President Donald Trump’s legal team on Tuesday completed their arguments in his Senate impeachment trial, with White House counsel Pat Cipollone casting the process as overtly partisan and unconstitutional.
“You must do what the Constitution compels you to do: reject these articles of impeachment, for the Constitution and for the American people,” he said. Cipollone made an appeal to the “sanctity of the voting process,” telling lawmakers that a conviction would betray the results of the 2016 election and similarly meddle in the 2020 race.
Trump’s defense evolved slightly over the course of three days of arguments, with the team …read more
Source:: Reason.com
