Impeachment news: Trump defense wraps up as public pressure to call witnesses soars
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Today was another short day in the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Originally scheduled to go for many more hours, the Trump defense wrapped on one long, confusing, and dishonest spray of conspiracy theories and Trump talking points by lawyer Jay SeImpeachment news: Trump defense wraps up as public pressure to call witnesses soars
Today was another short day in the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Originally scheduled to go for many more hours, the Trump defense wrapped on one long, confusing, and dishonest spray of conspiracy theories and Trump talking points by lawyer Jay Sekulow and one remarkably short summation by White House counsel Pat Cipollone. A brief roundup of today's events: • More leaks of the contents of former Trump national security adviser and ultrahawk John Bolton's forthcoming book have emerged. The New York Times reports Bolton wrote that Trump was weakening national security policies to boost his personal standing with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Bolton also writes that he discussed his concerns with, yes, Trump Attorney General William Barr, who was himself aware that Trump's actions were touching too closely to Department of Justice investigations into the two countries, possibly including Trump leaking information on the status of those investigations to those leaders. Read more