US President Donald Trump’s legal team gave opening statements in the Senate after House managers wrapped up three days of arguments in Trump’s historic impeachment trial. White House counsel Pat Cipollone began presenting Trump’s defence by declaring the Democratic House managers had failed to achieve their objective. That’s not the real call, that’s not the evidence,” Purpura said in an attempt to discredit Schiff and other Democrats. During the prescheduled call, Zelenskiy told Trump that Ukraine sought more US military assistance. Trump and his lawyers were invited to appear before the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment inquiry but declined.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 26, 2020 17:37 UTC