Lawyers for former President Trump
Donald TrumpGraham rejects Merrick Garland’s request for confirmation at Trump’s attorney’s hearing on February 8 to make the First Amendment case at the impeachment trial Biden faces a crossroads in the virus relief bill MORE released their response to the House Democrats’ impeachment case before a Senate trial.
The 14-page request by Trump’s defense lawyers, David Schoen and Bruce Castor, argues that it is unconstitutional to accuse a former president and that Trump’s statements were not directly blamed for the deadly Capitol riot on January 6.
The lawyers outlined the defense they will build next week when the trial begins in the upper house. Senators will weigh a single impeachment article passed by the House last month that accuses Trump of inciting insurrection with his comments before the Capitol riot.
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