Trump impeachment: ‘You cannot be acquitted if you don’t have a trial,’ says Pelosi – live
- House speaker says likely acquittal would not be legitimate
- Mitch McConnell says he ‘always’ feels confident about vote
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The impeachment trial will resume in about 30 minutes with another eight hours of questions from the senators.
Here’s where the day stands so far:
Lead impeachment manager Adam Schiff criticized the answers presented by the president’s lawyers yesterday, saying Trump’s legal team was pushing “the most incredible arguments born of desperation.”
Schiff warned the logic deployed by president’s lawyers would lead the country down the “most destructive path.”