Trump's defense begins opening arguments in impeachment trial: Live coverage #1
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Donald Trump’s defense team previewed a very Donald Trump strategy during Tuesday’s procedural debate in the impeachment trial: lie, attack, ignore the facts. Now it’s time for a concentrated blast of that as they begin their opening arguments.Trump's defense begins opening arguments in impeachment trial: Live coverage #1
Donald Trump’s defense team previewed a very Donald Trump strategy during Tuesday’s procedural debate in the impeachment trial: lie, attack, ignore the facts. Now it’s time for a concentrated blast of that as they begin their opening arguments. Saturday, Jan 25, 2020 · 3:04:23 PM +00:00 · Mark Sumner And we’re getting underway on Saturday morning as we prepare to hear the Trump team’s defense of Donald Trump. I’m sure, after 64 hours of writing about impeachment this week, you’re as thrilled about this as I am. Saturday, Jan 25, 2020 · 3:06:39 PM +00:00 · Mark Sumner As they settle in, let us contemplate the way in which despite 24 hours of careful case-building each day, and a further 11 hours of laying the case out during the amendment process, somehow each day Republicans found one thing that they all agreed was offensive. Just one statement every day that allowed them to say “Well, the House case was going well, and then X, and X made me so angry that I forgot everything else.” Quite the coincidence. Saturday, Jan 25, 2020 · 3:11:11 PM +00:00 · Mark Sumner McConnell repeats that Team Trump is expected to take only two to three hours today, with a possible break in the middle. Why they’re choosing to do it this way isn’t quite clear. Pat Cipollone starts off by saying that they don’t anticipate using 24 hours because he doesn’t believe the House team has “met their burden” because Trump “did absolutely nothing wrong.” Cipollone making it clear that the day devoted to get attacking the House managers. And, of course, he gets in not only “asking you to overturn the last election” but their new bit on “taking the 2020 election away from the American people.” Saturday, Jan 25, 2020 · 3:12:27 PM +00:00 · Mark Sumner Cipollone starts off by saying that the House team didn’t talk about the transcript — despite Schiff reading the transcript. Read more