Washington – House Democrats leading the prosecution of former President Donald Trump will present their case for conviction on the second day of his indictment, showing what the assistants say is new video evidence showing the extent of the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
The Senate met on Tuesday for the opening day of the trial, with arguments from the House Managers and Mr. Trump’s legal team on the constitutionality of trialing a former president in the upper chamber. Senators voted 56 to 44 to establish that the Senate has jurisdiction over the matter, with six Republicans joining all 50 Democrats.
Led by Representative Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, the House executives plan to use “extraordinary” footage from Capitol security cameras that have not been made public, to illustrate the scale of the January 6 attack and their case for the conviction of mr. To illustrate Trump. , senior assistants in the team of indictment managers said Wednesday.
‘It will provide new insight into both the extreme violence that everyone suffered, as well as the risk and threat that it could have led to further violence for many people, but for the brave actions of the officers and it really shows the extent of what “Donald Trump on our Capitol,” said one assistant.
Mr. Trump has been indicted by the House while still in office for inciting the uprising for his actions surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in which a pro-Trump mob stormed the halls of Congress and temporarily stopped the counting of elections. voices. The then president addressed the crowd of supporters earlier in the day, urging them to “fight like hell.”
During Tuesday’s session, Democrats outlined a timeline of events that led to the attack on the Capitol, which senators oversaw a dramatic video montage of violent crowds overwhelming the Capitol, inter alia with Trump’s remarks and tweets. Raskin urged senators to find the trial constitutional and eventually vote for conviction, arguing that if Mr. Trump’s actions’ are not an undisputed offense, there is nothing.
Mr. Trump’s legal team has struggled to make a convincing argument against the trial, with one lawyer offering a convoluted hour-long monologue that eludes the core questions. The lawyers received reprimands from the IDP senators after the arguments were settled, and it was said that the former president himself is angry at the performance of his team.
During the trial on Wednesday, Raskin and the indictment managers of the House will present their case for conviction. From noon onwards, they have eight hours to argue their case, and can continue for another eight hours on Thursday if necessary. After their arguments, the team of mr. Trump have the same time to put their side.