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Lawfare Presents: The Aftermath

The Impeachment: Day 5

Lawfare Presents: The Aftermath

Lawfare

Trump, News & Politics, January 6, Politics, Lawfare, Insurrection

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This is Day 5 of the Impeachment. In this short session, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone opened the case for the president’s defense, laying out what the defense believed are the stakes of impeachment. He noted that the defense would focus on facts that, he asserts, the House Managers ignored in their presentation.

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0:00.0

It's January 25th, 2020.

0:07.6

Today marks the fifth day of the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump, as the

0:12.1

President's council begin their arguments and defense of the President.

0:15.8

I'm Margaret Taylor, Senior Editor at Law Fair.

0:18.6

But the last three days, the House managers made their formal presentation to senators laying

0:23.0

out their case for removing the President from office.

0:26.9

Major representative Adam Schiff gave his closing remarks to senators on Friday night.

0:32.0

Today, in an extraordinary Saturday session in the United States Senate, White House

0:37.0

council Pat Sepoloni and the rest of the defense team get their turn to make their arguments

0:42.1

to U.S. senators.

0:44.0

This is the impeachment, Episode 5, the President's Defense Team's first day of presentations.

0:49.8

Here, here, here, here, here, all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment.

0:58.9

While the Senate of the United States is sitting for the trial of the articles of impeachment

1:03.7

exhibited by the House of Representatives against Donald John Trump, President of the United

1:09.3

States.

1:11.7

White House council Pat Sepoloni opened the case for the defense, laying out what they believed

1:16.5

are the stakes of the impeachment.

1:18.7

Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice.

1:22.0

Senators, Leader McConnell, Democratic Leader Schumer, thank you for your time and thank you

1:27.6

for your attention.

1:28.8

I want to start out just very briefly giving you a short plan for today.

1:35.8

We're going to be very respectful of your time, as Leader McConnell said.

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