Just watched House Managers presser:
>>Raskin says they only needed Beutler's statement about the McCarthy/Trump call, as that was new. They got it into the record. They got what they wanted.
>>Raskin says they only needed Beutler's statement about the McCarthy/Trump call, as that was new. They got it into the record. They got what they wanted.
>> Raskin says if there were witnesses, Trump's lawyers would have called hundreds, turning it into a circus. He says they didn't want that.
"This was my call," he says, of the no witnesses. "If you don't like it, blame me."
"This was my call," he says, of the no witnesses. "If you don't like it, blame me."
>> Cicilline points out that the presentation included witness testimony, via video and statements. It's not like there were NO witnesses. All they needed was Beutler call because it was new.
>> Raskin says if you count the votes to convict + the GOP who said Trump did it but voted to acquit b/c of jurisdiction or "January exception," that is a supermajority. Trump is pretty clearly guilty.
>> Raskin kept bringing up McConnell's statement, saying that even Mitch knew Trump was guilty and said as much. What more could they have done?
Bottom line, the House managers all looked, to be, satisfied with their work, and disappointed, if not surprised, at the outcome.
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