ABC News: “Congressional investigators preparing for former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are zeroing in on the actions of the president and his associates around the insurrection at the Capitol, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. The House impeachment managers and their team of lawyers are examining materials, including videos, photos and social media posts, for possible links between individuals close to Trump and some involved in the riot at the Capitol, a source with knowledge of the House impeachment managers’ investigation told ABC News. They include a newly surfaced video first reported by ABC News showing longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone in Washington, D.C., the morning of Jan. 6. In the video, Stone is flanked by members of the Oath Keepers militia group just hours before the deadly Capitol riots – including one man who appeared to later have participated in the Capitol assault, according to online researchers.”

“‘So, hopefully we have this today, right?’ one supporter asks Stone in the video. ‘We shall see,’ Stone replies. Stone has maintained that he played ‘no role whatsoever in the Jan. 6 events’ and has repeatedly said that he ‘never left the site of my hotel until leaving for Dulles Airport’ that afternoon. Examining the actions of Trump, his aides and allies before and during the riot could help House impeachment managers make their case that the 45th president’s comments to supporters at a Jan. 6 rally outside the White House were the culmination of a weekslong effort to overturn the election results. It could also shed light on the actions of those around Trump and whether they could have been more familiar with the riot – and some of those who participated in it – than initially disclosed.”