House impeachment manager Rep. Val Demings told ABC that the president's lawyers can 'distort and try to deflect,' but that the facts in the impeachment trial are clear.
"You heard Pat Cipollone at the opening yesterday of his argument say the president did absolutely nothing wrong," Stephanopoulos said, referring to the White House counsel's remarks on the Senate floor Saturday."Do you agree with that? Do you think it’s appropriate for presidents to solicit foreign interference in an election?"Instead, the Oklahoma Republican disputed whether President Donald Trump had actually sought foreign interference.
"If he's starting that phone call and saying here's what I'm calling you about and I want you to be able to do that, it's very different from President Zelenskiy raising it to him and saying 'yeah I'm glad you're meeting with Rudy Giuliani, go ahead and meet with him and get a chance to be able to visit with him,'" Lankford said."That's not inappropriate, but it is a big deal to mix official and unofficial.
Stephanopoulos also asked if the Oklahoma Republican thought it was acceptable for the president to ask a foreign nation to investigate the Bidens instead of going to the Justice Department. Left: File photo of Sen. James Lankford talking to reporters before heading into the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 21, 2020, in Washington. Right:File photo of Rep. Val Demings at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 15, 2020.
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