On January 6th, the peaceful transition of power was violently interrupted when a mob stormed this Capitol and desecrated this chamber. As you`ll see during the course of this trial, that mob was summoned, assembled, and incited by the…

the Senate has plenary jurisdiction to decide the rules of the road so to speak with respect to impeachments.

the Congress has a responsibility to live up to its obligations under Article 1 and hold the president accountable when they, in fact, violated the oath that they -- that he or she has taken.

I certainly draw hope and optimism from the fact that there were seven Republican senators, seven Republican senators who chose country over party, who did the right thing, who vindicated our Constitution.

It was fairly clear to us that any witnesses that you know, might have some probative evidence to share could very well end up tying at the impeachment in litigation for months, perhaps years.

Would our Framers have considered a president inciting a violent mob to attack our government while seeking to stop the certification of our elections? Would they have considered that impeachable offense? Who among us, who among us really…

Standing in the middle of that explosive situation, in that powder keg that he had created over the course of months before a crowd filled with people that were poised for violence at his signal, he struck a match and he aimed it straight…

He cared more about pressing his efforts to overturn the election than he did about saving lives, our lives.

President Trump wasn`t just some guy with political opinions, who showed up at a rally on January 6 and delivered controversial remarks. He was the president of the United States. And he had spent months, months using the unique power of…

Senators, the evidence is clear. We showed you statements, videos, affidavits that prove President Trump incited an insurrection.

He didn`t react to the violence with shock or horror or dismay as we did.

When they -- the police -- still barricaded and being attacked with poles, he said in his video to the people attacking them, we love you. You`re very special. What more could we possibly need to know about President Trump`s state of mind?

We humbly, humbly ask you to convict President Trump for the crime for which he is overwhelmingly guilty of. If we let it go unanswered, who`s to say it won`t happen again?

First, is what he did to Vice President Mike Pence, the Vice President of the United States of America. His own vice president was in this building with an armed mob shouting hang him, the same armed mob that set up gallows outside.

The president had incited the crowd. He had to call it off because he was the only one who could.

It was part of a carefully planned month’s long effort with a very specific instruction. Show up on January 6, and get your people to fight the certification.

If he had done so with even half as much force as he said stop the steal, how many lives would we have saved?

I have opening statements from Chair of the Subcommittee David Cicilline, along with a Member of the Subcommittee Congressman Joe Neguse

There is no January exception to the impeachment power.

President Trump`s legal trial brief, 75-page brief, they struggled to find any professors to support their position. They did cite one professor, though. Professor Kalt, an expert in this field, who they claimed agreed with them that the…

What you experienced that day, what we experienced that day, what our country experienced that day is the Framers’ worst nightmare come to life. Presidents can’t inflame insurrection in their final weeks and then walk away like nothing…

Impeachment exists to protect the American people from officials who abuse their power or betray them. It exists for a case just like this one.

Presidents can't commit grave offenses in their final days and escape any congressional response. That's not how our Constitution works.

The managers are prepared to make the case. We have been working very hard over the course of the last several weeks.

It is abundantly clear that this president has no interest in ensuring the peaceful transfer of power.