Crimes? Impeachment prosecutors, defense lay out arguments
WASHINGTON (AP) ??" President Donald Trump's defense team and the prosecutors of his impeachment are laying out their arguments over whether his conduct toward Ukraine warrants his removal from office. Trump's lawyers on Sunday previewed their impeachment defense with the questionable assertion that the charges against him are invalid, adopting a position rejected by Democrats as "nonsense. "The trial resumes on Tuesday with what could be a fight over the ground rules. By then, both sides will...
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