Erin Burnett OutFront

Impeachment managers make their case with a chilling 13 minute video, and a personal plea. CNN reports that Trump was unhappy, and almost screaming over his lawyers presentation. 6 GOP Senators join Democrats to vote that the impeachment trial is constitutional. One of Trump's allies in the Senate says, Republican senators think Trump’s attorneys were “awful,” adds “no wonder the other guys quit.” Biden dodges questions on Trump trial. Says that the “Senate has their job.” More than 200 people have now been charged in connection to the Capitol riot. Several of them are blaming Trump for the violence.

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The United States Capitol security is on high alert as former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial approaches. Democrats and Trump's team will have up to 16 hours, the the span of two days, to present their case. On the eve of the impeachment trial, Qanon believers remain convinced that Trump will be back in office within weeks. 

Trump's team argues that when Trump said to "fight like hell" did not incite the riots. An ex-White House official says that Trump was "loving [to watch] the Capitol mob." Sources are saying that Trump is telling his aides that he believes that he'll be acquitted and that he's fixated on punishing the GOP representatives who voted to impeach him. 

An alleged Capitol rioter says that Trump is an "unindicted co-conspirator." Two alleged rioters are arguing that Trump is the reason for the Capitol riot violence on the eve of his impeachment trial. The youngest riot suspect, an 18-year-old that is accused of shoving the police outside the Senate chamber, has been charged recently.

GOP representative warns of "chaos" if the GOP does not take a stand when it comes to Trump. 

The Georgia secretary of state has launched an investigation into Trump's phone call request to "find" votes that would overturn the presidential election. 

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In a recent interview, President Biden proclaims "there is no need" for Trump to get intel briefings, citing his "erratic behavior". 

Biden: $15 minimum wage likely won't make it into final relief bill. A former economist for Obama states that Biden's $1.9 trillion plan may be too big. 

Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene mocks Congress less than 24 hours after she was stripped of committee assignments. 

Misogynistic "dating coach" among 180 facing charges from their participation in the Capitol Hill insurrection. 

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Only 11 Republicans vote to punish Rep. Greene. Impeachment managers call on Trump to testify at his upcoming trial, but Trump refuses. It is still unclear whether he will be subpoenaed or not. A Texas woman is facing new charges in the Capitol riot; in a livestream, she allegedly detailed that Pelosi’s office door was broken down. Arrest records show 20+ women were charged in the Capitol riot. Sen. Cruz and Sen. Hawley keep their committee seats despite vote challenge and rhetoric that inspired the Capitol riot. Johnson & Johnson is asking the FDA to authorize its one-dose Covid vaccine. Dr. Fauci: if authorized, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine could be available in March. Sen. Rand Paul was chastised for going mask-less on the Senate floor today. Voting technology company, Smartmatic, sues Fox News, Rudy Giuliani, and Sidney Powell for $2.7 billion.

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The House GOP has met to discuss a vote about Rep. Cheney. A vote on Cheney's fate could come tonight and a vote on Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene could come tomorrow. 

McCarthy punts on punishing Qanon-Aligned Rep. Greene for her rhetoric and attacks Democrats instead, as Greene says, "I don't think I have anything to apologize for." Greene also says, "I'm going to push the [GOP] party to the right." Greene says that McCarthy and other GOP leaders prove that they are "all talk and not about action." 

A source says that a pro-Trump attorney who pushed the idea of election fraud, from the presidential election, is now under investigation over whether he voted illegally.  

Republicans direct ire at Rep. Liz Cheney's vote to impeach former President Donald Trump as they describe her as "comfort[ing] the enemy," while Qanon-Aligned Rep. Greene appears to get a pass on unearthed past comments. Cheney could be punished tonight for voting to impeach Trump as Republicans compares Cheney to a "girlfriend in the opposing team's stands." 

DOJ has charged two prominent Proud Boys in connection to the January 6 Capitol riot, while at least nine other group members have already been charged. A Capitol rioter has asked a judge to let her visit Mexico for vacation, as another judge orders "Qanon Shaman" should be given organic food in jail. 

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