President Donald Trump’s lawyers submitted a trial brief on Monday calling his impeachment by the House “a dangerous perversion” of the US constitution and demanding his immediate acquittal by the Senate.Almost simultaneously, House impeachment managers responded to an earlier Trump filing, saying the president engaged in “corrupt conduct… to cheat in the next election.” They said the Senate should remove him from office “following a fair trial.”The historic impeachment trial is set to open in earnest at 1 pm (1800 GMT) on Tuesday. Senators will hear arguments for six hours a day, six days a week in a somber exercise …read more
Source:: The News International
