After the Senate decided it will not call any witnesses, lead House manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., was the first to speak during closing arguments. He reiterated the prosecution's case, calling for the conviction of Trump.

"It was suggested by defense counsel that Donald Trump's conduct during the attack, as described in Congresswoman Beutler's statement, is somehow not part of the Constitutional offense for which former President Trump has been charged," Raskin began. "I want to reject that falsehood and that fallacy immediately. After he knew that violence was underway at the Capitol, President Trump took actions that further incited the insurgents to be more inflamed and to take even more extreme, selective, and focused action against Vice President Mike Pence."

Raskin went on to use his time to describe Trump's months-long campaign to discredit the 2020 election results by spreading misinformation, which he argued laid the groundwork for deadly events of Jan. 6. He went on to claim that the former president assembled the mob, incited it and then sent it off to the Capitol during his speech. At every point, Trump sided with the insurrectionists rather than the Congress, Raskin said.

Once when the violence began, Raskin declared that Trump ignored the violence and further incited it by aiming the attacks on his own vice president.

"There has never been a greater betrayal by the president of the United States of his office, and of his oath to the Constitution."

Raskin then took a moment to suggest the GOP used "cancel culture" against one of its leaders, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who voted to impeach Trump in the House.

"Liz Cheney is a hero for standing up for the truth, and resisting this retaliatory cancel culture that she was subjected to."

Raskin emphasized his gratitude toward the Capitol Police, and finished his argument by saying convicting Trump is a vote for the "security of our democracy."

"They attacked this building, they disrupted the peaceful transfer of power, they injured and killed people, convinced that they were acting on his instructions, and with his approval, and protection," Raskin finished. "And while that happened, he further incited them, while failing to defend us. If that's not ground for conviction, if that's not a high crime and misdemeanor against the republic in the United States of America then nothing is. President Trump must be convicted for the safety and security of our democracy and our people."

Half of the four impeachment trials of U.S. presidents belong to Trump, and he is the only president to not have witnesses heard from at his trials.

Witnesses at the four impeachment trials of presidents:

Andrew Johnson in 1868: 41
Bill Clinton in 1999: 3
Donald Trump in 2020: 0
Donald Trump (after he left office) in 2021: 0

-ABC News' Chris Donovan

After an 11-hour scramble, the Senate has determined it will be calling no witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial.

The written testimony of Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., -- one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump -- was admitted into evidence, instead of moving further with the process for hearing from witnesses.

Neither the Trump legal team nor the House impeachment managers made any further motions. The parties mutually came to the agreement to admit Herrera Beutler's statement and not request further witnesses.

Closing arguments are underway, for which each side is allotted two hours.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

The Senate has returned from a roughly one-hour recess after voting 55-45 to hear from witnesses in Trump's second impeachment trial.

Senate leaders were meeting during the break on drafting a resolution for calling witnesses following that unexpected vote. The resolution, ultimately, could call for no witnesses at all.

Before the chamber was gaveled back into session, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House managers and Trump's defense team appeared to have an identical typed page -- with the parliamentarian studying the same sheet.

The decision to call witnesses revolves around the question of what Trump knew and when.

Lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., had called to subpoena Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., who tweeted out a statement overnight reiterating comments she has made that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tried to get Trump to call for a stop to the violence and that Trump told McCarthy, "'Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.'"