President trump not only failed to show remorse or take accountability, he made clear he is just beginning. For days, he did not address the nation after this attack. We needed our commander in chief to lead, to unite a grieving country. To comfort us. But what did President Trump do . Nothing. Silence. We are all aware that a violent mob murdered a Police Officer. It took President Trump three days before he lowered the flag of the United States of america. Three days. And President Trump, who was commander in chief at the time, did not attend and pay respects to the officer who lay in the very building that he died defending. Now, some people have argued that President Trump made a mistake. But we know President Trump didnt make a mistake. Because you see, when you are i make a mistake, something very bad happens. We would show remorse. We would accept responsibility. President trump didnt do any of that. Why not . Because he intended what happened on january 6. And how do we know that . He told us. On january 12, as President Trump was boarding air force one to add to taxes, and you saw this video before, asked by a reporter, what is your role in what happened at the capitol . What is your personal responsibility . And this was his response. My speech and my words and my final paragraph, final sentence, thought it was totally appropriate. Speak on january 12, President Trump had seen the vit attack on the capital. He knew that people had died. And his message to all of us was that his conduct was totally appropriate. I am a former prosecutor. And we are trained to recognize lack of remorse, but it doesnt take a prosecutor to understand that President Trump was not showing remorse. He was showing to science. The science. He would do this again. He could do this again. That he and future president s can run for national election, lose election, and flame supporters for months, and then insight and insurrection, and that would be totally inappropriate. One week after the attack on january 13, President Trump, in response to continuing bipartisan criticism, releases another video. Here is part of what he said. I want to be very clear. I unequivocally condemned the violence we saw last week. Violence has absolutely no place in our country and no place in our movement. President trump of course had to make that statement. He needed to unequivocally condemn the attacks. What he also you saw donald trump tweet, sometimes 108 tweets in a day. Public speeches and across rallies, repeating words of site, stop the scale, never surrender. You know what it looks like when he wants to convey a message. Forcefully, loudly, repeatedly, he does that. This was not that. We know that because in this video, he again does not show remorse, does not take responsibility. He again does not acknowledge his role in the insurrection. He does not say in that video, for example, everything i said in the months prior went too far. And he does not say that one sentence that matters. He does not say the one sentence that would stop future political violence. The election was not stolen. He still hasnt said that sentence. That is why National Guard troops with full body armor still patrol outside. Reports also confirm that President Trump believes he was forced by the bipartisan view after the insurrection to acknowledge the view of the administration. We know he did not stand behind because those around him confirmed it. Behind closed doors, sources confirm that President Trump still refused to directly acknowledge his election loss to joe biden. He refused to even attend that peaceful transition of power, the first president in modern history. President trump even reportedly, while watching the impeachment, focus is on fire on the republicans who voted for this impeachment, peppering with questions about what he could do to seek revenge. President trump has made clear that if he is not held accountable, he will not be accountable. He will not stop. Now, President Trump will have his base believes that his conduct was totally appropriate. It is important to mph that fall side. She made clear to his supporters and everyone watching that what donald trump did was not acceptable. In fact, quite the opposite. People in his own party, state officials, former officials, current officials, members of congress, have all unambiguously and passionately said that what donald trump did was disgraceful. Shameful. And has called his behavior existential. And ron. Wrong. They say that it gave rise to one of the darkest chapters in the United States history. Lets hear what some of these officials had to say. Governor spencer cox, charlie baker, mike dewine, larry hogan, and phil scott. People have to be held accountable, and that includes the president. Remember that there was a culmination of months of President Trump repeating over and over again that the american electoral system is a fraud. After we stoke the flames for weeks, leading up to the events of yesterday, he refused to attitude quickly prepare the u. S. Capitol for the possibility of violence and lasted nearly defenseless. His remarks during and after the travesty of the attack on the capitol were disgraceful. President trumps continued refusal to accept the election results, without producing credible evidence, stoke the fire that has threatened to burn down our democracy. This incendiary speech yesterday, the one he gave preceding the march, that he gave to protesters, served only to send those flames. I proudly stood by my fathers side at age 12 on the floor of the House Chamber as we both took the oath of office, and oath to support and defend the constitution of the United States. Its clear to me that President Trump has abandoned this sacred oath. Seeing our capitol, a symbol of democracy around the world, stormed by an angry mob, was heartbreaking. Let me be clear. These actions were not patriotic. And these people are not patriots. The fact that these flames of hate and insurrection were led by the president of the United States will be remembered as one of the darkest moments in our nations history. One of the darkest chapters in our nations history. Former members of the Trump Administration, longstanding republicans, also made clear that President Trump incited this insurrection, and it went against our democracy. The president s former secretary of defense, james mattis, declared that todays violent assault on our capitol and effort to subjugate american democracy by mob rule, by mr. Trump. John kelly also spoke on this as well. I would like to play an audio of what he said. What happened on capitol hill is a direct result of his poisoning the minds of people with allies and the frauds. If you couldnt hear that, what he said about President Trump was that what happened on capitol hill was a direct result of him poisoning the minds of people with the lives and fraud. Former speaker of the house declared the invasion of our capitol by mob, incited by allies from someone entrusted with power, to build our republic. This was echoed by former trumpet official after former trumpet official. Here is what former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said. Let me just say, do you think President Trump has blood on his hands . I think he does. I agree with bill barr. He did inside this model with clear intention of having them disrupt the Electoral College certification, and i dont think that there is any question about it. There are many reasons for this assault on the capitol, but foremost among them was the president sustained this information. We have seen a president stoking fears amidst this crisis. First and foremost, i want to say that what happened at the capitol was unacceptable, unamerican, undemocratic. Speak out i think everybody recognizes that what happened on wednesday was different. You can go down along let me have things that people complained about what donald trump, and i could probably defend almost all of them here at policy differences. Many of them are stylistic differences, but wednesday was different. Wednesday wasnt existential. Wednesday was one of those things that struck the very heart of what it means to be american, and it was wrong. Mick mulvaney, president rouhanis former chief of staff, is clearly saying what we all felt. That january 6th was different. It was existential. It was wrong. It was unamerican. And this sentiment was echoed, not just on people outside the administration, but from people inside the Trump Administration. Perhaps most telling was the florida resignations from people inside President Trumps administration who first had access to President Trump. His own officials felt so betrayed by his conduct, that numerous officials resigned in protest days before the end of President Trumps term. 16 officials resigned in protest. Dickstein. They all took this dramatic action of resigning because they saw the clear link between President Trumps conduct and nonviolent insurrection. Here is some of what they said. Betsy devos, and the administration the entire term, told President Trump in her Resignation Letter that there is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation and an Inflection Point for me. Secretary chao, with the administration the entire term, explained yesterday, our country experienced a dramatic and entirely avoidable event that supporters of the president stormed that Capitol Building following a rally he addressed. As im sure is the case with many of you, it has deeply troubled me in no way i simply cannot set aside. Costello told his associates the attack was his breaking point. And he hoped a break and call wakeup call. President trumps conduct was anything but totally appropriate. They also remind us that this can be a wakeup call, and as representative so eloquently put it, President Trump expects no regrets for the violent insurrection at the u. S. Capitol. This sends exactly the wrong signal to those of us who support the very core of our democratic principles and check us all amounts to the constitution. It is time to say enough is enough. Now, no one is saying here that President Trump cannot contest the election. Of course he can. But what President Trump did as his former chief of staff explained, was different. It was dishonorable. It was unamerican. And it resulted in fatalities. President trump spent months inflaming his supporters, spread lies to inside the violent attack on the capitol, an arm Law Enforcement and all of us. And then again, to his base, that this was all okay, that this was all acceptable. And that is why President Trump is so dangerous. Because he would have all of us, all americans believe that any president who comes after him can do exactly the same thing. Thats my lack of remorse is an important factor in impeachment. Because impeachment, conviction, and disqualification is not just about the past. Its about the future. Its making sure that no future official, no future president does the same exact thing President Trump does. President trumps lack of remorse shows that he will undoubtedly cause future harm is allowed. He still refuses to account for his previous high grade of crime against our government. You know, i am not afraid of donald trump running again in four years. Im afraid hes going to run again and lose. Because he can do this again. What an unusual situation. Because despite President Trumps claim that everyone thinks what he did was fine, so many have come out and spoken so strongly against what happened here. I would like to highlight a statement by representative gonzales. He said the Vice President in both chambers of congress have their lives but in great danger as a result of the president s actions in the events leading up to and on january 6. During the attack itself, the president abandon his post where many members, thus furthering endangering all present. Threats not just a peoples lives but to the very foundation of our republic. And now i would like to show what members of congress, leading up to the most bipartisan impeachment about in u. S. History. Because i do want everyone watching, especially President Trump supporters, to see firsthand what i believe we all feel. That what President Trump did was not appropriate. That it was not american. And that absolutely cannot stand. What he has done and what he has cause here, it is something that we have never seen before in our history. President , not just from his duty, but from reality itself. The president s role in this insurrection is undeniable. In his speech that day and social media, he deliberately promoted baseless theories, creating a combustible environment of misinformation and division. To allow the president of the United States to incite this attack without consequences as a direct threat to the future of this democracy. Speak out after this trial, i hope you come together and castr vote and make absolutely clear how we, as i congress and as a nation, feel about what donald trump did by convicting him. And to prevent this from being only the beginning, as President Trump said, and to deter future president s who do not like the outcome of a national election, from believing they can follow in President Trumps footsteps. It is what our constitution requires. It is what our country desires. Representative degette will not return. My colleagues have showed you the overwhelming evidence of how President Trumps conduct assembled, incited, and inflamed the mob. We show how and why this attack, this violence, was not only foreseeable, but preventable. We show to that trump knew his conduct could and would result in violence. And that when the attack occurred, he did not fulfill his duty as commander in chief and defend us. Instead, he was delighted. Donald trump incited a violent insurrection. And he failed to defend our nation, our capitol, this congress, and our Law Enforcement from the attack he incited. Now, i want to turn to the impact. The longterm harm of this conduct. My colleagues and i will walk through the gravity of this harm. I would like to start with the effect President Trumps conduct had on our domestic security. We saw, firsthand, how Donald Trumps conduct emboldened and escalated Domestic Violence extremists. These folks are known in the Law Enforcement community as dves. These threats were and are made worse by President Trumps refusal to take accountability. And his refusal to forcibly to announce what his own fbi identified as some of the most dangerous elements of our country. Even as the attack was underway, he tweeted words of support to his violent supporters, and then, in the aftermath on january 7, President Trump made it clear this was only the beginning. And to all of my wonderful supporters, i know youre disappointed, but i also want you to know that our incredible journey is only just beginning. And he was right. Unless we take action, the violence is only just beginning. In the aftermath of the attack, we saw a huge rise in threats from Domestic Violence extremists, including specific threats to the inauguration in d. C. And also to all 50 states capitols. Our intelligence agencies confirm that in addition to the specific threats, President Trumps conduct emboldened the very same violent groups who initiated the attack and the spark to new violent coalitions. These groups believe that they are following his orders. They believe that their acts of insurrection and violence are patriotic. Violence is never patriotic, and it is never american. It is not the democratic way, and it is not the republican way. After the attacks, the nations top defense and Law Enforcement agencies reported an increase in Credible Threats from donald Trump Supporters. On january 13th, 2021, joint intelligence bulletin issued by the department of homeland security, the fbi, and the National Counterterrorism center, found since the 6th of january event, violent online rhetoric regarding the 20th of january president ial inauguration has increased, with some calling for unspecified justice for that january 6 Fatal Shooting by Law E