Trump knew mob was 'ready to attack' -Raskin

Democrats making the case for Trump's conviction for inciting the deadly attack on Jan. 6 focused on the former president's role in assembling and inflaming the rioters and the damage wrought in the rampage.

Raskin called the armed siege at Michigan's capitol in Lansing last year a "dress rehearsal" for the assault on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, saying Trump's vilification of Governor Gretchen Whitmer encouraged the plot by domestic extremists to kidnap her.

As the third day of Trump's Senate impeachment trial got underway, the House of Representatives lawmakers serving as prosecutors provided examples to illustrate how he explicitly summoned his supporters to Washington on that day.