Trump’s impeachment defense keeps running into the one thing it cannot outrun: witnesses
The Senate impeachment trial on January 27 turned into a loud, legalistic argument over whether Trump’s defenders could keep the trial narrow while still claiming it was fair. The obvious problem for the president was that the more his team insisted nothing needed to be heard, the more they invited suspicion that they were hiding the most damaging testimony. By the end of the day, the process fight itself had become the story, and that is rarely a sign that the defense is going well.
First recorded Jan 27, 2020·Meaningfully updated Jan 27, 2020
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Trump’s impeachment defense keeps running into the one thing it cannot outrun: witnesses
The Senate impeachment trial on January 27 turned into a loud, legalistic argument over whether Trump’s defenders could keep the trial narrow while still claiming it was fair. The obvious problem for the president was that the more his team insisted nothing needed to be heard, the more they invited suspicion that they were hiding the most damaging testimony. By the end of the day, the process fight itself had become the story, and that is rarely a sign that the defense is going well.
The Senate impeachment trial on January 27 turned into a loud, legalistic argument over whether Trump’s defenders could keep the trial narrow while still claiming it was fair. The obvious problem for the president was that the more his team insisted nothing needed to be heard, the more they invited suspicion that they were hiding the most damaging testimony. By the end of the day, the process fight itself had become…
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