But even as Trump’s defense team and the House prosecutor s pressed their case on the television talk shows, mystery still surrounded the basic structure for the impeachment trial, only the third in American history, when it resumes Tuesday. “The president deserves a fair trial. The American people deserve a fair trial. 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.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 19, 2020 17:48 UTC