With President Trump's impeachment trial now likely within days, the White House scrambled to assemble his legal team and prepare his defense.
President Trump’s lawyers are scrambling to assemble their legal team and draft opening statements for a Senate impeachment trial that could start within days and will determine whether to remove the president from office.to the Senate, Trump’s lawyers have huddled in the Oval Office with their unpredictable client and sought to finalize who will appear on the president’s behalf — and who will advise on the sidelines of only the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history.
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, center, will play a leading role in defending President Trump in the Senate trial. The president has insisted he’s done nothing wrong, but the specifics of his trial defense remain in flux, partially because the Senate has yet to release the rules for the trial and partially because Trump is prone to changing his mind.
The idea also appears a nonstarter with Senate Republicans, who have made no secret about their intent to acquit Trump but prize their chamber’s reputation as an independent, deliberative body.Sen. John Cornyn told Fox News that they want to avoid the “circus-like” atmosphere that existed in the more rambunctious, Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
“He’s spent his life trying to fix things to manipulate things for his own benefit,” Manley said. “The question here is whether he’s going to be able to fix the Senate like he used to do with New York real estate deals.”
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