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In briefs, Dems say Trump aimed loaded cannon of supporters at Capitol; he denies charges Share Updated: 12:21 PM CST Feb 2, 2021 By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press
In briefs, Dems say Trump aimed loaded cannon of supporters at Capitol; he denies charges Share Updated: 12:21 PM CST Feb 2, 2021
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Show Transcript Donald Trump may be gone from Washington. But Republicans still trying to pick up the pieces from his tumultuous tenure in office at the center of one storm. The third ranking House Republican Liz Cheney, who joined nine of her GOP colleagues this month in voting to impeach Trump, sparking an effort by Trump s staunchest defenders toe ouster from her leadership job and to feed her in next year s Wyoming primary. I Love Y. Sources tell CNN that Trump is obsessed with taking down Cheney, even his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. Calling into a rally yesterday seeking Cheney s defeat. And since the pe
House Dems make case for conviction; Trump denies charges
In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort. Former President Trump has named two lawyers to his impeachment defense team, one day after it was revealed that the former president had parted ways with an earlier set of attorneys. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Published February 02. 2021 1:33PM | Updated February 03. 2021 2:18PM
By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK
WASHINGTON (AP) Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters “like a loaded cannon” at the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats said Tuesday in making their most detailed case yet for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office. Trump denied the allegations through his lawyers and called the trial unconstitutional.
The Democratic legal brief forcefully linked Trump s baseless efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election to the deadly riot at the Capitol, saying he bears “unmistakable” blame for actions that threatened the underpinnings of American democracy. It argued that he must be found guilty on a charge of inciting the siege. And it used evocative language to conjure the day s chaos, when “terrified members were trapped in the chamber and called loved ones “for fear they would not survive.”
“His conduct endangered the life of every single member of Congress, jeopardized the peaceful transition of power and line of succession, and compromised our national security, the Democratic managers of the impeachment case wrote. “This is precisely the sort of constitutional offense that warrants disqualification from federal office.”
WASHINGTON (AP) Donald Trump s lawyers denied Tuesday that he played a role in inciting the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol and said that the Senate impeachment trial is unconstitutional.
The lawyers filed their brief ahead of next week s trial on accusations that he provoked the siege of the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol through his baseless efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
WASHINGTON (AP) Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters “like a loaded cannon” at the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats said Tuesday in making their most detailed case yet for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office.