- The lead House
impeachment manager warned parents about letting kids watch Trump's Senate trial. - Rep.
Jamie Raskin warned that graphic footage from the Capitol riot would be shown. - "The insurrection brought shocking violence, bloodshed, and pain in the nation's capitol," Raskin said.
Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin on Wednesday warned parents and teachers about allowing children to watch former President
"Because the insurrection brought shocking violence, bloodshed, and pain in the nation's capitol, and we will be showing relevant clips of the mob's attack on police officers and other innocent people, we do urge parents and teachers to exercise close review of what young people are watching here - and please watch along with them if you're allowing them to watch," Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said.
Raskin said impeachment managers would try to give warnings "before the most graphic and disturbing violence that took place is shown."
—Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) February 10, 2021
At the start of the trial on Tuesday, Raskin played a harrowing video montage of the Capitol attack that showed the pro-Trump mob assaulting police officers and captured the general mayhem in Washington on January 6. The video juxtaposed the violence with Trump's speech that helped provoke the riot, and tied it together with his broader effort to overturn the 2020 election on baseless allegations of voter fraud.
—Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 9, 2021
Impeachment managers have repeatedly relied on various video clips from January 6 as they've made their case against Trump, and on Wednesday were poised to show previously unseen footage from inside the Capitol riot.
Five people, including a police officer, died in the Capitol riot.