Trump Team, Impeachment Managers Lay Out Arguments for Senate Trial

An 8-foot-tall steel fence topped with concertina razor wire circles the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 29, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and Democrat impeachment managers filed trial memorandums on Feb. 2 outlining their arguments for the Senate trial expected to begin next week.

The Democrat memo alleges that Trump incited a mob that breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 by sowing doubt about the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. The memo by Trump’s legal team denies the allegation and argues that the trial is unconstitutional because Trump is no longer president.