"Overwhelmingly distressing": Senators react to January 6 video
House impeachment managers played new video highlighting timeline of the horrifying January 6 attack on the Capitol.
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House impeachment managers played new video highlighting timeline of the horrifying January 6 attack on the Capitol.
House impeachment managers showed new surveillance videos showing the mob storming the Capitol.
As House impeachment managers argue their case that former President Trump helped lay the foundation for the Capitol riot weeks in advance, a federal investigation is revealing more about the planning that went into the attack. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joins "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on the conspiracy charges several members of a paramilitary group are now facing as well as the latest on investigations into whether lawmakers helped some of the rioters with their planning.
After spending much of their opening arguments laying out the timeline leading up the January 6 attack on the Capitol, House impeachment managers played new video showing how close the rioters got to lawmakers. CBS News legal contributor and Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quijano to discuss the legal arguments.
On the second day of the Senate impeachment trial, House impeachment manager Stacey Plaskett showed newly-released security footage from inside the Capitol as the mob of Trump supporters stormed the building on January 6 and officials including Vice President Mike Pence were hurriedly evacuated. CAUTION: This video includes explicit language and violence.
House impeachment managers showed dramatic security videos of the Capitol insurrection at former President Trump's trial. Kris Van Cleave has the latest.
Democrats need 17 Republicans to join with them in convicting former President Trump of inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Nancy Cordes has more on whether new evidence could change their minds.
Former President Trump's defense team lost their bid to halt impeachment trial proceedings on constitutional grounds Tuesday. In a 56 to 44 vote, Democrats and some Republicans voted to move forward with the former president's trial after debating its jurisdiction. CBS News legal expert and political analyst Rikki Klieman joins CBSN to discuss the key takeaways.
Congressman Jamie Raskin, the lead House impeachment manager, opened the second day of former President Trump's impeachment trial by laying out the timeline of Mr. Trump's statements before, during and after the attack on the Capitol. Raskin previewed the evidence House Democrats planned to present to argue for Mr. Trump's conviction. CAUTION: Some slides included in the presentation feature explicit language.
Day 2 of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial will start Wednesday as House impeachment managers gear up to present their official opening arguments. During the first day's arguments, the House managers showed powerful video from the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes takes us through the highlights while CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins Vlad Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green from Capitol Hill for in-depth analysis.
After a harrowing first day that included graphic video evidence, the Senate will today hear opening arguments in the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. CBS News' Debra Alfarone joins "CBSN AM" from Capitol Hill to recap yesterday and set the stage for today's proceedings.
Unlike his first impeachment trial, during which he had an army of lawyers defending him before the Senate, Mr. Trump's legal team for the second proceedings is much smaller and was thrown together in haste.
Raskin's daughter and son-in-law had accompanied him to the Capitol on January 6 "to be together" the day after their family buried Raskin's son, 25-year-old Tommy Raskin.
Republican senators were particularly unimpressed with Bruce Castor's presentation.
The Senate voted 56 to 44 in finding that it has jurisdiction to try former presidents on impeachment charges.
House impeachment managers will present more of their arguments Wednesday as the second impeachment trial of former President Trump continues. CBS News legal contributor and former federal prosecutor Keir Dougall joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss what comes next over the next several days of proceedings.
The former president has been impeached on a charge of inciting the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6.
Video shot by Trump supporters storming the Capitol last month left a trail of evidence, which is being used in the case against President Trump in his Senate impeachment trial. Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson spoke to CBSN's "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quijano about the legal arguments both sides presented on the first day.
As the second impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump got underway, the lead House impeachment manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin, presented a video of the January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol. "You ask what a high crime and misdemeanor is under our Constitution? That's a high crime and misdemeanor," he said. Watch the full video here. CAUTION: Video includes explicit language and violence.
On the opening day of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, his attorney David Schoen argued the proceedings are unconstitutional, lack due process and set a dangerous precedent. Schoen accused Democrats of spending the last four years trying to oust Mr. Trump, and played a video of some of their comments. Watch a portion of his presentation to the Senate.
Representative Jamie Raskin, the Democratic lead impeachment manager, implored senators to vote to convict former President Donald Trump as his impeachment trial began. Raskin recounted his experience at the Capitol on January 6, and said the sound of rioters breaching the Capitol was the "most haunting sound I ever heard, and I will never forget it." Watch Raskin's remarks.
As former President Trump's impeachment trial gets underway, the NAACP says "the Senate must convict him swiftly." Derrick Johnson, the president and CEO of the NAACP, joins CBSN to discuss.
Former President Donald Trump is facing another impeachment trial this week. It is the first time a president has had an impeachment trial after leaving office. Nikole Killion reports.
CBS News senior political analyst and "60 Minutes" correspondent John Dickerson joins "CBS This Morning" to share his analysis on former President Trump's second impeachment trial.
Former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial in the Senate will start Tuesday afternoon. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports from Capitol Hill on what to expect from Democrats and Trump's legal team while CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins CBSN from Washington to break down the latest developments.