By Daniel Dale
Updated 1809 GMT (0209 HKT) January 22, 2020
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump’s legal team made at least three false claims during Senate impeachment proceedings on Tuesday, plus two more claims we’ll call misleading.
We’re still going through the transcript of the proceedings and will add to this list as necessary.
The closed-door hearings
Arguing that the House’s impeachment inquiry was unfair to Trump, White House counsel Pat Cipollone complained about the closed-door House committee hearings at which witnesses were questioned in a room known as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or “SCIF.”
“Not even Mr. Schiff’s Republican colleagues were allowed into the SCIF,” Cipollone said, referring to House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, who is also the Democrats’ lead impeachment manager.
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