Public opinion. Last night, house managers who essentially act as prosecutors in the trial delivered their brief, arguing why President Trump should be removed from office, calling President Trumps conduct, im quoting now, the framers worst nightmare. And now the ball is in the president s court. His legal team has until noon tomorrow to file their own brief, but today some already are making their case. There is a confusion between the reasons for having impeachment, and those include we dont want to see president s who are dishonest. We dont want to see president s who abuse their power. Thats all true. But then when it comes to coming up with the criteria for impeachment, we dont use terms like dishonesty or abuse or maladministration or malpractice. We have to focus in on specific criteria to avoid weaponization of impeachment. Cnns Boris Sanchez is in florida where President Trump has departed for texas and Sara Westwood is on capitol hill. Boris, you first. Were learning more abo
Just moments ago, the president slammed the trial. Its a hoax. It goes nowhere because nothing happened. The only thing weve done is a great job. We have the strongest country in the world by far. Sandra complete coverage for you this morning. In a moment we will hear from congressman john ratcliffe, which is added to the president s defense team. John roberts is standing by live in davos, will be vegan with chad pergram on capitol hill. Good morning, chad. Good morning, sandra. Its up to the senators, house impeachment managers, and the president s Legal Defense team. Last night he added several House Republican members to his defense team. They will not actually speak on the senate floor during the trial but they will give advice and they will talk to the press. Here is republican doug collins, hes the Top Republican on the judiciary. It cannot be a coverup, when you are blooming the senate for your own bad work. Lets just put this honestly. The House Democrat majority wanted to impe
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Noon today if he wants to file a trial brief with the secretary of the senate. His lawyers fought back ferociously this weekend after democrats 111page trial memorandum called it quote the framers worst nightmare. They called it a brazen and unlawful attempt to overturn the 2016 vote and interfere with the 2020 election. Republican senators who will serve as jurors already lining up to support that claim. My personal preference, chuck, would see this thing dismissed out of hand because i think its an illegitimate process in the house. This has been a political hit job. This is political revenge, and what theyre doing to the presidency is a danger to the institution itself. Weve seen the president in public ask the ukrainians to get involved, ask the chinese to get involved. Well, those were just statements political. They make them all the time. Allen dershowitz is a newly named member of the Trump Legal Team. He argues abuse of power and obstruction of Congress Even if proven do not a
Basis. David chalian, our political director, is joining us now, and what are the respondents saying on the eve of the impeachment trial . Should the senate vote to remove the president from office, and 51 say yes, and 45 say no. I wanted to show you some key demographics that are looking at how america sorts itself when it comes to the president s approval. Looking among the women, first, 59 of women in this poll say convict and remove the president. 42 of men say so. That is a significant gender gap, and again, we see it time and again in all polling related to President Trump. You will see a familiar pattern here with race. 86 of africanamericans vote to convict and remove is what they want to see the senate to do, and 65 of hispanic americans in this poll, and 42 of white americans in this poll, and age is also a telling factor. Take a look at the age divide here. Under 45 years old, 56 of those americans want to see the president convict and removed from office. 45 and older, only