2 call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, asking him to “find” enough votes to overturn the election result in Georgia. For example, the article of impeachment discusses Trump's "months" of false claims about election fraud and his Jan. The House has already made clear that managers intend to introduce evidence of Trump's conduct prior to Jan.
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When I was a federal prosecutor, I often charged wide-ranging conspiracies and schemes, and it’s not unusual to present evidence at trial that is not already discussed in the indictment. Charging documents, like an indictment or article of impeachment, don’t need to discuss every piece of evidence that will be offered at trial. The article makes clear that “all” of this conduct undermined our government and is included in the charge against Trump. Thus it would be fair game for the House impeachment managers to investigate this conduct and present it to the Senate, given the breadth of behavior covered in the article of impeachment. Capitol. But it also notes that Trump’s statements shortly before the assault “followed his prior efforts to subvert and obstruct the certification of the results of the 2020 Presidential election.”
The article of impeachment that was delivered to the Senate on Monday focuses on Trump’s incitement of the mob that assaulted the U.S. If House impeachment managers want to raise their odds of winning a conviction at former president Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, they need to interview new witnesses and collect more evidence. Given reports that Trump attempted to fire and replace his acting attorney general so he could use the Justice Department to help him overturn the election results, the impeachment managers should investigate this conduct and present their findings to the Senate during the trial that starts in two weeks.
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