WATCH LIVE: Senate Makes Closing Arguments for Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is moving into the 11th day today, during which, the Democratic House managers and the president’s legal defense team are expected to make their closing arguments before the Senate.
Both sides will have two hours to make their final statements about the charges against the president for abuse of power and obstruction of justice. Since the vote for new evidence and witness testimony failed last week in the Senate, however, it is likely that the trial will end with Trump’s acquittal.
The vote on Wednesday will conclude months of investigations and political firestorms surrounding Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukraine into launching investigations against his political enemies. While some of Trump’s supporters echo the president’s claim that he did “nothing wrong” with Ukraine, others on the right have conceded that Trump’s actions were improper even if they don’t warrant his removal from office.
Democrats are likely to argue that the trial was a sham and a “cover-up” by Republicans for their refusal to allow new evidence to be submitted. It is possible they will continue to make reference to John Bolton, the former White House national security advisor, who is reportedly claiming in his upcoming book that he saw Trump tie Ukrainian aid to their government launching an investigation into Joe Biden’s family.
Watch above, via CBSN.
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