Trump Impeachment Trial Day 7: Trump’s Defense Team Wraps up Opening Arguments

In this screengrab taken from a Senate Television webcast, White House counsel Pat Cipollone speaks during impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 25, 2020. Senate Television via Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s legal defense team made its final day of opening arguments against the impeachment of the president, following three days’ worth of arguments from House Democrats.

3:05 p.m.—Trial Over for the Day

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stated there will be eight hours of questioning, alternating between Democrats and Trump’s team, on Wednesday and Thursday.

The trial will start again on Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET.

3 p.m.—‘Danger, Danger, Danger’

President Donald Trump’s lawyer, in concluding their opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial, said that if the bar for impeachment is set too low, future presidents won’t be able to exercise executive power, while addressing allegations allegedly contained in former national security adviser John Bolton’s book.