The Post It Note 2/9/21

WATCH: To begin impeachment trial against former President Trump, House impeachment managers present a 13-minute video montage recounting the Jan. 6 storming of the US Capitol.

(Part 1 of 2) pic.twitter.com/X4gyg4LVgs

— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 9, 2021

Trump impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor: "This trial is about trading liberty for the security from the mob? Honestly—no, it can't be…We can't possibly be suggesting that we punish people for political speech in this country." https://t.co/Lau7kmD368 pic.twitter.com/zlM4B1gj7K

— ABC News (@ABC) February 9, 2021

A legal scholar cited by Donald Trump’s lawyers in arguing that it is unconstitutional to have an impeachment trial for a former president said Trump’s defense team misrepresented his work 'quite badly' https://t.co/vX2f5XCK7G

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 9, 2021

Facing a more than $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting systems, former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell dodged the company’s legal team for weeks, forcing Dominion to hire private investigators, the company claimed in a filing todayhttps://t.co/4uz1ftOOAG

— POLITICO (@politico) February 9, 2021

The feds say he’s an extremist leader who directed rioters. He also had top-secret clearance and worked for the FBI, attorney says. https://t.co/Kf5qvgU5Id

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 9, 2021

The novel coronavirus was most likely introduced to humans from an intermediary host species — but that pathway needs further research, says a team of experts from the World Health Organization.https://t.co/qYS0HrN58Z

— NPR (@NPR) February 9, 2021

Democrats charge ahead with COVID relief package as impeachment consumes Senate https://t.co/5H7uq7GUqv

— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 9, 2021

Biden admin. to remove all Senate-confirmed US attorneys appointed during the Trump admin., except for the US attorney for Delaware investigating Hunter Biden, and John Durham, who will remain special counsel looking into origins of the FBI's Russia probe.https://t.co/IE8XlC3gmZ

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 9, 2021

A hacker gained unauthorized entry to the system controlling the water treatment plant of a Florida city of 15,000 and tried to taint the water supply with a caustic chemical. A supervisor saw the chemical being tampered with and was able to reverse it. https://t.co/XAWZ3epHGD

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 9, 2021

Today's Great Read: Hundreds of photos taken on Scottish islands in the 1960s and ’70s have found a new life after being digitized and shared online. “That must be 40 years ago when we were so young!” one woman wrote after she was tagged in a picture. https://t.co/0iVMpNRJCb

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 9, 2021