The Democratic House of Representatives lawmakers serving as prosecutors in the trial presented the second of their three days of opening arguments as they appealed to senators to convict him on two charges - abuse of power and obstruction of Congress - passed by the House last month.
"Impeachment is not a punishment for crimes," Democratic Representative Jerrold Nadler told the assembled senators."Impeachment exists to address threats to the political system, applies only to political officials and responds not by imprisonment or fines but only by stripping political power." Trump's legal team has stated that abuse of power is a"made-up theory" for an impeachable offence"that would permanently weaken the presidency by effectively permitting impeachments based merely on policy disagreements."
Trump is almost certain to be acquitted by the 100-member Senate, which has 53 Republican members. A two-thirds majority is needed to remove him from office. The Democrats also took aim at what Representative Adam Schiff told the Senate was the"completely bogus, Kremlin-pushed conspiracy theory" promoted by Trump and his allies alleging Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 election. Garcia and Schiff called it Russian propaganda.
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