Former President
Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team filed its final brief before the Senate trial begins on Tuesday. And the full, 78-page Trump legal brief contains a number of bizarre claims and partisan whataboutist attacks on Democrats and is replete with the same pugnacious, rhetoric befitting Trump’s now-departed Twitter feed.
Many observers quickly pointed out that, in the footnotes, the brief tries to cite as evidence of its defense of Trump against incitement of insurrection a post from the far right conspiracy blog Gateway Pundit, whose proprietor,
Jim Hoft, was just banned from Twitter this past Saturday for repeatedly pushing the “big lie” about widespread election fraud.
Senate leaders set impeachment rules, Trump s attorneys slam trial
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced the rules for former President Donald Trump s second impeachment trial on Monday. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky., walks toward the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., as the Senate prepares to start former President Trump s second impeachment trialTuesday. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo
Feb. 8 (UPI) Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell agreed to the rules for former President Donald Trump s impeachment trial, as his legal team slammed the Democratic-led process as an effort to silence a political opponent.
Senate leaders agreed on rules for former President Donald Trump s impeachment trial as his legal team slammed the Democratic-led impeachment in a brief Monday, calling it an effort to silence a political opponent.