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Trump impeachment trial live updates: Biden says charge 'not in dispute' in 1st comments on acquittal

Biden remembered those who were killed and called for unity going forward.

Last Updated: February 15, 2021, 4:10 PM EST

Former President Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial ended with a 57-43 vote to acquit in the Senate. He faced a single charge of incitement of insurrection over his actions leading up to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Feb 10, 2021, 12:26 PM EST

Biden to continue focus on administration priorities

President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on the "coup in Burma" at 1 p.m. and then heads to the Pentagon with Vice President Kamala Harris at 2 p.m.

At a White House briefing earlier Wednesday, Chief White House Correspondent Cecilia Vega pushed press secretary Jen Psaki on Biden's lack of engagement on impeachment.

"How should the American public interpret the President's silence on this? Is he not invested in the outcome of this trial, or is he?" Vega asked.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 2021.
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"The American public should -- should read it as his commitment to delivering on exactly what they elected him to do, which is not to be a commentator on the daily developments of an impeachment trial, but to push forward an American rescue plan that will put people back to -- that will ensure people are back to work, get the assistance they need, get shots in arms, reopen schools," Psaki said. "That's what they asked him to do, and that's what he's focused on doing every day."

When Vega pressed further on whether Biden would address impeachment once the trial was complete, Psaki didn't rule it out.

-ABC News' Molly Nagle and Sarah Kolinovsky

Feb 10, 2021, 12:24 PM EST

Raskin opens arguments for impeachment managers

Lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., preparing to lay out the impeachment managers' arguments to the Senate, said their case is one "based in facts" and the trial "is about holding accountable the person singularly responsible for inciting the attack."

"The evidence will show you that ex-President Trump was no innocent bystander," Raskin said. "The evidence will show he clearly incited the insurrection. It will show Donald Trump surrendered his role as commander-in-chief and became the incited-in-chief, of a dangerous insurrection." 

Raskin said Trump "reveled" in the moment, sending tweets to further incite the mob, and sympathized with them while the attack was underway. 

"To us it may have felt like chaos and madness, that there was method in the madness that day," Raskin said, before laying out how Trump primed his supporters for a "stolen election" in the weeks ahead of it and continued "the big lie" after the attack.

Feb 10, 2021, 12:08 PM EST

Photos of the Capitol attack

Senators are back at the Capitol for the continuation of Trump's second impeachment trial, the first trial of a former a president, and one in which the lawmakers are themselves witnesses to the alleged crime of "incitement of insurrection."

Here are photos of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley, known as the QAnon Shaman, is seen outside the Capital building on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. On Jan. 9, Chansley was arrested on federal charges including violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
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PHOTO: Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress convened to certify the 2020 presidential election.
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U.S. Capitol Police detain rioters outside of the House Chamber during a joint session of Congress to ratify Electoral College results on Jan. 06, 2021, in Washington.
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Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.
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Feb 10, 2021, 12:05 PM EST

Senate reconvenes for trial

The Senate has reconvened for Trump's second impeachment trial and will hear opening arguments from House impeachment managers on Wednesday.

Senate Chaplain Barry Black led the chamber in a prayer. Presiding officer Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., led the group through the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by the traditional "Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye!" proclamation from the Sergeant-at-Arms.

The House managers are beginning their presentation in support of the singular article of impeachment for "incitement of insurrection" and have up to eight hours on Wednesday, receiving up to 16 hours in full to make their opening arguments over two days.

House impeachment managers led by Rep. Jamie Raskin arrive outside the Senate Chamber as the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 9, 2021.
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The managers are expected to show "never-seen-before" security footage of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, aides said, after playing out a stunning 13-minute montage of the attack interspersed with Trump's remarks at the rally outside the White House on Tuesday.

Trump's team will then present their defense of the former president. They are also expected to receive up to 16 hours over two days.

-ABC News' Trish Turner

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