Trump's legal team urges Senate to 'swiftly reject' impeachment
WASHINGTON - Lawyers for President Donald Trump, who initially sought a lengthy impeachment trial so he could mount a robust public defense, instead urged the Senate on Monday to "swiftly reject" impeachment charges, calling them "deficient on their face" and an "affront to the Constitution."
One day before the impeachment trial begins in earnest, the president's legal team submitted a 171-page legal brief to the Senate, its first major filing in the case, asserting that the two articles of impeachment approved by the House last month are unconstitutional and threaten to set a dangerous precedent by constraining future presidents in foreign affairs.
The president's filing largely sidesteps evidence presented by the House in its own brief to the Senate and rejects the abuse of power and obstruction of Congress charges as insufficient to warrant convicting Trump and making
