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Trump’s Senate impeachment trial defense to begin after Democrats slam president as 'dictator' in final day of opening statements
President Trump's team of lawyers have vowed to an aggressive defense when they begin their opening statements Saturday at the president's Senate impeachment trial.
President Trump's team of lawyers have vowed to an aggressive defense when they begin their opening statements Saturday at the president's Senate impeachment trial.
Trump's lawyers are expected to insist the president did nothing wrong when he asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate potential 2020 election opponent Joe Biden. They have suggested they will argue that he acted well within his presidential powers and will portray him as constantly under siege by foes obsessed with undoing the results of the 2016 election or ensuring his defeat in November.
“It's not a rebuttal, but what we are going to do is attack -- attack all of the misstatements,” Trump lawyer Jordan Sekulow previewed Friday on “Fox and Friends.” “We're going to make the case for the president, why the president was totally within his constitutional rights."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday’s session will begin at 10 a.m. ET and run “for several hours.” A source on the president's legal team told reporters they expect the sessions to be short, possibly two to three hours. They suggested it will be an "overview of coming attractions" with the "bulk" presentation coming Monday. That's when this source says they'll get into the "nitty-gritty."
Asked how much the Trump defense team will talk about the Bidens, the Trump legal team source said the House made them part of the case, so "we'll have to be addressing that."
On Friday, three days of opening statements from the Democrats ended in fireworks as impeachment manager Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., labeled the president a “dictator” in fiery remarks. Click for more on our top story.
Other developments in Trump's Senate impeachment trial:
- GOP senators: Dems threw Bidens 'under the bus' in Trump impeachment trial
- Lara Logan: Mainstream media not acknowledging Schiff’s credibility issues
- New Ukraine charges fly amid Giuliani 'evidence,' secret Trump tape
- GOP senators: Dems threw Bidens 'under the bus' in Trump impeachment trial
- Lara Logan: Mainstream media not acknowledging Schiff’s credibility issues
- New Ukraine charges fly amid Giuliani 'evidence,' secret Trump tape
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