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Feb 02, 2021 10:39 AM EST
Former President Donald Trump s lawyers are expected to argue that the impeachment trial is unconstitutional as he no longer works as the commander-in-chief.
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HARLINGEN, TX - JANUARY 12: President Donald Trump greets his supporters at Valley International Airport on January 12, 2021 in Harlingen, Texas. President Trump later delivered remarks during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico Border in Alamo, Texas.
At Trump s impeachment trial next week, his new legal team, supported by the majority of Senate Republicans in charge of his fate, are expected to argue that the trial is unconstitutional. However, it remains unclear if they have entirely discharged Trump s election fraud allegations, the issue that dissolved Trump s prior legal team.
Former US President Donald Trump abruptly parted ways with the two lead lawyers working on his defense for his Senate impeachment trial, a source familiar with the situation said, leaving Trump’s legal strategy in disarray.
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Incoming secretary of state Anthony Blinken experienced his right of passage last Wednesday, when he was grilled by senators, both Democrats and Republicans, about how he intended to approach the job of America’s top diplomat. After years of political rancour and acrimony in Washington, one might have expected Blinken to hammer former U.S. president Donald Trump’s foreign policy at every turn. But he didn’t. In fact, on many issues, Blinken.