Trump attorney Pam Bondi brings the argument back to Hunter Biden and the questions from Republicans about whether his role with the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma was a conflict of interest with his father's position in the Obama administration.
on Sunday, Bolton said Trump told him he wanted to continue withholding nearly $400 million in security assistance to Ukraine until officials in Ukraine helped investigate Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden.
Sen. Mitt Romney speaks to reporters as he arrives at the Capitol, Jan. 27, 2020, during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. White House adviser Pam Bondi presents her opening argument on day 6 of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Jan. 27, 2020, at the Capitol. There are expressions of dismay and concern on several faces of Democratic senators. Sen. Cory Booker openly scowls as he stands in the back of the chamber.
GOP Sens. Susan Collins and Mitt Romney are especially engaged, and members of the Trump defense team are noticeably craning their necks during certain portions of the presentation to see how senators are reacting."Rudy Giuliani is the House managers' colorful distraction,” another member of the president's legal team, Jane Raskin, tells senators, in her first turn speaking during the Senate arguments.
She says Giuliani has said multiple times that his interest in Ukraine is not related to the 2020 presidential election and predated the announcement of former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign, a big talking point in the Democrats' argument about the timeline of events. Mueller's report found that while there was insufficient evidence to charge members of the Trump campaign with engaging in a criminal conspiracy with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election -- it did not find there was no evidence of contacts and cooperation or"no collusion" as Trump has claimed. It also found that Russian operatives sought to manipulate the election through misinformation and other types of interference.
Deputy White House counsel Michael Purpua presents opening argument on day 6 or the impeachment trail of President Donald Trump, Jan. 27, 2020, at the Capitol. "Putting to one side the absurdity of the House managers trying to remove a duly elected president of the United States from office because he met a world leader in one location versus another, this theory has no basis in fact."Ken Starr, the independent counsel who pushed for the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, says"the Senate is being called to sit as the high court of impeachment all too frequently.
"And so, the appropriate question, were crimes alleged in the articles in the common law of presidential impeachment in Nixon? Yes. In Clinton? Yes. Here? No. A factor to be considered as the judges in the high court. Come as you will individually to your judgment.
"In Iran-contra, no impeachment was undertaken," Starr says, referring to the scandal under President Reagan in which Reagan agreed to send arms to Iran to use money from that sale to fund Nicaraguan rebels or"contras."Sen. Mitch McConnell tells his GOP colleagues"stay the course" during their pre-trial lunch, Republican Sens. Mike Rounds and Kevin Cramer tell ABC News's Devin Dwyer.
Asked if he wants to hear Bolton, Sen. Lamar Alexander said: “I worked with my colleagues to make sure we have a chance after we've heard the arguments. After we've asked our questions to decide if we need additional evidence and I'll decide that at that time.” He said the president always acted within his legal authority when he says Trump asked Ukrainian President Zelenskiy to investigate corruption in his country, even when that involved a U.S. citizen, and repeated Zelenskiy's statements that he did not feel pressured in his July 25 conversation with Trump.
On a lighter note, the chaplain and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also recognize Chief Justice John Roberts' 65th birthday as the proceedings get underway.As the second day of opening arguments from Trump's legal team gets underway in the Senate, senior level White House sources tell ABC News the president’s lawyers are preparing for the possibility of witnesses in the impeachment trial.
President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 27, 2020.Asked in the Oval Office, “What about the allegations in the Bolton manuscript?” Trump replies, “False,” then scoffs and mouths “false” again. When asked whether this means he’s changed his position on calling the Bidens — he says he has not -- that he still opposes calling them for the sake of calling them -- but says it might be reasonable to include them in votes if the Senate moves to votes on witnesses.
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