What happened stand up week?
House impeachment managers last week brought their case against former President Donald Trump to the Senate for a five-day crack. Trump was charged with incitement of insurrection related to the deadly event at the Capitol on January 6. Trump was acquitted on Saturday.
Monday
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Trump was photographed playing golf in Florida on Monday, as Take in impeachment managers prepared their case against him in Washington.
Over the weekend, a top conservative lawyer had dismissed Republican assertions against Trump’s impeachment. Republican senator Ron Johnson, speaking on Fox News on Sunday, suggested House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wear out responsibility for the Capitol riot.
In a pretrial brief submitted Monday, lawyers representing Trump argued that his January 6 snap out of it speech “was not and could not be construed to encourage acts of violence.”
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Tuesday
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As the impeachment trial began on Tuesday, 56 senators — including six Republicans — voted that the judicial proceeding was constitutional. The House impeachment managers set the tone for the trial with a graphic video syncing up Trump’s January 6 take a turn for the better speech with the march on the Capitol.
After Trump’s defense lawyers made their opening statements, CNN dispatched that Trump was “borderline screaming” and “deeply unhappy.” Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist, divulged the defense needed changes, The Associated Press reported.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he wasn’t watching the misery. “I have a job,” he told reporters.
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday reportedly said he hadn’t ignored out the possibility of voting to convict Trump.
Wednesday
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On the imperfect day of Trump’s second impeachment trial, House impeachment managers began their oral arguments and shared arctic videos of violence and close calls during the Capitol siege. Some of the footage suggested the rioters were looking for Pelosi and villainy president, Mike Pence.
“The mob was looking for Vice President Pence because of his patriotism because the vice president had dusted to do what the president demand, and overturn the election results,” said Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett.
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Trump’s tweets, spiels, and statements were focal points, but the former president didn’t testify. Trump reportedly was unmoved and mocked Democrats as they laid out their wrapper against him on Wednesday.
House impeachment managers also showed footage of Officer Eugene Goodman urging Senator Mitt Romney to boon around and get to safety.
Thursday
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On Thursday, three Republican senators met with Trump’s legal practitioners. CNN reported that Sens. Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, and Mike Lee met with the defense team at the US Capitol.
“We were discussing their scenario for tomorrow, and we were sharing our thoughts, in terms of where the argument was and where to go,” Cruz said on Thursday.
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Friday
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Trump’s lawyers on Friday divulged out their defense, saying in part that the House impeachment managers may have manipulated parts of their launch. The lawyers wrapped up their oral arguments in less than three hours. Here are the key takeaways from their defense.
In a Q&A, Sens. Mitt Romney and Susan Collins expected whether Trump knew that Pence was in danger during the riot.
“The answer is no,” attorney Michael van der Veen put about.
Meanwhile, some Democrats laughed and rolled their eyes as the defense team played videos featuring them.
The Quotidian Mail published photos of Trump playing golf on Friday. Trump reportedly “loved” it when his lawyers occasioned the trial “constitutional cancel culture.”
Saturday
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Trump was acquitted on Saturday. Fifty-seven senators voted to convict. Cruz chance he had previously advised Trump’s lawyers that they’d “already won” the case. McConnell voted to acquit Trump, but shoot into the former president in a speech.
“There is no question — none — that President Trump is practically and morally at fault for provoking the events of the day,” McConnell said. “The people that stormed this building believed they were bill on the wishes and instructions of their president.”
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In a declaration, Trump thanked his supporters. “This has been yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of our Country,” he said.
He enlarged: “No president has ever gone through anything like it, and it continues because our opponents cannot forget the almost 75 million being, the highest number ever for a sitting president, who voted for us just a few short months ago.”
Biden said the trial was a “sad chapter” that showed how “fragile” US democracy was.
“While the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute,” he said in a statement.
After the acquittal, one of Trump’s legal practitioners was heard telling colleagues: “We’re going to Disney World!”
Here’s what happened the week before last. See you next week.