Republicans Pan Trump Lawyer’s Rambling Case: Impeachment Update
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Donald Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial began Tuesday. The trial is sure to be rich in political and constitutional significance even though it’s all but certain to end in acquittal, with most Republicans in opposition.
The nine House managers prosecuting the former president argue that he betrayed his oath of office as president by inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Trump’s lawyers countered that he didn’t incite his supporters to violence and exercised his First Amendment rights.