When White House counsel Pat Cipollone argues President Donald Trump’s case in a Senate trial this week, he will also be defending his role in a controversial legal strategy that helped lead to Trump’s impeachment on a charge of obstructing Congress.Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives said yesterday that evidence heard in their impeachment inquiry indicates he “played an instrumental role” in that obstruction and his representation of Trump threatens to undermine the integrity of the trial.They have charged Trump with abuse of power for allegedly pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival, former Vice-President Joe Biden, and obstruction …read more
Source:: Gulf times
