The dueling statements previewed arguments both sides intend to make once Trump’s impeachment trial begins in earnest on Tuesday. The Trump team similarly offered a taste of the rhetoric expected to be deployed by the president’s defenders in the Senate. A legal brief from the White House laying out the contours of Trump’s defense was due by noon Monday, and White House attorneys and Trump’s outside legal team have been debating just how political the document should be. Starr is a veteran of Washington’s partisan battles after leading the investigation into Clinton’s affair with a White House intern. “I’m not a full-fledged member of the defense team,” he told “The Dan Abrams Show” on SiriusXM.

Source: Huffington Post January 18, 2020 22:46 UTC