The impeachment trial resumes today at 1 p.m. EST. Follow here for updates throughout the day:
The impeachment trial resumes today at 1 p.m. EST. Follow here for updates throughout the day.
In his upcoming book, Bolton writes that Trump directly and explicitly told him in August that he wished to withhold the $391 million in military aid to Ukraine that Congress had appropriated until officials there turned over documents related to the 2016 election and former vice president Joe Biden, the Times reported, citing people who had seen the manuscript.
"But what happened yesterday, in two hours, the president's defense team destroyed the narrative created in 21 hours regarding process and substance," he said.The impeachment managers argued that Trump had abused his power by using military aid to pressure Ukraine into conducting investigations that he thought would benefit him politically ahead of the 2020 election.
"Remember, there are three things that the Senate has to decide. One, is there sufficient evidence of what they claim?" he said."Does it constitute, first of all, an abuse of power? And third, does abuse of power constitute impeachable offenses?"House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment manager.
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