emotional arguments in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial late Thursday, insisting the Capitol invaders believed they were acting on “the president’s orders” to stop Joe Biden's election. Continue reading