Trump Impeachment Trial Heads Toward Verdict as Soon as Saturday
- Former president’s defense finishes in less than three hours
- Trump is accused of inciting Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol
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The Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is headed toward a verdict that could come as soon as Saturday after the defense presented its case and senators questioned both sides on the charges and their arguments.
With most Republicans appearing to hold firm against convicting Trump, the defense spent barely three hours of the 16 hours they were allotted to disparage the House impeachment managers’ case as “constitutional cancel culture” aimed at silencing both the former president and his millions of supporters.