Day 3 Of Impeachment Trial

Democrats on Thursday homed in on their charge that President Donald Trump abused his power, turning to past statements from some of the president's top allies to help make their case on the third day of his Senate impeachment trial.

House prosecutors used old comments from Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Attorney General William Barr and Trump impeachment defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz to bolster their argument that abuse of power is grounds to remove a president — and pointed to Trump's own statements to illustrate his guilt.

And Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., delivered an emotional closing statement to make the case for why Trump should be removed now, rather than by voters during the election in November.

Here are six key moments from the third full day of Trump's trial.

Schiff, the lead House manager, closed Democrats' second day of arguments with a passionate appeal to senators to remove the president from office.

"How much damage can he do between now and the next election? A lot. A lot of damage," Schiff said after impeachment managers spent hours hammering the charge that Trump abused the power of his office and put his own interests above the nation's.

He said that if Trump is not found guilty and removed, Russia or other foreign governments could interfere in the 2020 election.

"Let's say they [Russia] start to blatantly interfere in our election again to help Donald Trump," Schiff said. "Can you have the least bit of confidence that Donald Trump will stand up to them and protect our national interest over his own personal interest? You know you can't, which makes him dangerous to this country. You know you can't. You know you can't count on him. None of us can."

"There's no mulligan here when it comes to our national security," Schiff added.

Schiff, speaking directly to a packed and attentive Senate floor with every senator at his or her desk or standing in the back, repeatedly stated that Trump cannot be trusted and is inherently self-interested.

"You can't trust this president to do what's right for this country. You can trust he will do what's right for Donald Trump," Schiff said. "This is why, if you find him guilty, you must find that he should be removed. Because right matters. Because right matters. And the truth matters. Otherwise we are lost."

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