Attack unlike any weve seen in our lives. The managers case straightforward and comments by his violence supporters to show he instigated the attack and plan to rebut the notion a president cannot be tried after leaving office. As for the defense, well, their brief begins with a mistake, a pretty sloppy one at the top of page one as you see there, the lawyers misspelled United States. Those are the ex president s lawyers. From there they argue an ex president cannot be convicted on constitutional grounds. In addition, they make a claim thats easily disproved, reading from their brief quote it is admitted that after the november election, the 45th President exercised his First Amendment right under the constitution to express his belief that the Election Results were suspect. The brief goes on to say quote insufficient evidence exists upon which a reasonable juriest could conclude the 45th President s statements were accurate or not and thereafter denies they were false. Insufficient ev
State in the u. S. Capitol. We havent seen anything like this since 1998. Officer sicknick, his family had him cremated. His remains are on the table next to a flag commemorating his service. His family is there. Its a good thing, chris, we havent seen anything like this since and we shouldnt be watching it now. As i was listening to you on the way here, hearing an officer die in the line of duty because of an insurrection on capitol hill was just mind boggling to even fathom. Members of the Law Enforcement community were supposed to start their visitation, and thats what theyre doing now, 10 00 p. M. I imagine the president of the United States will be along soon. He arrived we watched the motorcade bringing him in from the white house. Hes not in yet. He hasnt visited. No, he has not visited but we saw the motorcade. I have been receiving word from Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement with Capitol Police and surrounding police departments, and they are actually happy that we are carrying
Want to interfere. Should she will come to washington, see that is not going to be given much opportunity. Because we do have standards and once you stalling the children who live you will a mass shoolting, thats where you draw the line. Lets start there. Amanda carpenter, thank you so much. Thanks, don. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Thank you so much for joining us. The scene at the capitol tonight, beautiful, stately, mournful. Honoring a fallen herery, officer Ryan Sicknick who lost his life defending our democracy on january 6th. Just think about the desecration there a month ago when a mob of insurrectionists tried to take down our government nasm as the second Impeachment Trial for the president is looming. Officer sicknick, he lies in state in the capitol dome. House democrats laying out their case in an 80page brief saying, quote, If Provoking An Insurrectionary rite after losing an election is not an impeachable offense, its hard to imagine what would be. And they laid ou
The table. It is a good thing that we have not seen anything like this. We should not be watching it now. Listening to you on the way here hearing an officer died on the line of duty because of an insurrection is Mind Boggling and even fathom. Members of the Law Enforcement community is starting their visitation and thats what they are doing now. I would imagine the president of the United States should be along soon. He arrived. We watched the motorcade. No, he has not visited but we saw the motorcade. Listen, i have been receiving words from Law Enforcement and even Law Enforcement with the Capitol Police and surrounding Police Department and they are happy that we are carrying this. This is an honor to them that we pay tribute to this fallen officer. So many officers were fighting for their lives on january 6th. We are endangered of losing their lives had they not exhibited such heroic effort to save the capitol. They did save a lot of lives inside that capitol, members of the senat
Honor, ra a reminder of the insurrection that caused his death on the 6th of january. The United States senators whose lives and staffers lives he died protecting is being asked to show bravery, as well. House Impeachment Managers and the ex president s legal team today presented their briefs in next weeks Impeachment Trial and the insurrection at the heart of that trial is not ancient history. They will be weighing decisions with the seat of American Democracy and their workplace still showing the scars from an attack unlike any weve seen in our lives. The managers case is straightforward. They plan to use video of the president s rally leading up to this and comments by his violent supporters to show he instigated the attack and plan to rebut the notion a president cannot be tried after leaving office. As for the defense, well, their brief begins with a mistake, a pretty sloppy one at the top of page one as you see there, the lawyers misspelled United States. Those are the expresiden