Trump impeachment trial live updates: Biden makes 1st comments on acquittal

Rep. David Cicilline, D-Calif., used his time in closing arguments to give a thorough explanation of the timeline of events on Jan. 6, with focus on the timing surrounding Trump's 2:24 p.m. tweet attacking former Vice President Mike Pence.

"The undisputed facts confirm that not only must President Trump have been aware of the vice president's danger, but he still sent out a tweet attacking him, further inciting the very mob that was in just a few feet of him inside of this very building," Cicilline said.

While some GOP senators object to the notion pushed by House managers that Trump was well aware Pence was being evacuated from the Senate chamber around the time he sent the tweet, House managers argued it is "inconceivable" that Trump did not know what was going on at the Capitol. Cicilline said that Trump knew Pence was in danger and that he did nothing to de-escalate the situation.

ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl has also reported that Trump didn't reach out to Pence for days after the attack.

"He didn't speak to Mike Pence until five days after this riot took place," Karl said on an ABC News Live Special Report Saturday. "He didn't inquire on his safety" during the riot "and didn't talk to him about this incredible experience to see how he was doing after it was over."

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has withdrawn his appeal to House managers' evidence after the presiding officer ruled new evidence could not be considered in the trial, and the line he took issue with would be stricken from the record.

His objection revolved around their detailing the timing of a phone call between Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Trump to Lee's phone on Jan. 6.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, objected to evidence raised in the House managers closing arguments on the timing of a phone call between Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Trump to Lee's phone on Jan. 6.

The trial was paused for a quorum call, so the Senate could move to resolve the issue.

House impeachment manager Rep. David Cicilline, D-Calif., in closing arguments, focused on the looming question of what Trump knew and when, and argued Trump was well aware that his vice president was in danger for his life on Jan. 6. but refused to call the violence to a stop.

"Again, let me ask you: Does it strike you as credible that nobody, not a single person, informed the president that his vice president had been evacuated? Or that the president didn't glance at the television or his Twitter account, and learn about the events that were happening?" Cicilline said.

Focusing in on a timeline of phone calls Trump shared with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., along with images broadcast on national television, Cicilline argued that Trump couldn't have been ignorant to the intensifying violence at the Capitol and continued to tweet attacks on Pence as the situation deteriorated.

"Senators, the president knew this was happening. He didn't do anything to help his vice president or any of you or any of the brave officers and other employees serving the American people that day. His sole focus was stealing the election for himself," he said.

"He chose retaining his own power over the safety of Americans. I can't imagine more damning evidence of his state of mind," Cicilline said.

"If you believe that he willfully refused to defend us and law enforcement officers fighting to save us, and if he was delighted by the attack, and that he saw it as a natural result of his call to stop the steal, and that he continued to incite and target violence as the attack unfolded, we respectfully submit you must vote to convict and disqualify -- so that the events of Jan. 6 can never happen again in this country," he said.