"People saw what was going on and said this was not acceptable and we got out," Scanlon told USA TODAY. Even though the riot was televised, she said full-day coverage of what led to the violence and its aftermath could affect viewers like coverage of the Vietnam War did. Since winning her race, she has joined him on the Judiciary Committee working on fair elections and investigating Trump. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., who was joined by Raskin and Democracy Summer students in canvassing for her first race in 2018. "He's been a fabulous mentor and very generous with his time and insights," said Rep. And he created a program called Democracy Summer, encouraging high school and college students to get involved in politics. He recruited college students to work in his office in the Maryland state Senate. Raskin also sought to educate students about practicing law in the real world. "He has been a dazzling force for justice, demonstrating outstanding love of country, dedication to our democracy and loyalty to our oath as he works to ensure that no one is above the law," Pelosi told USA TODAY.
More: How Trump's two impeachment trials compare Raskin was "extraordinarily valuable" in discussions of possible charges and drafting the articles of impeachment that determine how the case is presented, Schiff said. Raskin was "deeply involved" in preparation for the first trial, Schiff said. Not only did Raskin help investigate the first Trump impeachment from his perch on the Judiciary Committee, but he also taught constitutional law at American University for 25 years, and other lawmakers routinely seek his counsel or defer to him in debate.
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In a trial likely to include constitutional arguments about free speech, it's no mistake House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tapped Raskin to lead the nine House Democrats acting as prosecutors in the trial, called managers. Like Schiff in Trump's last impeachment trial, Raskin becomes the face of the Democrats' effort to convict Trump and possibly bar him from holding future office. "His immediate refusal to testify speaks volumes and plainly establishes an adverse inference supporting his guilt.Raskin takes high-profile role for Democrats "We will prove at trial that President Trump's conduct was indefensible," Raskin wrote in a statement last Thursday after Trump's legal team declined the invitation to testify. Last week, Raskin invited Trump to testify at the trial, though the former president's lawyers are blocking him from appearing under oath, either before or during the Senate impeachment trial. He's also survived a bout with colorectal cancer. Prior to serving in Congress, Raskin was a three-term state senator in Maryland and worked as a professor of constitutional law at American University's Washington College of Law for more than 25 years. The gambit was squashed after no senators joined the objection and then-Vice President Joe Biden declared, "It is over." Ironically, in one of his first acts as a freshman congressman, Raskin and other House Democrats unsuccessfully challenged the results of the 2016 presidential election during the counting of the electoral ballots in 2017.
"The nine impeachment managers appointed by the House of Representatives will present overwhelming evidence of the facts of former President Trump's incitement of the violent insurrection that took place in and around the Capitol on Jan. 25 - a few days after Trump left office and Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States - Raskin promised to prove that Trump had committed "high crimes and misdemeanors against the United States." Upon delivering the article of impeachment to the Senate on Jan.
"They will do so guided by their great love of country, determination to protect our democracy and loyalty to our oath to the Constitution." "It is their constitutional and patriotic duty to present the case for the president's impeachment and removal," Pelosi, D-Calif., said on Jan. with great solemnity, prayerfulness and urgency."
Last month, Pelosi named Raskin the lead impeachment manager, noting that the nine managers "will honor their duty to defend democracy.
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