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The House speaker calls for establishing an independent panel to investigate "the facts and causes" related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. And she says more money is needed to boost security.
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Plaskett, a House manager in former President Trump's Senate trial, defends the decision not to call witnesses. "As all Americans believed at that moment, the evidence was overwhelming," she says.
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President Biden said that "even those opposed to the conviction, like Senate Minority Leader McConnell, believe Donald Trump was guilty of a 'disgraceful dereliction of duty'."
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In a statement issued shortly after a final vote in the Senate on a charge of inciting an insurrection, Trump said the "movement to Make America Great Again has only just begun."
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The Senate minority leader condemned the actions taken by Trump on the day of the Capitol insurrection but said he didn't believe the impeachment trial was constitutional.
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In his closing remarks, Michael van der Veen said Trump's words on the day of the Capitol insurrection were taken out of context and that any comments he did make are protected speech.
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Democrats did not gain enough Republican support to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting insurrection, but sevenGOP senators did break with their own party. See the vote breakdown.
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Lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin and his team wrapped up their arguments Saturday. Afterward, he said, "Trump stormed our house with the mob he incited, and we defended our house."
The impeachment managers and the former president's defense team agreed to enter a statement from GOP Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler into evidence instead of calling her as a witness.
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Former President Donald Trump was not pleased with how his attorneys defended him on the first day of his second Senate impeachment trial. The team is working to regroup, a source said.
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Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy criticized Trump's legal team as having bungled the argument against the constitutionality of the impeachment trial. Other Republican lawmakers agreed.
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Six Republicans voted with all Democrats to advance the Senate impeachment trial.
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Former President Donald Trump's legal team also argued that the second impeachment trial should not move forward because he is no longer in office.
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The gist of the former Montgomery County district attorney's remarks hinged on the argument that Democrats were responding in a partisan way to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
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President Biden continued his hands-off approach to the impeachment trial of his predecessor. Asked whether he would watch the trial, Biden said: "I am not."
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In a powerful moment, Rep. Jamie Raskin says members of his family hid under a desk during the attack on the Capitol.
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The nine House Democrats are expected to rely on lawmakers' personal experiences during the riots to build the case against Trump. The team is led by Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland.
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The video was laden with violence and obscenities shouted by the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6.
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Trump's current legal team came together a little more than a week ago. It happened after the former president and his previous defense team mutually agreed to part ways late last month.