Nearly 400 Capitol Hill Staffers Signed a Letter Begging the U.S. Senate to Convict Trump

“On January 6, 2021, our workplace was attacked by a violent mob trying to stop the electoral college vote count,” the letter, which was signed by predominantly Democratic staffers, said. “That mob was incited by former president Donald J. Trump and his political allies, some of whom we pass every day in the hallways at work.”

The letter went on to say that many of its signatories went to school after the deadly Columbine High School massacre in Colorado in 1999 “and were trained to respond to active shooter situations in our classrooms.”