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Trump Lawyer Briefly Quit Thursday Over Video Clips

The New York Times reports: In another reminder of his ad hoc approach, Mr. Trump asked associates on Thursday night whether it was too late to add or remove lawyers from the team, as Mr. Schoen briefly told the team he was quitting over a debate about how to use the video clips the defense showed on Friday. Mr. Trump …

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Trump Directed Lawyers Via Speakerphone Yesterday

Axios reports: Donald Trump directed his own defense via speakerphone on Friday, repeatedly calling his lawyers in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Room on the Senate side of the Capitol to relay his feedback, sources tell Axios. In contrast to Tuesday’s widely panned start of his defense, the Trump was said to be thrilled with his lawyers’ performances on Friday — …

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LIVE VIDEO: Senators Ask Questions In Trump’s Trial

Politico reports: Republican Sens. Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski both said Friday that they have already submitted questions for the dueling impeachment legal teams at the Senate trial of former President Donald Trump. Neither lawmaker elaborated on what their questions were or to whom they will be directed. Romney (R-Utah) told reporters that he has submitted a list of five …

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Banner Plane Over Mar-A-Lago: “CONVICT TRUMP”

ABC News reports: Calls for former President Trump to be convicted in his second impeachment trial came in the form of a sky banner flying over his Mar-a-Lago residence on Friday as his attorneys mount their defense in Washington. The banner was visible over the club in Palm Beach, Fla., minutes before his defense team began presenting its arguments. This …

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Politico Calls Trump’s Defense “Falsehood-Laden”

Politico reports: Donald Trump’s legal team opened his impeachment defense with a falsehood-laden attempt to sway Republicans to reject the House’s charge that the former president incited the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. The presentations on Friday, the first day of opening arguments for the Trump’s defense team, amounted to out-of-context assertions to push back against the House managers’ …

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LIVE VIDEO: Trump’s Lawyers Present Their Defense

CBS News reports: Former President Trump’s legal team will mount their defense on Friday, the fourth day of the second Senate impeachment trial against him. They plan to conclude their arguments in a single day. Both sides will then field questions from senators before lawmakers consider any requests for witnesses or admission of additional evidence. If the House managers decline …

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LIVE VIDEO: Trump Impeachment Trial Day Three

NBC News reports: The third day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump will kick off Thursday at noon ET, with the Democratic House impeachment managers set to conclude their opening arguments. The managers have more than half of the total 16 hours they were allotted to make their arguments left, but they may not use all …

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Trump Spox: Lawyers Will Conclude Defense Tomorrow

Mediaite reports: Trump spokesperson Jason Miller announced via Twitter that the legal defense team will only need one day, and plans to wrap the impeachment trial defense by Friday. House Managers started opening arguments against President Donald Trump on Tuesday of this week, arguing that the former president incited the deadly and violent insurrection led by his supporters on the …

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Impeachment Trial Turns To Trump’s Lack Of Remorse

The New York Times reports: The House Democrats prosecuting Donald J. Trump resumed their case against him on Thursday, turning attention to the harm caused by the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and the “lack of remorse” by the former president who they have charged with inciting it as part of a desperate bid to cling to power. A day after …

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LIVE VIDEO: Senate Resumes Hearing Trial Evidence

The Associated Press reports: Democrats at former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial played audio recordings of police officers begging for more help against rioters storming the Capitol, the fear and panic apparent in many of their voices. As the mob breached the Capitol, one officer told dispatch, “We’re still taking rocks, bottles and pieces of flag and metal pole.” In …

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LIVE VIDEO: Trump Impeachment Trial Day Two

NBC News reports: The second day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump will kick off Wednesday at noon ET, with the Democratic impeachment managers commencing their opening arguments. They have 16 hours over two days to make their presentations and then Trump’s attorneys begin their defense with the same amount of time allotted — proceedings that …

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Fox Dumps Trial Coverage To Interview Scalise, Who Wants To Know Why Democrats Aren’t Being Impeached

Mediaite reports: Despite history unfolding in real-time, a curious programming decision was made by those in charge of America Reports with John Roberts & Sandra Smith: they cut from House Manager Rep. Ted Lieu and chose to amplify the words of House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, who, shockingly, presented a damning and partisan perspective for Fox News viewers to …

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Bumbling Defense Lawyer: Trump Isn’t Mad At Me

Fox News reports: Trump lawyer Bruce L. Castor Jr. defended his performance Tuesday in the Senate, saying it has “not been communicated” to him that former President Trump was angry over his statements during the first day of the Senate impeachment proceedings. During an exclusive interview with Fox News, Castor addressed reports that Trump was “furious” and “beyond angry” over …

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McConnell To GOP Senators: Vote Your Conscience

Bloomberg News reports: Mitch McConnell is signaling to Senate Republicans that he will not be holding them to uniform opposition of the incitement of insurrection charge against Trump. That would free GOP Senators to vote to convict — as a handful of them are strongly leaning — without any fear of punishment within the conference. It could also remove pressure …

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GOP Senator Rips Trump’s “Disorganized” Lawyers

The Hill reports: Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Tuesday panned the arguments made by former President Trump’s legal team, saying that House Democrats made a more compelling case that the impeachment proceeding is constitutional. “I said I’d be an impartial juror. Anyone listening to those arguments — the House managers were focused. They were organized. They relied upon both precedent, …

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CNN: Trump Furious Over Lawyers’ Trial Performance

CNN reports: Former President Trump was unhappy with Bruce Castor’s opening argument on the Senate floor this afternoon, according to two people familiar with his reaction. Trump was almost screaming as Castor made meandering arguments that struggled to get at the heart of his defense team’s argument, which is supposed to be over the constitutionality of holding a trial for …

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Senate Votes 56-44 That Trump’s Trial Is Constitutional

Reuters reports: A divided Senate voted 56 to 44 on Tuesday to proceed with the impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump, rejecting his lawyers’ argument that it is unconstitutional. Most Republicans stood with Trump and his legal team, which contended the Senate cannot convict a person no longer in office. The House impeachment managers, in pressing for the trial …

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Trump Trial Lawyer Sued Him Last Year, Accused Him Of Making “Repeated” False Claims About Voter Fraud

The Washington Post reports: Last year, Philadelphia lawyer Michael T. van der Veen filed a lawsuit against then-President Donald Trump accusing him of making “repeated claims” that mail voting is ripe with fraud “despite having no evidence in support of these claims.” This week, van der Veen is adopting a different posture as part of the team of attorneys defending …

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LIVE VIDEO: Senate Begins Trump Impeachment Trial

NPR reports: After the gavel at 1pm ET on Tuesday, there will be four hours that will be split between House impeachment managers and Trump’s defense team to debate whether the trial is constitutional. The Senate will then vote on this question, and in this case, given last month’s 55-45 vote on a very similar question, they will be expected …

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Trump Lawyer Admits Biden Won Election Legitimately

Mediaite reports: Trump defense lawyer Bruce Castor made an extensive argument that the 2020 election was indeed legitimate. Castor’s case — part of a meandering opening argument that baffled viewers — was that Democrats’ motives for impeachment are singular: “The majority in the House of Representatives does not want to face Donald Trump as a political rival in the future.” …

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