A group of more than 100 former Republican officials have discussed the possibility of forming a conservative party due to their unhappiness with the direction of the GOP under former President Donald Trump and the likelihood he'll be acquitted at the end of his second impeachment trial, according to Republicans who participated in the conversation.

Before former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, many Capitol Hill Republicans had argued it was futile to force them to relive the January 6 insurrection because they were already witnesses who knew the facts.

House impeachment managers will finish arguing their case on Thursday that former President Donald Trump incited an insurrection one day after they showed violent and disturbing video footage of the attack on the US Capitol as they urged senators to convict at the Senate trial.

CNN's Chris Cuomo talks with Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) about watching the graphic video evidence during former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial after having to hide during the Capitol riot on January 6.

The House impeachment managers presented senators with videos of their colleagues fleeing a pro-Trump mob, which breached the US Capitol shouting "stop the steal." They showed the rioters searching for then-Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and rummaging through the senators' desks on the chamber floor.

The second day of former President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial brought sobering new security footage and police radio audio of the US Capitol insurrection as Democrats sought to connect the violence to Trump's repeated election fraud claims and his January 6 speech.

The phrase "crime of the century" has been used to describe the most enduring, sensationalist scandals that rocked our nation -- the kidnapping of the Charles Lindbergh baby, the Son of Sam murders, the OJ Simpson case and the JonBenet Ramsey murder.

What must Republican senators be thinking after Wednesday's presentations from the House impeachment managers? How will they justify acquitting the man who sent a mob for them to stop the counting of electoral votes?

House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) played previously unseen security footage from the January 6 Capitol riot during former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial. Watch part one of the impeachment managers' breakdown of how events unfolded here.