House members who sued Donald Trump Thursday afternoon ended his case in his ongoing political trial.
They suggested that the senators gathered condemn and forbid Trump from entering a long-term federal workplace and thus a repeat of the fatal chaos in the U. S. Capitol, which they had meticulously documented.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Edin leader, closed his presentation by invoking Thomas Paine and the seeds of the American Revolution. He quoted Paine:
“Tyranny, like hell, is easy to overcome. But we have this saving comfort: the longer the fight lasts, the more excellent our victory will be. Good luck in your deliberations. “
During the two days assigned to his presentation, House officials built an uncommon second-to-second timeline of occasions before and after the attack on the Capitol, not just how, they said, Trump caused a typhoon crowd to build a set. congressional consultation, but how he showed no regret as violence unfolded.
Five other people were killed, adding a Capitol police officer.
Many senators and representatives accumulated for the trial witnessed the attack.
A week after the Capitol Storm, Trump accused the House of Representatives of inciting the insurrection, allowing the first president to be charged twice.
Democrats have gone to great efforts this week to say that Trump has done something no other lawmaker has done. their constituents went beyond the demanding situations posed by some legislators.
As they did Wednesday, law enforcement officials also referred to the risk to former vice president Mike Pence for the Capitol violation, and said Trump showed no indication that he was involved in the danger he was creating.
An unreleased security video released Wednesday showed that Pence and his circle of relatives were evacuated near the Senate House as troublemakers entered the building.
It has already been reported that the crowd approached about thirty metres from where Pence, 61, and his circle of relatives were hiding before being moved to a place.
Lawmakers also displayed excerpts from Trump’s Speech at the White House before the riots in which he suggested his supporters “walk” through the Capitol and “fight like hell” to challenge Joe Biden’s election victory certification.
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“January 6 was not an unexpected radical break with his peaceful, law-abiding temperament, but his state of mind,” Raskin told the Senate. Be bright and early, in a position to attack, in a position of excessive violence to fight like hell for your hero. “
On Thursday, Democrats also worked to show that Trump not only incited the riots, but did not respond to the violence with surprise or dismay even after it had turned fatal, instead posting a video calling out the rioters. “very special” and said “they are going home”.
The representative of the indictment officer, Ted Lieu, argued that Trump’s lack of remorse demonstrated “that he will cause long-term harm if he allows it. “
“President Trump has expressed no remorse for last week’s violent insurgency in the U. S. Capitol,” Lieu said. “This sends precisely the wrong signal to those of us who are the very center of our democratic principles and have made a solemn oath to the constitution. “. It’s time to say too much is too much. “
The site also noted that It took Trump three days to lower the U. S. flag in honor of Capitol Hillman Brian Sisnick, who died in the riots.
“And President Trump, who was the commander-in-chief at the time, did not come to pay homage to the officer who begged in the same construction for which he died defending,” Lieu added.
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In his own final arguments, House political trial officer Joe Neguse established the center of democrats’ argument to convict Trump: the president only encouraged January 6 violence, he does so voluntarily.
“There is no doubt that the threat of violence is foreseeable,” Neguse said. “And what did you do in the days leading up to the rally?Have you calmed the situation down? Ask yourself: did you call peace?No, it spread”. your great lieArray . . . that American votes were stolen and that the last act of robbery would take place here on Capitol Hill. “
Trump’s lawyers are expected to begin filing their case on Thursday and, in interviews with CNN, said they would argue that there is no “direct link” between their consumer and the movements of those who broke into the Capitol.
His lawyers also said they believed that seeking a former president in the Senate was unconstitutional, that argument failed, and six Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the trial.
When asked about videos in which rioters can be noticed quoting Trump’s own words to justify the mutiny, attorney David Schoen told CNN that Democrats “have not connected him in any way with Donald Trump. And I think it’s frankly offensive, in reference to the healing process. “, to continue to show the tragedy that happened here that Donald Trump has condemned, and I think now, frankly, it’s with the other Americans. “
Trump’s conviction would require 17 Republican senators to vote to blame the Democratic majority.
If Trump is convicted, an upcoming vote would be whether he was barred from running for federal office, which his lawyers have pointed out to argue that his trial is a political vendetta against Democrats.
Trump’s lawyers will have 16 hours for two days (although the defense team said it will take a long time) to protect their case, with a final vote scheduled for this weekend, depending on the length of the questions and answers and the latest arguments.