BREAKING: President Trump's defense team gives 2 hours of arguments Saturday before concluding; impeachment trial to resume Monday.
Rebecca Shabad and Allan SmithWhite House lawyer argues Dems didn't allow whistleblower testimony, but Schiff explained why they chose not to
"Further although the ICIG's preliminary reviewed identified some indicia of bias of an arguable political bias on the part of the complainant in favor of a rival political candidate, such evidence did not change my determination that the complaint relating to the urgent concern 'appears credible' particularly given the other information the ICIG obtained during its preliminary review," Atkinson wrote.
“It turns out, that that statement was not truthful,” Philbin said."His staff had spoken with the whistleblower before the person filed the complaint. ... After that point, it became critical to shut down any inquiry into the whistleblower.” During the end of deputy White House counsel Purpura’s presentation and the start of Jay Sekulow’s, all seats in the chamber were full. Several Republicans laughed approvingly at the supercut of Amb. Sondland's various assumptions and presumptions. Tim Scott laughed loudly.
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