Impeachment prosecutors cite Trump attacks on Whitmer during trial
Source: Detroit News
The lead House impeachment manager on Thursday used examples from Michigan last year to argue that President Donald Trump had demonstrated a pattern of inciting violence to get his way, culminating in the Jan. 6 attack by his followers on the U.S. Capitol.
Maryland U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, who is heading the impeachment prosecution of Trump in the Senate, laid out a timeline starting with the former president's attacks on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in March in the early days of the pandemic.
The Democrat also highlighted the Republican former president's later cry on Twitter for his supporters to “liberate" Michigan and, ultimately, the alleged plot to kidnap the governor and make her stand trial in Wisconsin.
"Trump knew exactly what he was doing in inciting the Jan. 6 mob. Exactly. He had just seen how easily his words and actions inspired violence in Michigan," Raskin told senators during the third day of the impeachment trial. . .
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My home state, and retired now to Florida. Whitmer for DeSantis: What a bad trade. Powerful and accurate argument by the impeachment managers. You think there's more than a little trace of sexism in these unrelenting attacks on Michigan Gov. Whitmer? Me too.
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