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It’s Trump Impeachment Trial time, again, and it is Day 4 with the full live stream from PBS will be available here starting at Noon EST.
The big news going into Day 4 is that the Trump Team is only planning on using a smidge of their allotted time:
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer David Schoen said his team thinks it will need only a few hours to deliver its defense arguments.
Speaking to reporters after the House managers finished their arguments Thursday, Schoen said Trump’s team may go for about “three to four hours, something like that,” on Friday.
He criticized the case made by the House managers, saying they had turned the evidence into “an entertainment piece,” which he said was “horrific.”
Updates
Man has a point…
Amazing how hard Democrats tried to appeal to Republicans and how little Republicans tried to convince Democrats.
This impeachment defense was the equivalent of putting up that image of Trump standing on a tank and being like ‘Could a President THIS COOL do something wrong?!!?’ pic.twitter.com/NsRmvntnDZ
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) February 12, 2021
Bruce Castor is back talking again…
Trump’s lawyer Bruce Castor said House impeachment managers ‘spent no time at all, connecting, legally, the attack on the Capitol to the 45th president of the United States’ pic.twitter.com/e3k2vcpobp
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 12, 2021
The Trump Team’s opening defense:
Donald Trump’s defense team argued that his impeachment was "an unjust and blatantly unconstitutional act of political vengeance." https://t.co/VrbvNRVpu4 pic.twitter.com/SxJJlCuJa5
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 12, 2021
Meanwhile…
Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz popped into the LBJ room where Trump lawyers are working during the break. No response from Graham after he left. pic.twitter.com/lvc8b2z61I
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 12, 2021
Day 3 Highlights
Democratic House Managers spent time review past incidents of former President Trump encouraging or condoning violence from his followers:
"We're listening to Trump": House impeachment managers play videos showing January 6 rioters explicitly saying they are following Trump's orders to siege the Capitol https://t.co/YubPpuDO6i pic.twitter.com/vZJt1dGvIQ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 11, 2021
Closing argument:
"If you think this is not impeachable, what is?"
As Democrats prepare to close their case, Congressman Jamie Raskin says that if Donald Trump is not convicted, then any president could incite insurrection
Follow impeachment trial live: https://t.co/jRuagrZRMu pic.twitter.com/eoZ5TpvYC2
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 11, 2021
"If you think this is not impeachable, what is?"
As Democrats prepare to close their case, Congressman Jamie Raskin says that if Donald Trump is not convicted, then any president could incite insurrection
Follow impeachment trial live: https://t.co/jRuagrZRMu pic.twitter.com/eoZ5TpvYC2
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 11, 2021
And as for the intended audience of the Democratic Manager’s case:
"If you think this is not impeachable, what is?"
As Democrats prepare to close their case, Congressman Jamie Raskin says that if Donald Trump is not convicted, then any president could incite insurrection
Follow impeachment trial live: https://t.co/jRuagrZRMu pic.twitter.com/eoZ5TpvYC2
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 11, 2021
Day 2 Highlights
That one time Eugene Goodman saved Mitt Romney’s life:
Security footage played by impeachment managers shows officer Eugene Goodman running to respond to the breach and telling Sen. Mitt Romney to run to safety. pic.twitter.com/Gk1BN6vStZ
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) February 10, 2021
New video from January 6th:
Previously unseen video from Jan. 6 presented by House impeachment managers showed how the violent pro-Trump mob broke into the Capitol. “They were talking about assassinating the vice president of the United States,” said Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett. https://t.co/drKj0L6uIW pic.twitter.com/TvGAa2zTh4
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 11, 2021
JUST IN: House impeachment managers play security footage of Vice Pres. Pence being evacuated from room near the Senate chamber amid Capitol breach, moments after "Officer Goodman led the mob away from the chamber." https://t.co/welJUzOXal pic.twitter.com/d8RLZr0GKO
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 10, 2021
NEW: Security video just released at Impeachment trial shows man with Confederate flag was at the frontline of breach pic.twitter.com/vNeMUdkybs
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) February 10, 2021
And Rudy Giuliani phone call to Senator Tommy Tuberville during the attack was played.
House impeachment managers play Jan. 6 voicemail from Rudy Giuliani to GOP senator asking him to "slow" election certification process.
"This was the singular focus of Donald Trump during this bloody, violent attack on the Capitol: stopping the certification." pic.twitter.com/JaZ2ReJ5O3
— ABC News (@ABC) February 10, 2021
The defense, such as it was, has rested. They made a lot of lofty speechafying, but not a single nod to facts. Which I suppose was to be expected.Report