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How Trumpâs Defense Is Coming Together
Feb. 3, 2021
Trumpâs lawyers prepare two lines of defense, while Republicans in Congress mull their next move. Itâs Wednesday, and this is your politics tip sheet.
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Where things stand
Former President Donald Trumpâs legal team plans to mount a two-pronged defense when the Senate hears his impeachment trial next week, according to a 14-page filing submitted yesterday.
Trumpâs lawyers denied that his statements in advance of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 amounted to an incitement of violence. But they also argued that the whole case was moot, saying that the Senate lacked the authority to try a former president.