House Democrats wrapped up three days of scathing arguments against President Trump, warning at his Senate impeachment trial that Trump will cheat in the November election if he is not removed from office and that no Americans were safe from his abuses.
House Democrats wrapped up three days of scathing arguments against President Trump on Friday, warning at his Senate impeachment trial that Trump will cheat in the November election if he is not removed from office and that no Americans — including senators themselves — were safe from his abuses.
“The American people do not agree on much, but they will not forgive being deprived of the truth, and certainly not because it took a backseat to expediency,” Schiff said.“Is it too much fatigue to call witnesses and have a fair trial? Are the blessings of freedom so meager that we will not endure the fatigue of a real trial with witnesses and documents?” he asked.
Democrats argued that Trump abused his power last summer by pressing Ukraine’s newly elected president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, who is running for president, while he was blocking nearly $400 million in congressionally approved security aid for its war against Russian-backed insurgents.
“Do you think if we do nothing that it’s going to stop now? All evidence is to the contrary,” Schiff said. “You know it’s not going to stop.” Schiff warned that Trump’s aggressive efforts to get Ukraine to help him win in November would backfire against U.S. interests and operations around the globe. “This is very simple,” said Rep. Val Demings , another House manager. “The president abused the powers entrusted in him by the American people in a scheme to suppress evidence, escape accountability and orchestrate a massive cover-up, and he did so in plain sight. And his obstruction remains ongoing.”rejected the Democrats’ charge of obstructing Congress,
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