No give: Trump’s impeachment defense, prosecutors dig in
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press
Advocates for and against President Donald Trump are giving no ground in the shadow of his Senate impeachment trial. The president’s defenders are arguing that his pressure on Ukraine broke no U.S., law, so it wasn’t impeachable in the first place. The House Democrats who are prosecuting the abuse and obstruction charges say there need be no crime and that the Constitution defines a higher threshold for impeachment. Before the arguments begin, expect a fight over the structure of the trial when it resumes on Tuesday. Trump denies the charges and has cast himself as a victim of Democrats who want to overturn his 2016 election.