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Impeachment Trial: Trump ‘Ran Out of Nonviolent’ Ways, Ted Lieu Says
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1:49Now PlayingRepresentative Ted Lieu, one of the House impeachment managers, said the attack on the Capitol happened because Trump “ran out of nonviolent” ways to keep his hold on power.
The California Democrat said Trump’s tweets leading up to Jan. 6 “baited” Republicans to join his effort to overturn the election, including one that called on then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “to get tougher or you won’t have a Republican Party anymore.”
Trump also pressured former Attorney General William Barr, Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and others to probe his baseless allegations of election fraud, causing Barr to resign after he found otherwise, Lieu said.
“For Bill Barr, making up election fraud claims and saying the election was stolen was a bridge too far,” Lieu said.
The mob that gathered on Jan. 6 made death threats against Mike Pence, after Trump repeatedly called on his vice president to refuse to announce certification of the Electoral College results making Joe Biden’s victory official. That last nonviolent Trump tactic failed, Lieu said, when Pence “stood strong and certified the election.”
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