WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump s legal team issued a fiery response ahead of opening arguments in his impeachment trial Saturday while House Democrats laid out their case in forceful fashion, saying the president had abandoned his oath and betrayed the public trust.
The dueling statements previewed arguments both sides intend to make once Trumps impeachment trial begins in earnest on Tuesday. Both sides are seeking to make their case for a Republican-led Senate and for an American public bracing for a presidential election in 10 months.
The Houses 111-page brief pulls together the private and public testimony of a dozen witnesses ambassadors and national security officials at high levels of government who raised concerns about the presidents actions with Ukraine. Stripped of legalese and structured in plain English, the document underscored the extent to which the impeachment proceedings are a political rather than conventional legal process. The Trump team similarly offered a taste of the rhetoric expected to be deployed by the presidents defenders in the Senate.
In their brief, the House managers overseeing the prosecution wrote that it is clear that the evidence overwhelmingly establishes that Trump is guilty of both charges. The only remaining question is whether the members of the Senate will accept and carry out the responsibility placed on them by the Framers of our Constitution and their constitutional Oaths, the brief states.
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