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The impeachment managers’ brief quotes Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell and Liz Cheney, the House Republican conference chairwoman who voted in favor of impeaching Donald Trump for incitement of insurrection.
“The Nation will indeed remember January 6, 2021—and President Trump’s singular responsibility for that tragedy. It is impossible to imagine the events of January 6 occurring without President Trump creating a powder keg, striking a match, and then seeking personal advantage from the ensuing havoc,” the managers said in their brief.
The House impeachment managers accused Donald Trump of threatening the core tenets of American democracy by inciting the violent insurrection at the Capitol last month.
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