ABCDE Prices may vary in areas outside metropolitan Washington. SU V1 V2 V3 V4 Mostly cloudy, cold 33/29 • Tomorrow: Snow, ice 33/31 B8 Democracy Dies in Darkness FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2021 . $2 U.S. debt House Democrats end with a warning to exceed SAY ACQUITTAL MAY GDP for ABET MORE VIOLENCE Defense is expected 2nd year to rest case in one day BY MIKE DEBONIS Democrats seek major AND SEUNG MIN KIM relief spending as GOP House Democrats closed their impeachment case against Don- warns of economic risk ald Trump on Thursday by link- ing his history of incendiary rhet- PHOTOS OBTAINED BY THE WASHINGTON POST oric and months-long campaign BY JEFF STEIN Some of the evidence presented Thursday at the impeachment trial lays bare the violent toll taken on police officers during the Jan. 6 to undermine the November elec- insurrection. Impeachment managers argued that former president Donald Trump showed a lack of remorse for what happened. tion to the statements of insurrec- America’s federal debt is set to tionists who stormed the Capitol exceed the size of the entire U.S. on Jan. 6 — and raising the pros- economy this year for only the pect of future violence without a second time since the end of conviction. World War II, a reflection of the The rioters seeking to block the extraordinary emergency mea- final certification of his defeat sures approved by Congress in swarmed on Trump’s orders, the response to the coronavirus pan- impeachment managers argued demic, the nonpartisan Congres- to the Senate, leading to death sional Budget Office said Thurs- and destruction, placing hun- day. dreds in and around the Capitol The remarkable surge in feder- in harm’s way, emboldening ex- al borrowing is due largely to the tremist factions and diminishing more than $4 trillion in spending America’s standing in the eyes of approved by the federal govern- the world. Convicting Trump and ment to fight the pandemic since barring him from ever returning March. As a result, the federal to the presidency is the only way government’s debt burden will in to prevent a reprise of the shock- 2021 be larger than the size of the ing violence, they said. total U.S. gross domestic product Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.), — a measure of all the goods and the lead impeachment manager, services in the economy, accord- put the question directly to sena- ing to the CBO. 2020 was the first tors who have spent years wran- time this had occurred since 1946, gling with Trump’s pugilistic when the country was fresh out of rhetoric and flirtations with the Second World War. right-wing extremism. Democratic lawmakers and SEE IMPEACHMENT ON A10 many economists say another spending blitz is necessary to sta- bilize an economy that has stalled out and a job market that faces the Pace may deny prospect of permanent scarring. SEE DEBT ON A22 a full reckoning for Trump BY MIKE DEBONIS, Biden vow to TOM HAMBURGER, MATT VISER reopen most SENATE TELEVISION/ASSOCIATED PRESS AND AMY GARDNER “We humbly, humbly ask you to convict President Trump for the crime for which he is The Capitol was still littered schools poses with the wreckage left by the vio- overwhelmingly guilty of. Because if you don’t, if we pretend this didn’t happen, or lent mob of Donald Trump sup- porters when President-elect Joe political test worse, if we let it go unanswered, who’s to say it won’t happen again?” Biden phoned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the afternoon of Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), House impeachment manager BY LAURA MECKLER Jan. 8. AND ANNIE LINSKEY Just 48 hours after the deadly attack, Democratic lawmakers — One of Joe Biden’s central cam- Biden focuses on agenda including Pelosi (Calif.) and top paign promises sounded simple: As he blasted Pence, Trump likely knew VP was in peril White House emphasizes that the Senate Democrat Charles E. Schu- reopen most schools within his president has paid little attention mer (N.Y.) — had quickly co- first 100 days in office. The poli- BY ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN danger during the Jan. 6 Capitol the Capitol. to impeachment proceedings. A4 alesced behind a plan to try to tics and the logistics have proved AND JOSH DAWSEY siege, just moments before deni- Many of them were intent on force Trump from office, one that far more complicated. grating him on Twitter. doing harm to Pence, whom Takeaways: Analysis from Day 3 appeared headed toward an un- The outcome is significant for Mounting evidence emerging Trump’s decision to tweet that Trump h ad singled out at a rally of the Senate trial. A11 precedented second impeach- Biden, with much of the country as former president Donald Pence lacked “courage” — a mis- earlier in the day, falsely claiming Proud Boys: Five charged in one of ment. eager for schools to reopen. But Trump’s impeachment trial un- sive sent shortly after the vice the vice president had the power largest riot co-defendant cases. B1 Biden, less than two weeks politically, it’s dicey, as he is folds in the Senate this week indi- president had been rushed off the to stop Congress from formaliz- from taking the oath of office, told forced to balance the interests cates Trump may have been per- Senate floor — underscores how ing Joe Biden’s electoral college Monica Hesse: The chilling tune Pelosi he did not oppose impeach- and wishes of many parents and sonally informed that Vice Presi- he delayed taking action to stop victory. of “Oh, Nancy.” C1 ing Trump and would leave the children against the fears of dent Mike Pence was in physical his supporters as they ransacked SEE PENCE ON A11 SEE PACE ON A12 teachers and their unions. Many parents, including those in politically crucial suburbs, crave the normalcy that will come with the reopening of classrooms, which have been closed for nearly Migrants in Mexico angry over new arrivals’ r elease into U.S. a year in much of the country. But few groups did more to push BY ARELIS R. HERNÁNDEZ where do they want us to draw they have tried to follow the rules that it plans to replace “Remain Biden’s candidacy than teachers patience? We have nothing left,” and navigate ever-changing pol- in Mexico” with new asylum pro- unions, which have resisted re- matamoros, mexico — Cuban Admission of f amilies Caballero said. “We don’t under- icies in hopes the United States cesses but said Wednesday that turning to school buildings in asylum seeker Yuleydis Caballero under Biden frustrates stand why Trump was able to would consider their petitions for implementing those policies will communities across the country. has been living in a migrant change policy one day to the next protection. But the sudden surge take time. “I think it’s time for schools to tenement in this border town for waiting asylum seekers but a new president can’t change of migrants crossing the border In the meantime, some in the reopen safely — safely,” he said in nearly 18 months, waiting for her our situation one day to the next.” illegally, taking advantage of the migrant camps are calculating an interview with CBS News, day in a U.S. immigration court Biden’s suspension of the “Re- opportunity to stay in the United the risks of paying smugglers to emphasizing the final word. In under the Trump administra- in the United States under the main in Mexico” program — offi- States, has left those who have help them cross the Rio Grande case his loyalties are not clear, he tion’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. new Biden administration, Ca- cially known as Migrant Protec- spent months waiting in Mexican or p utting pressure on ports of often mentions that first lady Jill So when she learned that families ballero’s anger boiled over. tion Protocols — has left a policy border camps for court dates feel- entry by crossing as one large Biden is a teacher. that recently crossed the border “They tell us to be patient, be void that is fueling frustration ing disrespected and betrayed. group. SEE SCHOOLS ON A4 illegally have been allowed to stay patient, be patient. But from among asylum seekers who say The White House has signaled SEE ASYLUM ON A6 In the News in the country. A14 because of the pandemic Inside Amid Hong Kong’s receive additional paid fourth wave of infec- leave if the virus prevents THE NATION nee to lead the Food and tions, coronavirus-relat- them from working. A18 WEEKEND Kyle Rittenhouse, Drug Administration is ed racism toward ethnic Romance, to go charged with killing two causing consternation A15 THE REGION minorities has risen. Couples ensconced at people during unrest in among agency veterans A 54-year-old Mont- home can try carving out Kenosha, Wis., will re- and experts. A9 THE ECONOMY gomery County man who main free on bond after a The Department of spends his daily walks time for a special date- judge denied a motion to THE WORLD Housing and Urban De- into the District collect- night takeout dinner from rearrest him. 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