President Biden said that “even those opposed to the conviction, like Senate Minority Leader McConnell, believe Donald Trump was guilty of a ‘disgraceful dereliction of duty’.”
Some landlords are evicting tenants despite an order from the CDC aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19 by preventing evictions. That has led to calls to strengthen protections.
Seven Republicans joined with all Democrats and independents to vote to convict the former president for inciting an insurrection, but the tally is short of the two-thirds vote needed.
The trial had been on a fast track, with many Senators anxious to put it behind them and move on. But a vote on whether to call witnesses now threatens to stretch out the proceedings.
Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump equated instances of violence and rioting that broke out during protests for racial justice with the Capitol insurrection.
The first three days of the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump went about as well as they could have for Democratic House impeachment managers.
Many of the statements referenced in the Senate impeachment trial appear in the criminal cases against the alleged rioters.
Prosecutors asked the judge last week to issue a new warrant and raise Rittenhouse’s bail by $200,000.
House managers used the first of their two days for arguments to present new footage from security cameras showing how close the rioters got to Vice President Pence, lawmakers and staff on Jan. 6.
The former president is being tried on one article of impeachment for his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Videos shown during the proceedings may contain profanity and violence.
