Impeachment lawyers put their cards on the table | First Thing

Prosecutors present memo accusing Trump of building a powder keg' while Trump's team denied he incited violence. Plus, how a California prison transfer led to dozens of deaths

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Prosecutors from the House of Representatives yesterday submitted an 80-page memorandum outlining their impeachment case against Donald Trump before it begins in the Senate next week. The document detailed how Trump incited his supporters to attack the Capitol, and shared previously unknown details of the violence inside, revealing the attack had left bullet marks in the walls, looted art, smeared faeces in hallways".