.GStephanopoulos: Was it proper for Trump to solicit foreign interference? Sen. Shelby: It hasn't been 'proven' Stephanopoulos: 'We've seen the president in public ask the Ukrainians to get involved ...' Shelby: 'Those are just statements - political'
In a separate interview on"This Week," the lead House impeachment manager, Rep. Adam Schiff called the president's formal response to the articles"surprising" because it doesn't offer more than the"failed arguments we heard in the House.""You had to go so far out of the mainstream to find someone to make that argument," Schiff told Stephanopoulos."You had to leave the realm of constitutional law scholars and go to criminal defense lawyers.
House managers outlined their formal case against the president in an 111-page brief filed with the Senate on Saturday night. In the filing, House managers argue that"the facts are indisputable, and the evidence is overwhelming" that the president abused his power by seeking foreign interference in an election and followed that action by obstructing a congressional investigation."If the Senate decides -- if Sen.
Dershowitz said that the Constitution doesn't speak to whether or not there need to be witnesses in an impeachment trial. However, he also said that if witnesses are allowed, it could cause a delay. "The one thing that's very clear is that if witnesses are permitted on one side, they have to be permitted on both sides," Dershowitz said."And if witnesses are permitted, it will delay the trial considerably, because the president will invoke executive privilege as to people like John Bolton that will have to go to the court and we'll have to have a resolution of that before the trial continues.
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