Good morning. I'm Arjun Seng from the Washington Post, and this is the Daily 202 for Monday,

February 8.

In today's news, senior Democrats plan to unveil a $3,000 per child benefit as the Biden

stimulus gains steam, and new Biden rules for ICE point to fewer arrest and deportations

and a more restrained agency. But first, the big idea.

As the Senate prepares to hear arguments in former President Donald Trump's impeachment

trial, recently revealed documents from federal prosecutors have shown just how strong Trump's

influence was on those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.

The post-Rosalant Heldermann spends her shoe in Rachel Weiner report that in one set

of documents, an Ohio bartender said she began planning some kind of action after Trump

lost the presidential election in November. It recruited dozens of others to join her cause.

Trump wants all able-bodied patriots to come. She wrote to an alleged co-conspirator on

December 29th, eight days before seizing the Capitol.

In his Democrats, get ready to argue that Trump was the primary motivator for those who

stormed the Capitol. Their case is being bolstered by information coming out of the federal

court system. Court documents show that a common theme is Trump's pull on his supporters,

and dozens charged in the attacks have specifically cited Trump and his calls to gather that

day as their primary reason for traveling to Washington.

Even when not listed by name, the documents show Trump's influence on several charged

rioters, with some citing falsehoods promoted by Trump as their reason for participating.

Others came prepared for battle. According to prosecutors, a QAnon supporter from Pittsburgh

who participated in the attack directly told an associate days before the Capitol attack

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