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"That was overwhelmingly distressing": Senators react to new video evidence from January 6 attack

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House impeachment managers played new video highlighting timeline of the horrifying January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Senators from both parties said it was difficult to relive the experience of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol in the new evidence presented by impeachment managers that detailed the movements of rioters. On the second day of former President Trump’s impeachment trial, the House impeachment managers presented evidence that included security footage not previously seen as a part of their argument that former Mr. Trump incited the mob. The evidence presented Wednesday showed how close rioters came to entering the Senate chamber while senators were still there. GOP Senator Dan Sullivan said that watching the footage made him «angry.» «We know it was going to be an intense experience, for me at least it brings back a lot of anger,» Sullivan said. Sullivan’s fellow Republican colleague, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, said she multiple emotions while reliving her experience that day with a «more comprehensive timeline.» She called it «disturbing.» «I know that I was feeling in the Senate chamber when I could hear those voices. I knew what it meant to be running down this hallway with my colleagues,» Murkowski added. «I wasn’t fully aware of everything else that was happening in the building.

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