Yes, that's true. But before the riot, Trump told the people at the rally to be peaceful. https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966396848/read-trumps-jan-6-speech-a-key-part-of-impeachment-trial No matter whether Trump is convicted at the impeachment trial or not, he's finished as a politician. And the Democrats can call for use of the 14th Amendment to keep Trump from running for office again if they want to. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sc...th-amendment-measure-to-bar-trump-from-office
Republicans Are Gearing Up to Ignore All Evidence in Service to the Bag Job The outcome of Donald Trump's impeachment trial is predetermined, not unlike a trial down in Mississippi in 1964. https://www.esquire.com/news-politi...mpeachment-trial-republicans-ignore-evidence/
Before the riot...for months...he invited them to the Capitol for one specific day thru his social media platform, sons fund raisers...January 6th via many tweets including stating to "raise hell". Using his own words was brilliant in educating the world how his tweets, rallies, rhetoric for many months lead into January 6th. Americans got tired of it...+84 million voted for the other guy. Regardless, the Impeachment has several goals but the goal of finding 17 Republicans to convict wasn't realistic considering many in the GOP aided the great widespread fraud lie for many months. Simply, other goals from the Impeachment were achieved but the real damage to Trump will be done afterwards via the state criminal cases waiting for the completion of the Impeachment. Yet, I wish the house managers had provided eye witness testimony from those in Trump's inner circle about his behavior during the riot on the Capitol although that too is not realistic considering many have a cult like behavior. wrbtrader
And additionally, The Senate has no jurisdiction to hold this trial, especially with one of the jurors, who has already indicated that he'll vote to convict, presiding. Republicans would do well to not pay any attention at all to this joke of a sham.
A bipartisan majority in The House voted to convict,so will a bipartisan majority in The Senate.Another part of the legacy of Americas worst president ever.