So let’s have that fair trial,” said Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, one of the seven impeachment prosecutors who will make the case for Trump’s removal. The president’s lawyers bore down on the suggestion that House impeachment is invalid unless the accused violated U.S. law. The argument refers to an 1868 speech by Benjamin Curtis, who after serving as a Supreme Court justice acted as the chief lawyer for President Andrew Johnson at his Senate impeachment trial. New information from Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, is being incorporated in the House case. But he hasn’t released the ground rules publicly, giving him and the White House more control over their Sunday remarks.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 19, 2020 22:41 UTC