It’s a zombie movie… The shock video released on the second day of the Trump impeachment trial

On the 10th (local time), the second day of the impeachment trial against the former US President Donald Trump, sighs erupted at the Senate meeting room, sometimes with heavy silence.
It is because of the shocking videos played one after another by members of the House of Representatives impeachment proceedings from the previous day.

To prove how violent the protesters who occupied the Capitol on the 1st of last month and how he agitated them, President Trump prepared a video that had not been released to the media and screened it during his remarks.

Capitol security cameras or videos taken by Trump supporters directly captured the situation at the time.
Vice President Mike Pence, stigmatized by President Trump as a traitor, managed to evacuate just 30 meters from the mob. In a situation where the corridors were blocked, the lawmakers were able to escape breathably while the mob were away for a while.
In his first statement on the 9th, Rep. Jamie Raskin (Democrat), who leads the prosecution committee, played a 13-minute video that organized the actions of former President Trump at the time and the movements of supporters by time. It was to explain how former President Trump influenced the riots. The video clip posted by CNN on YouTube was watched by over 700,000 people in two days.
In the conference hall, some Republican lawmakers ignored the video on the screen. But most were shocked by what happened at the same place just a month ago, CNN reported.
Senator Susan Collins (Republican) said that “(while the video was playing) the hall was quiet enough to hear the pins dropping.
However, most media analyzes that the likelihood of an actual conviction is still not high despite such shock therapy by the prosecutors.
On the 9th, 44 out of 50 Republican senators voted’unconstitutional’ in a vote on whether the impeachment trial was justified. It is difficult for the 17 Republicans to leave votes necessary for impeachment.
Senator Ted Cruz (Republic), an aide to former President Trump, said, “(Prosecutors) spent a lot of time focusing on the violent acts of criminals, but Trump’s language is not enough to be legally punished for agitation. “He said.
Here are some of the videos released during the two days.
Congressional security camera footage taken January 6, 2021 at 2:13pm. The appearance of protesters knocking on the window to get inside, breaking it and pouring in, reminds me of a scene from a zombie movie. One of the first crowds kicked open the locked door with their feet, and the rest of the mob pushed in.
Senator Mitt Romney, a Republican member of the Republican Party who had a confrontation with former President Trump, was able to go back and barely encounter the mob while the police urgently held back. At this time, the person who is standing alone and guiding the protesters in a different direction is the congressional police officer Eugene Goodman, who emerged as a hero in this incident.
Vice President Mike Pence also faced a crisis on this day. At the time, Vice President Pence dismissed former President Trump’s request not to approve the results of elections in some war-off states. Then, former President Trump wrote a tweet that accused Pence of “not having the courage to (reject),” and soon the capitol mob tweeted “find the fence” and actually went to find him.
Stacy Plasket, one of the House Prosecutors, released a video of Vice President Pence’s evacuation, saying, “He was only 100 feet (30m) away from the mob.”
Chuck Schumer, Democrat’s Senate leader, also managed to avoid the crisis. They hurried to evacuate with the bodyguards, but rather, when protesters appear, they are in a hurry to return to where they came back. As soon as CEO Schumer left, two council police officers blocked the door to protect the scene.
“At the time, there were mobs just a few yards away,” said Eric Swolwell, one of the House prosecutors.
Washington = Correspondent Pilkyu Kim [email protected]