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5 Big Points by Trump’s Lawyers as Defense Opens in Impeachment Trial


President Donald Trump’s lawyers took the Senate floor Saturday morning to open their defense in his impeachment trial, wrapping up their initial arguments within two hours.

The defense’s opening presentation was unusually brief after House Democrats’ impeachment managers stretched for about eight hours on each of three days.

Trump’s lawyers have Monday and Tuesday to finish their defense, as each side gets three days and up to 24 hours to make their cases to senators. The House’s seven impeachment managers, urging the Senate to remove Trump from office, used all but about three hours of their allotted time.

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Source:: The Daily Signal

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