In first day of defense, Trump’s team argues he did nothing wrong, Democrats presented selective case

1/25/20
 
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from The Washington Post,
1/25/20:

President Trump’s defense began its presentation Saturday in an abbreviated session of a historic impeachment trial by arguing that Trump had done nothing wrong in his dealings with Ukraine and that Democrats had presented a selective record.

The two-hour presentation, led by White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Trump personal lawyer Jay Sekulow..

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the Trump defense team “did something they did not intend” by making the case for more witnesses and documents.

Schumer focused on the defense team’s argument that there were no eyewitnesses and that no one knows what the president intended when he held the aid.

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