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.
The managers were methodical and organized in showing, as they called it, Trump’s “provocation,” which they argued led to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, as well as the “harm” it caused.
They used emotional — and never-before-seen — video that shocked even some of the sitting senators. They were unaware and disturbed to see just how close they were that day to the rioters, who could be heard on tape hunting down lawmakers by name.
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