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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 11, 2021, 11:46 AM EST

House managers to wrap opening arguments

Trump's second impeachment trial -- the first for a former president -- resumes Thursday at noon with a second and final day of opening arguments from House impeachment managers who are making their case that Trump incited an insurrection.

House impeachment managers will provide "additional evidence" of Trump's role in the Capitol riot and his "lack of remorse" on the Senate floor Thursday, aides to the managers' team said on an earlier background call.

"We definitely have the goods and we’ll be bringing them home today," one aide told reporters. 

PHOTO:House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell  delivers part of the impeachment managers opening argument in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the Capitol, Feb. 10., 2021.
House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell delivers part of the impeachment managers opening argument in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the Capitol, Feb. 10., 2021.
U.S. Senate TV via Reuters

Managers on Wednesday argued that Trump spent months priming supporters to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, in a last-ditch effort to overturn the election results after failed attempts to compel local, state and federal law enforcement and election officials to do so.

They also used never-before-seen Capitol security footage of senators, House members and former Vice President Mike Pence fleeing the chambers during the riot to transport lawmakers back to that moment when many of them were fearing for their lives.

After the first day's arguments on Tuesday, in an unexpected move, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., joined Democrats and five other Republicans in voting that the trial is constitutional, changing his vote from an earlier motion on the issue, citing the Democrats' "compelling argument."

Democrats would need at least 17 Republicans to side with them in order to convict and potentially bar Trump from running for federal office again, but the majority of Republicans have already signaled they will not vote to convict.

Feb 11, 2021, 10:04 AM EST

House managers to provide 'additional evidence' of Trump's role, his 'lack of remorse': Senior aides

The third day of Trump's second impeachment trial will reconvene at noon on Thursday for the end of the House managers' opening arguments.

House managers have used about five hours and 35 minutes of their time; their aides have told ABC News that they don't intend to use all of their 16 hours of time allotted. 

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin 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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According to those senior aides, the managers are expected to provide "additional evidence" on Thursday of Trump's role in the riot and his "lack of remorse."

"The president knew his vice president was in danger and did nothing," they said.

-ABC News' Trish Turner, Katherine Faulders, Ben Siegel, Rachel Scott, Mariam Khan and Allison Pecorin

Feb 10, 2021, 9:18 PM EST

Former president Trump 'furious' as he watches trial

Former President Donald Trump is "furious" as he watches the impeachment trial, aides have told ABC News Correspondent Kyra Phillips.

"I'm watching today and seeing everything that was brought forward as evidence and thinking, how are his attorneys going to defend him tomorrow?" Phillips said.

This comes after much of Trump's legal defense team quit shortly before the trial.

Feb 10, 2021, 8:42 PM EST

Video of Pence being escorted from Capitol Hill during violent riot released

ABC News' Chief White House correspondent Jon Karl talked about the video released Wednesday showing former Vice President Mike Pence being evacuated from the Senate floor during the violent riots on Jan 6, after protestors made threats on his life.

"They wanted to get there, they wanted to stop the certification and they wanted to get at Mike Pence because they saw him as a traitor because he was unwilling to do Donald Trump's bidding at this," Karl said.

Karl also noted that just two minutes before the video of Pence being evacuated from the Hill, former President Donald Trump had tweeted about him lacking the courage to change the results of the election.

"I really think it's one of the most damning pieces of evidence we saw today, on a day when there were obviously many damning pieces of evidence," Karl said.

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