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House impeachment managers say they intend to call witnesses to testify at Donald Trump's impeachment trial, including a Republican congresswoman briefed on a phone call with the former president during the deadly US Capitol riot. Lead manager Jamie Raskin says he wants to call Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Republican who voted to impeach Trump in January, to testify. SOUNDBITE
"You will not be hearing extended lectures from me because our case is based on cold, hard facts," says US Representative Jamie Raksin, the lead House manager, as the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins in the Senate. SOUNDBITE
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday placed the blame for the attack on the Capitol firmly at the feet of President Donald Trump. CNN reports the Kentucky Republican said on the Senate floor that Trump 'provoked' the violent insurrectionists on January 6th. The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the President and other powerful people. US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell McConnell's comments came as the Senate prepares to hold an impeachment trial over the House's charge of 'incitement of insurrection.' He said the despite the violence, Congress did its duty by certifying the victory of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
On Sunday, Freshman GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is slamming President Donald Trump. Mace said Trump's actions related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots "put all of our lives at risk." "We feared for our lives, many of us that day, and our staff," she said. "My children were supposed to be up there." Mace said that Congress needs to find a way to hold the President accountable.
A bipartisan majority of lawmakers in the House of Representatives votes to impeach Donald Trump seven days from the end of his term. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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