Tortured by a pole with a flag on it that he was defending with his very life. "That, and watching someone use an American flag pole with the flag still on it to spear and pummel one of our police officers, ruthlessly, mercilessly. He looked down and brought his hand to his eyes, clearly overwhelmed and wiping away tears.
He continued: "And you know what she said? She said: 'Dad, I don't want to come back to the Capitol.'"Īt this point, Raskin's voice cracked with emotion and faded out. Once he reunited with his family, who had feared they would die in the attack, he said he told his 24-year-old daughter: "It would not be like this again the next time she came back to the Capitol with me." He said said the sound of the mob pounding on the door "like a battering ram" was the "most haunting sound I ever heard, and I will never forget it." Jamie Raskin on Tuesday delivered a tearful account of his experience during last month's US Capitol insurrection, charging that the deadly episode 'cannot. Raskin, who had lost his son to suicide just a week before, was at the Capitol with his family, including his daughter, Tabitha.
6 when the Trump-inspired mob stormed the Capitol. Liz Cheney (WY) when explaining why the charge is incitement of insurrection. Lieu, who co-drafted the article of impeachment with Raskin and Cicilline, quoted Republican Rep.
And he spoke about what the American founder's intended in the Constitution and why the impeachment power is important for accountability in a democracy.īut perhaps the most personally powerful moment came when Raskin discussed his own experience on Jan. Jaime Raskin, who will serve as the head impeachment manager for the Democrats' second attempt to remove President Trump from office, also attempted to challenge the count during the. Raskin described the team as composed of brilliant former prosecutors, former defenders, and trial attorneys, and said that he is in awe of the assembled group.
6, interspersed with footage of the then-president's speech that. Raskin calls impeachment trial a dramatic success in historical terms, noting that it was the most bipartisan. Raskin showed a powerful clip of the violence Trump is charged with inciting on Jan. Jamie Raskin of Maryland's voice broke, and he wiped tears from his eyes, as he delivered an emotional speech on Tuesday during the first day of former President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial.Īs the lead impeachment manager, Raskin opened the proceedings Tuesday afternoon with a discussion about why the proceedings are constitutional.