Prosecutors at Donald Trump's impeachment trial said Wednesday they would prove that the former president was no "innocent bystander" but the "inciter in chief" of the deadly attack at the U.S. Capitol aimed at overturning his election loss to Joe Biden.
The lead House prosecutor said they would lay out evidence that shows the president encouraged a rally crowd to head to the Capitol on Jan. 6, then did nothing to stem the violence and watched with "glee" as a mob stormed the iconic building. Five people died.
"To us it may have felt like chaos and madness, but there was method to the madness that day," Rep. Jamie Raskin said.
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