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The Lead with Jake Tapper

House impeachment managers present case to convict Trump

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

News

3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Impeachment managers finish presenting case, Trump lawyers next; Impeachment managers wrap case after citing Trump’s words, tweets, lack of remorse, danger he still presents To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.0

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0:10.0

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0:14.8

Did the president encourage violence?

0:17.9

Yes.

0:20.3

No doubt that he did.

0:23.2

Final question.

0:25.6

Did the president act willfully in his actions that encouraged violence?

0:35.0

Well, let's look at the facts. He stood before an armed, angry crowd known to be ready for violence at his provocation. And what did he do? He provoked them. He aimed them here, told them to fight like hell. And that's exactly what they did.

1:00.6

And his conduct throughout the rest of that terrible day really only confirms that he acted willfully,

1:11.0

that he incited the crowd and then engaged

1:13.5

in a dereliction of duty while he continued

1:16.1

inflaming the violence.

1:20.0

And again, we don't have to guess what he thought

1:23.2

because he told us.

1:25.7

Remember the video he released at 4.17 p.m.

1:30.4

Lead manager Raskin showed that to you yesterday.

1:33.0

The one where he said, quote, we had an election that was stolen from us.

1:38.1

Remember the tweet that he put out just a couple hours later, 6.01 p.m. on January 6th, you've seen it many times.

1:47.2

You can see it on the slide, that these are the things that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously and viciously stripped away.

2:08.5

That is what he was focused on, spreading the big lie and praising the mob that attacked us and our government. You heard Manager Cicillini describe reports. The president was delighted, enthusiastic, confused that others didn't share his excitement as he watched the attack unfold on TV.

2:29.9

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

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