What We Learned on Day Five of the Trump Impeachment Trial

Trump attorney Patrick Philbin made a shaky case against obstruction of Congress. Photo: Handout/Senate Television via Getty Imag As one might expect given the advance notice that their argument would begin with a sort of movie “trailer” overview, and the constant sarodonic references to the length of the House managers’ presentation, the president’s attorneys took only two of the three hours they were scheduled for in the fifth day of the Trump impeachment trial.

While Team Trump’s “overview” didn’t retail the common House Republican claims that impeachment represents a continuation of the Democratic conspiracy to shift blame to the president’s Russian allies for Ukraine’s efforts to rig the 2016 election for Hillary Clinton, Sekulow did promote the idea that the Ukraine scandal was cooked up when the Mueller investigation came up emptier than some had expected, as the New York Times...

Team Trump characterized all the testimony in the House Intelligence Committee suggesting that the president was holding military aid hostage to a Ukrainian announcement of a Biden investigation as mere conjecture on the part of people not relying on POTUS’ own words.

While Trump’s attorneys were far from systematic in their initial presentation, it was enough for his political allies in and beyond the Senate, who treated its brevity as a virtue.

gtconway3d Philbin

What a lousy presentation by the defense. As expected they were unable to attack the substantial facts of the prosecution. Lets see on monday if they will improve. Run Trump, run trump to your grave.

gtconway3d all the more reason we need the full transcript to see if SCHIFF's rendition was more right on than we know.

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Biden snr is in trouble if he testifies. Biden jnr will sink the Democrats if he has to

gtconway3d Don't get played. If Joe was doing something wrong years ago people would have spoke up ie Cruz, Paul etc. Everyone knew what was happening and approved. DJT brought this up for the campaign only. Senators should be ashamed of going along with it.

scheel_lala NOTHING! Blustering B.S.!

gtconway3d Call your Senator 855-912-2982 JohnCornyn SenMcSallyAZ LindseyGrahamSC tedcruz MarshaBlackburn SenatorRomney SenJoniErnst lisamurkowski senatemajldr RandPaul SenatorCollins WitnessesAndDocuments ConvictAndRemove realDonaldTrump

Leslie_resists It's called...deflection!

gtconway3d There are only 3 drinks allowed in the Senate chamber during an impeachment trial: water, milk and Kool-Aid.

gtconway3d They just have to fake it a few more hours and then let SenateGOP acquit realDonaldTrump.

What that tell the truth unlike AdamSchiff SpeakerPelosi SenSchumer yeah ok MAGA

gtconway3d 'Lawyer law suits?'

gtconway3d Too technical

gtconway3d I suggest you go back to Law school,I think you missed a whole semester or 2,3....

gtconway3d My Donnie lies over the Twitter. My Donnie lies over TV. My Donnie lies over his rallies. Oh, I wish he would lie down and f’ing dr-p de-d.

gtconway3d dubious adjective 1: unsettled in opinion : DOUBTFUL I was dubious about the plan. 2: giving rise to uncertainty: such as a: of doubtful promise or outcome a dubious plan b: questionable or suspect as to true nature or quality the practice is of dubious legality

gtconway3d That and the memo they call a transcript was 100% all there was to the call and there is nothing else to be learned if we got the actual transcript. Not buying this.

gtconway3d The President admitted extorting a foreign government official to obtain a boon from him. Because Zelensky was a government official, this is literally 'bribery,' which is actually specifically mentioned in the Constitution as grounds for impeachment. This should be 'game over.'

gtconway3d Starring George McFly

gtconway3d They got nothin. Procedurally or substantially. For three years trumps strategy equation (legally and politically) is as follows: Truth (and) Emotion Logic

gtconway3d The Trump defense: It is not illegal to buy a gun It is not illegal to buy Bullets It is not illegal to go to your ex's house It is not illegal to point a gun It is not illegal to Pull the trigger of a gun Therefore:......

gtconway3d DUBIOUS is very kind.

gtconway3d “... destroying the integrity of the 2020 election by denying Americans the opportunity to reelect their beloved president...” - this is only true for 40% of the country. The rest of America loathes trump.

gtconway3d Trump's legal team relied on lies, misdirection, and gaslighting. - fixed it.

gtconway3d Do you mean that they were lying? 🤣🤣

gtconway3d WE DEMAND FULL DISCLOSURE! Let the American ppl decide if Trump is guilty or not. The GOP SENATORS are obstructing justice by blocking witnesses & documents. If Trump has nothing to hide, PROVE IT TO ALL OF US BY CONDUCTING A REAL TRIAL! SenateGOP senatemajldr

gtconway3d Prolly knew this before the trial

gtconway3d With a heavy dose of 🐂💩

gtconway3d NYMay gtconway3d conspires with crazy lying devil stuff RepAdamSchiff AdamSchiff They already proved that he is a lying devil. S. Iohn VIII. 44 explicitly identifies you. You will NOT get away with this. Did you see RepJeffries RepValDemings cringe behind the mask?

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