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Trump’s impeachment trial keeps laying out the case against him
House managers used the February 11 session to present evidence and argument linking Trump’s false election claims to the January 6 attack.
Edition · February 11, 2021
The Daily Fuckup — February 11, 2021
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Closing take
For Trump, February 11 was another reminder that the insurrection was not just an event but an albatross. The more the trial aired, the more his own words looked like the fuse. And the more Republicans tried to step around it, the more obvious it became that the party was still trapped under his shadow.
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Mike Lee’s objection forced the Trump-Tuberville call off the Senate record
During Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on February 10, 2021, Sen. Mike Lee objected to House managers’ description of a Trump call to Sen. Tommy Tuberville, prompting managers to withdraw the challenged language.