Trump is accused of incitement of insurrection in the mob siege at the Capitol. Five people died. Senators will next be able to ask the lawyers questions when the trial resumes.
Trump attorney David Schoen said Thursday that the defense's case should go quickly on Friday, making clear they have no intention of using the 16 hours available to them.
Thursday was the second and final day for the House of Representatives to make their case against former President Trump for inciting an assault on the U.S. Capitol. Senators serving as the jury at his impeachment trial heard that the mob on Jan. 6 had no doubt about why they were there. Yamiche Alcindor and Lisa Desjardins join Judy Woodruff to discuss the day's events.
President Trump's defense team will make their argument Friday in his impeachment trial. Elizabeth Chryst, the Republican Senate secretary during President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial, and Melody Barnes, of the University of Virginia's Democracy Initiative, helped broker that trial's rules as chief counsel to Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy. They join Judy Woodruff to discuss Trump's trial.
Most Republicans appeared unmoved after the House managers concluded their presentation Thursday. Former President Donald Trump's defense team will make their rebuttal Friday, giving them the final word before senators consider whether to convict the former president.
To get a sense of how the impeachment trial is being seen and heard across the country outside Washington, D.C., we spoke with two political reporters about what they're hearing on the ground in Phoenix, Arizona and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, a national political reporter for The Arizona Republic, and Tim Alberta, of POLITICO, join Judy Woodruff to discuss.
Rep. Jamie Raskin implored senators in his closing speech to exercise "common sense about what just took place in our country" and find Trump guilty of inciting an insurrection. Raskin is the lead prosecutor for the House.
Lead House Impeachment Manager Jamie Raskin argued in the Senate trial that there is a First Amendment defense against the impeachment charge is "absurd."
David Schoen told reporters on Thursday that Democrats were "making a movie" and had yet to tie the Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol to the former president.