Donald Trump s defense team s claim he was horrified by the MAGA riot violence comes under scrutiny with even Lindsey Graham revealed to have said then-president saw mob as allies
Donald Trump s defense attorneys pushed back against reports Trump didn t act fast enough or do enough to stop the rioters on January 6th The House Managers suggestion that President Trump did not act swiftly enough to quell the violence is absolutely not true, they write
Argument is buried in a footnote of their 78-page defense brief He, like the rest of the Country, was horrified at the violence, they note
Updated on: February 10, 2021 / 7:00 AM / CBS NEWS First day of trial previews impeachment arguments
Washington The Senate voted to move forward with former President Donald Trump s impeachment trial on Tuesday, with a majority of senators determining they have jurisdiction to place former presidents on trial in cases of impeachment.
By a vote of 56 to 44, the Senate rejected arguments by Mr. Trump s attorneys, who asserted that holding an impeachment trial of a former president is unconstitutional.
Six Republicans joined all 50 Democratic senators in voting to move forward with the trial. But the vote also served as an indication of Mr. Trump s eventual acquittal, since 17 GOP senators would need to vote with Democrats in order to convict him. Senator Bill Cassidy joined five other GOP senators who had previously voted that the trial is constitutional.
The first day of Donald Trump's second impeachment trial foreshowed the talking point that Republicans will likely repeat on Wednesday and throughout the proceedings: the trial itself is on trial. To them, the question isn’t whether Trump should be convicted, it is whether he can be.
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Graham made the remarks in a CBS News interview on Sunday night when he was asked about the proposed withdrawal of American troops from the war-torn country.