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Impeachment Day 2: Democrats Call Trump ‘Inciter-in-Chief’
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6:46Now PlayingDonald Trump’s second impeachment trial is underway in the Senate, with members of the House’s prosecution team delivering their opening argument.
The nine impeachment managers presenting the charge against the former president argue that he betrayed his oath of office by inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Trump’s lawyers counter that he didn’t prod his supporters to violence and simply exercised his First Amendment rights.
Lead House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin opened his argument by telling senators that his team will prove that Trump bears direct responsibility for the Jan. 6 attack and that he spent weeks beforehand calling his supporters to Washington.
“We will prove that the impeached president was no innocent bystander,” Raskin said, pointing to December tweets by Trump urging people to come to Washington to protest that day. “He incited this attack, and he saw it coming.”
Raskin said Trump’s actions were designed to prevent certification of Joe Biden’s victory and that was “the greatest betrayal of the presidential oath in the history of the United States.”
Raskin also said the Senate has settled the question of whether Trump can be tried and convicted because he’s a private citizen. Raskin said the constitutional issue has been decided, and the proceedings are now about fact-finding.
House impeachment managers kicked off opening arguments on Wednesday, set to deliver an emotional recounting of the events of Jan. 6.
The prosecution team will have a maximum 16 hours split over two days to present their case, although aides indicated that Democrats won’t use their full alloted time. That will be followed by 16 hours for Trump’s defense.
In opening arguments, Rep. Jamie Raskin said: “The evidence will show that Donald Trump surrendered his role as commander-in-chief and became the inciter-in-chief."
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