“He told them to ‘fight like hell’, and they brought us to hell that day,” said Deputy Jamie Raskin, the main impeachment manager, when he started the House presentation.
“The evidence will show that former President Trump was not an innocent bystander. The evidence will show that he clearly incited the January 6 uprising. It will show that Donald Trump resigned his role as commander in chief and became the incitementist head of a dangerous insurrection. “
Romney told reporters after the video was shown that it was “obviously very disturbing” and that he did not know that he had come so close to the protesters.
“It tears your – your heart and brings tears to your eyes. That was extremely distressing and emotional,” he said.
Romney added that he hopes to thank Goodman and, later on Wednesday night, he was seen speaking to him in the Senate Chamber.
Pelosi was evacuated from the Capitol complex entirely
House impeachment managers first revealed on Wednesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been evacuated entirely from the US Capitol complex during the insurrection to a safe location off-site.
“We know from the protesters themselves that if they had found Mayor Pelosi, they would have killed her,” said Del. Stacey Plaskett, one of the impeachment managers.
Plaskett showed photos in which one of the rebels who sacked Pelosi’s office can be seen with a stun gun.
Schumer and his security detachment had to flee the troublemakers
The footage shows Schumer climbing a ramp with his security guard when the group is forced to quickly change direction and run back in the direction it came from. Capitol officers can be seen closing the door behind Schumer and leaning against it to keep it closed.
“They arrived within a few feet of the protesters,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat who is acting as one of the House’s impeachment managers.
The mob came dangerously close to Pence
Wednesday’s security footage also showed for the first time how the then vice president was evacuated during the episode, as protesters stormed the Capitol, looking for him.
“When the rioters reached the top of the stairs, they were 30 meters from where the vice president was taking shelter with his family and only a few meters from one of the doors of this chamber,” she explained. In a video, the crowd can be heard shouting “hang Mike Pence” while standing at the open door of the Capitol building.
A photo showed a gallows that had been raised on the lawn.
“After President Trump prepared his followers for months and ignited the rally attendees that morning, it is no wonder that the Vice President of the United States was the target of his ire, after Pence refused to nullify the results. of the elections, “continued Plaskett.
“They were talking about murdering the vice president of the United States.”
Some Republican senators praise the frightening presentation
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, from Alaska who is likely to vote to be sentenced, told CNN: “The evidence presented so far is quite overwhelming.”
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said he found much of the case of the House’s impeachment administrators against Trump shocking, adding that protesters’ attempts to prevent a peaceful transfer of power should alarm anyone who loves America.
“There is so much. There is nothing. There are many things,” said Cassidy when asked today whether he found anything particularly shocking in the case of Democrats for impeachment. “There is so much to say that it should be withdrawn. How do you restrict it?”
Rep. Madeleine Dean reports chilling experience
Pennsylvania MP Madeleine Dean, an impeachment administrator for the House of Democrats, gasped as she closed her comments, describing the boom that was heard when she was in the chamber that had been surrounded by protesters.
“So they came, wrapped in the Trump flag, and used our flag, the American flag, to strike and beat,” said Dean. “And at 2:30 pm, I heard that terrible knock on the doors of the Chamber’s chambers. For the first time in more than 200 years, our government’s headquarters was looted under our command.”
Trump’s defense team backs down
Asked if he is concerned that the video will have an emotional impact on the jury, he said: “It would have an emotional impact on any jury. But there are two sides to the coin and we don’t play ours.”
Castor and Trump’s other lawyer, David Schoen, will have up to 16 hours in two days to make a more detailed case against the impeachment charge that starts on Friday, although they are not expected to use all that time.
CNN’s Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox contributed to this report.