Daily Digest for February 10, 2021 Posted at 8:10 a.m. by Michael Olson |
Good morning,
Democrats in the Minnesota House are considering making a mask mandate state law while Republicans in the Senate continue their efforts to limit DFL Gov. Tim Walz's emergency powers.
Walz first required Minnesotans to wear face coverings in indoor public settings last summer as part of his strategy to slow the spread of COVID-19. Another order in December added gyms and fitness centers to the list.
Last month, Walz asked legislative leaders to enact the mask requirement and several other provisions to help wind down the peacetime emergency. [Read More]
Senators to hear opening arguments as Trump fumes over trial Opening arguments will begin in Donald Trump's impeachment trial after an emotional first day ended with the Senate voting to hear the case for convicting the former president of inciting the riot at the U.S. Capitol even though he is no longer in office.
On Wednesday, House Democrats prosecuting the case and the former president's attorneys will lay out their opposing arguments before the senators, who are serving as jurors. The defense lost the vote seeking to halt the trial on constitutional grounds, 56-44, leaving Trump fuming over his lawyers' performance and allies questioning the defense strategy. Some called for yet another shakeup to his legal team. [Read More]
📺 Watch live coverage beginning at 11 a.m.
Graphic Video, Rambling Defense: Takeaways From Senate Impeachment Day 1 The Senate trial of former President Trump began with a jarring and graphic video of the riot on the Capitol on Jan. 6. The lead House manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., used the montage to tie Trump's message to his supporters that morning to their violent actions breaching the building and attacking U.S. Capitol police.
The resolution setting the rules for the trial designated Tuesday for a debate on the question of whether or not the Senate trial of Trump, whose term in office has expired, is constitutional. The House managers and the defense team eventually each addressed the issue. But the most memorable moments of day one of the trial were less about the arguments on that issue, and more about the contrasting styles of the two legal teams and the reactions they elicited from senators sitting as jurors in the second impeachment trial for Trump in roughly a year. [Read More]
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