Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz: 'If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.'
Whether Bolton would testify has become a major point of contention and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told GOP senators Tuesday evening that, as of then, he didn't have enough votes to block adding witnesses to the trial.Day 8 of the impeachment trial against President Trump begins at the Capitol, Jan. 29, 2020.Here is how the day is unfolding. Please refresh for updates.
Deputy White House Counsel Patrick Philbin answers questions during impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump at the Capitol, Jan. 29, 2020. Chief Justice John Roberts speaks during impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump at the Capitol, Jan. 29, 2020."If President Trump had more than one motive for his alleged conduct such as the pursuit of personal political advantage, rooting out corruption, and the promotion of national interests, how should the Senate consider more than one motive in its assessment of Article One?" Roberts says.
Asked whether Bolton's credibility was at issue given the President's denial of his reported claims, Romney defended the former national security adviser. “Where they stand now, you'd have to ask them, I can only speak for myself but I think there are questions John Bolton could help me resolve,” he tells me.President Donald Trump speaks before signing the United States - Mexico -Canada Trade Agreement, known as USMCA, during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2020.
“It is my opinion, based on the law and facts, that additional testimony is unnecessary in this case," Graham says in the statement. “For the sake of argument, one could assume everything attributable to John Bolton is accurate and still the House case would fall well below the standards to remove a president from office.
"Why didn’t John Bolton complain about this “nonsense” a long time ago, when he was very publicly terminated. He said, not that it matters, NOTHING!" Trump tweeted.The ongoing impeachment trial looms over today's White House South Lawn event celebrating the signing of the new USMCA trade deal -- and the president makes no attempt to avoid the topic, even joking as he recognizes Republican senators in the crowd: “Maybe I'm being nice to them because I want their vote.
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 29, 2020 in Washington, D.C.Speaking ahead of the trial Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he “remains hopeful” that four Republicans will join Democrats in voting for witnesses, telling reporters they are still “in the ballpark.”
“Mr. Sekulow’s version of a trial is Kafka-Esque. Remember ‘The Trial?’ Is that a short story or a novel?” Schumer says.Kaine later adds: “Before there’s a vote on acquittal or conviction, there’s going to be a vote on whether this is a trial, or a sham.”The consequences of voting against witnesses, Kaine says, would be to send Trump a message that “he can do whatever he wants.”“We want witnesses and documents in the room where it happened,” he says. “It’s not up Joe Manchin or anyone else.
Asked if she has a timetable for her decision on whether to vote for witnesses, she responds, “My timetable is kind of dictated, so I don’t think I’ve got a lot of options there.” During the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, Chief Justice William Rehnquist asked that senators' questions be answered in less than five minutes. Roberts, who has presided over the Trump trial, read Rehnquist's directive on Tuesday, and said,"I think the late chief's time limit was a good one and would ask both sides to abide by it."
According to The New York Times, Bolton wrote that Trump told him over the summer that he wanted to continue freezing military aid to Ukraine until the country's government delivered on his push to investigate the Biden family.
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