President Donald Trump’s attorneys dedicated the first day of their defense arguments to exposing the omissions in the narrative presented by the Democratic impeachment managers, asking the senators at the trial to consider why crucial evidence had been left out.
In arguments which lasted roughly two hours, the attorneys shed light on the context of the facts presented at length by the Democrats over the course of three prior days. The defense suggested that the omissions are intentional because the relevant facts would be fatal to the impeachment managers’ case.
Over the course of more than twenty hours starting on Jan. 22, the House managers presented arguments and evidence for removing the president. They accused Trump of abusing his power to interfere in an election and of obstructing justice when his alleged scheme was discovered. They allege the president withheld aid to Ukraine and the potential of a White House meeting in order to force the Ukrainian president to open investigations into Trump’s political rivals, including former Vice President Joe Biden.
On Saturday, Trump attorney Pat Cipollone told the Senate that any one of six pieces of evidence could alone exonerate the president.
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