WASHINGTON, Jan 25 — Democratic prosecutors sought to seal their case for President Donald Trump’s conviction and removal yesterday, presenting evidence of his obstruction to the Senate trial. House impeachment managers laid out the case that Trump’s refusal to allow top officials to testify...
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump depart Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, January 13, 2020. — Reuters pic
Trump blocked the executive branch from responding to 71 specific requests for documents, including five subpoenas, related to his pressure on Kiev to help his 2020 reelection effort, the issue underlying the abuse of power charge, Democratic impeachment manager Val Deming told the Senate. She said the Congress could not afford to allow Trump to reject its powers in such a wholesale manner.
He argued in particular that Trump’s Ukraine scheme demonstrated the president was a threat to national security. Democrats were hoping however to woo some Republicans to embrace their arguments that the Senate should subpoena four of the witnesses that Demings referred to, current and former White House officials with direct knowledge of Trump’s Ukraine machinations.
Trump and McConnell also suggested the president would claim executive privilege to reject the subpoenas, which would lead to a series of court challenges and ensure that the trial could go on for weeks more.On Thursday the impeachment managers, the prosecution, mustered scores of videos, internal documents and extensive witness testimony to lay out their case that the US leader abused his powers, the first of two articles of impeachment against him.
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