Trump’s Lawyers Say Impeachment Is Constitutionally Flawed, ‘Selfish’ Ploy by Democrats

, --February 8, 2021

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Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday argued that the House impeachment managers’ article of impeachment against him for allegedly inciting the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6 is constitutionally flawed, will not result in a conviction, and infringes on his First Amendment rights. In a 78-page court filing, Trump attorneys David Schoen, Bruce Castor, and Michael T. van der Veen argued that the Senate cannot convict a former president, saying the House’s impeachment last month is problematic because it joined several alleged offenses into a single article of impeachment—rather than several articles.-- More...

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