America experienced January 6 again this week

For many Americans this week, myself included, the traumatizing videos the House managers presented during the impeachment trial elicited a visceral response. Rarely has the American public experienced such a compelling example of the power of images and sound to communicate in ways that written texts cannot. That wrenching emotional punch needed to land with us. It's a reminder that unless we hold leaders like former President Donald Trump accountable for their dangerous and manipulative uses of misinformation, they will be free -- or worse, emboldened -- to repeat such actions in the future.
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Trump acquitted despite new evidence about his failure to protect Pence

Donald Trump's impeachment lawyers failed to offer any real defense of why the former President did not do more to protect his vice president and members of Congress during the January 6 insurrection Friday, while new revelations about a conversation between Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy that day only added more damning details about what the former President knew and when.
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