Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), one of the Democratic impeachment managers, made the case for convicting former President Donald Trump on Tuesday by reminding senators not only of what Trump said in the lead up to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, but also of what he didn't say.
Trump, Neguse argued, was the only person who would have been able to quell the mob, both because of his role as president and "because they believed they were following his orders." But instead he let it go on, Neguse continued.
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