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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, 4:48 PM EST

House managers play disturbing 'never-seen-before' footage of attack

Congressman Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgins Islands, presented disturbing evidence that had not been made public before of security footage inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 and of audio of 911 calls from law enforcement officers in distress.

"They're throwing metal poles at us," one officer said on a 911 dispatch. "13:49 hours. Declaring it a riot," said another.

"At 12:53 p.m., senators, members of Congress, Vice President Pence were in their respective chambers. Outside rioters, including some linked to the Proud Boys, broke through the outer barricade surrounding the lawn of the Capitol," Plaskett said, laying out the timeline of the attack.

She played "never-seen-before" security footage from inside the Capitol around the time Vice President Mike Pence was whisked out of the Senate chamber which showed rioters ramming through the doors of the Capitol, shattering glass and overcoming Capitol Police.

She said rioters were "within 100 feet" from the vice president and that it wasn't until 2:26 p.m. when he was evacuated.

"While Vice President Pence was being evacuated from the Senate chamber, rioters were, at that time, breaking into the Capitol," Plaskett said. "When I first saw this, that was created for this, I thought back to Sept. 11," she added of the video exhibits.

House impeachment manager Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 10, 2021.
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Plaskett went on to show security footage of Officer Eugene Goodman directing Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah to turn around in order to get to safety to avoid the mob heading straight in his direction.

She said it was clear Pence was a target "for his patriotism" -- for following through with his duty to certify election results -- and had rioters gotten ahold of him, they would have hurt or killed him, she said, citing their own chants of, "Hang Mike Pence."

Feb 10, 2021, 4:17 PM EST

Raskin warns of violent content to come

Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., warned after an afternoon break that managers would soon present video footage viewers may find disturbing.

"I want to alert everyone there is very graphic violent footage coming, just so people are aware," Raskin said, after warning teachers earlier in the day and members of the public watching from home of the graphic footage to come.

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 2021.
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He then handed the floor to Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands to present the material.

Feb 10, 2021, 4:10 PM EST

Senate trial resumes

The Senate has returned from a nearly 25-minute break to resume arguments from the House impeachment managers.

Feb 10, 2021, 4:01 PM EST

Dean shares personal experience during Capitol riots

Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., one of the House impeachment managers momentarily lost her composure when talking about her experience in the Capitol during the Jan 6 riots.

Rep. Madeleine Dean, and other members take cover as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote, Jan. 6, 2021.
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"I stood with colleagues in the gallery above the House floor to observe the Arizona challenge. Moments later, police radios reported a breach of the Capitol grounds. Someone shouted up to us: 'duck,' then 'lie down,' then 'ready your gas masks.' Shortly after, there was a terrifying banging on the chamber doors. I will never forget that sound. Shouts and panicked calls to my husband and to my sons, instructions to flee and then the constant worrying of the gas masks filtering the air," Dean said. "The chamber of the United States House of Representatives turned to chaos."

Dean then criticized the speech made by Trump made to protesters right before they stormed the Capitol and she showed videos of how crowds of rioters reacted to the former president's remarks.

"He'd assembled thousands of violent people, people he knew were capable of violence, people he had seen be violent," Dean said. "They were standing now in front of him, and then he pointed to us, lit the fuse, and sent an angry mob to fight the perceived enemy, his own vice president and the members of Congress, as we certified an election."

Dean laid out a timeline of the events after the rally and emphasized that it was just one hour after Trump's speech that rioters breached the Capitol.

The House impeachment manager presented evidence on the second day of Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
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Rep. Madeleine Dean recounts experience during Capitol insurrectionThe House impeachment manager presented evidence on the second day of Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
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"At 1:10, the president ended his speech with a final call to fight and a final order to march to the Capitol. At 1:45, the president's followers surged past Capitol Police, shouting: "this is a revolution." Just after 2:10, an hour after President Trump ended his speech, the insurrectionist mob overwhelmed Capitol security and made it inside the halls of Congress. Because the truth is, this attack never would have happened but for Donald Trump. And so they came, draped in Trump's flag, and used our flag -- the American flag -- to batter and to bludgeon. And at 2:30, I heard that terrifying banging on House chamber doors," Dean said. "For the first time in more than 200 years, the seat of our government was ransacked on our watch."

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