Attorney Kaplan asserts that the Habba accusation fits with the overall modus operandi of Trump's defense, which emphasizes an appeal to those who doubt the veracity and fairness of the justice system.
A president who orders the deaths of his opponents in the Senate to prevent conviction on an impeachment charge would be immune, according to the standard Trump is requesting.
Concerned about the so-called floodgates scenario, the panel's most senior judge, Judge Karen Henderson, asked how to write an opinion that would, presumably while denying Trump immunity, protect the office of the presidency.