Donald Trump’s lawyers have launched their defence case in the Senate, calling the former president's impeachment trial 'constitutional cancel culture'. Follow our live coverage here:
He has told Fox News that Trump’s legal team will argue that the impeachment hearing is unconstitutional, that the former president’s speech to his supporters on January 6 was protected by the First Amendment, and that the Democrats “selectively edited” footage during their case.
was seen napping during the Democrats’ testimony, Miller said: “I would just say to Senator Sanders, you might want to stay awake today.” Miller also appeared to endorse reports that Trump’s lawyers will only take four out of their 16 allocated hours to mount their defence.So if Trump’s team only uses four of the 16 allotted hours, we could see the Senate move to a question session of around four hours. That would mean closing arguments could be put forward as early as Saturday, local time, followed by deliberation and a final vote the same day .When the vote comes, it is all but expected that Trump will be acquitted because a conviction requires around two-thirds of senators to vote for it and the Senate is made up of 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans., an adviser to Trump, the former president’s legal team will argue that today’s proceedings are unconstitutional. That debate was already had on Tuesday and Trump’s team lost, with six Republicans joining the Democrats to vote for the impeachment to proceed. However, although the Democrats won that vote, because the margin required for victory is lower, that gives us an indication of how the Republican senators will vote on the question of conviction and it will not be enough to pass the two-thirds threshold.Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage ofand I’ll be taking you through day four of the Senate hearing, which kicks off around noon local time, or 4am AEDT. Day three saw the Democrat House impeachment managers wrap up their case. They urged Republicans to consider the national security implications of the January 6 riot, and to consider what the implications would be if they let Trump get off for inciting the Capitol siege.
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