‘Your duty demands that you convict President Trump,’ Democratic Rep. Jason Crow told the Senate during closing arguments of the impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - With acquittal seemingly assured, the Democrats prosecuting U.S. President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial urged the Senate on Monday to convict him to show no president is above the law while his legal team called the case against him politically motivated, reckless and baseless.
Senators heard closing arguments in the trial by the Republican president’s legal team and the seven Democratic House members serving as prosecutors. Sekulow called the impeachment drive reckless, said neither of the charges brought against Trump represent an impeachable offense and accused Democrats of seeking to negate the 2016 election won by Trump and to subvert the will of the American people.“The president has done nothing wrong,” added White House Counsel Pat Cipollone. “We can, together, end the era of impeachment.”
“Impeachment is an extraordinary remedy - a tool only to be used in rare instances of grave misconduct,” Crow said. “But it is in the Constitution for a reason: in America, no one is above the law, even those elected president of the United States - and I would say especially those elected president of the United States.”
When the closing arguments are complete, the senators will be able to make speeches on the matter until Wednesday, when a final vote is scheduled at 4 p.m. EST on whether Trump is guilty of the charges and should be removed. Several Republican senators have called Trump’s actions wrong and inappropriate but not impeachable.
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