Democratic prosecutors on Thursday concluded their arguments over two days in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, insisting that the rioters during the United States Capitol violence believed they were acting on the former president’s orders to stop the election of Joe Biden, reported AP. The prosecutors warned that the culmination of Trump’s pattern of spreading false and violent rhetoric will continue to vex American politics if left unchecked.
The Democratic prosecutors described in personal terms the horror faced on January 6, when thousands of supports stormed the Capitol building leading to the death of five people, including a police officer. The prosecutors showed many public and explicit instructions given by Trump to his supporters long before the Capitol attack.
In videos, some posted to social media by the rioters themselves, the invaders could be seen talking about how they were doing it all for Trump. “We were invited here,” said one. “Trump…