On Saturday, House impeachment managers outlined their view of the case against Trump in a 111-page legal brief of their own. Trump’s legal team for the Senate trial, starting on Tuesday,will also include Ken Starr, whose investigation led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton, and former Harvard professor, Alan Dershowitz. White House lawyers succeeded in blocking Trump from adding House Republicans to his team, the AP reported, but also advised against picking Dershowitz. The documents also raised more questions about the security of Marie Yovanovitch, a former ambassador to Ukraine who testified in House impeachment proceedings. The document release followed the announcement by the Government Accountability Office that the White House violated federal law by withholding congressionally approved security aid.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2020 23:54 UTC