WASHINGTON: The congressmans voice cracked and he paused to drink from a bottle of water as he told of apologizing to his daughter for bringing her to the U.S. Capitol on the day a deadly mob overran it.
But it was recalling what she said to him next, after he assured her nothing like that would happen again, that made Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin break down.
She said, Dad, I dont want to come back to the Capitol,’ Raskin said softly, squeezing his nose and shaking his head to clear away tears. Of all the terrible, brutal things I saw and I heard on that day and since then, that one hit me the hardest.”
Raskin, 58, a former constitutional law professor, is leading the impeachment prosecution in the Senate of former President Donald Trump, who is charged with inciting last month’s siege of the Capitol to overturn the election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. Five people died as a result of the insurrection. Trump is the first president to face an impeachment trial after…