Dems implore senators to use ‘common sense’ in impeachment vote

The third full day of arguments in the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump concluded on Thursday. 11 Feb 2021 - 21:31 GMT House Democratic prosecutors rest their case against Trump Representative Jamie Raskin said “common sense” shows former President Donald Trump committed the high crime of incitement of insurrection and urged senators acting as jurors to weigh the judgement of history in their deliberation. 11 Feb 2021 - 18:08 GMT Dems: Trump showed no remorse for inciting the Capitol riot US Representative Ted Lieu argued before the Senate that President Donald Trump’s conduct after the January 6 riot shows Trump remains a “unique and continuing danger”. 11 Feb 2021 - 17:48 GMT Trump sanctioned violence by his supporters prior to Capitol attack Representative Jamie Raskin, the lead Democratic prosecutor in former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, told senators Trump had displayed a pattern of encouraging violence by his supporters long before the January 6 riot. 11 Feb 2021 - 16:28 GMT Biden: “Some minds may be changed” by Dems’ impeachment presentation President Joe Biden, who has tried to avoid commenting directly on the Trump impeachment process, said that he watched news coverage of Democratic prosecutors’ arguments on Wednesday and thinks that some Republicans may have been swayed by the graphic footage of the US Capitol riot.