Donald Trump was reportedly "borderline screaming" at his TV screen in his luxury Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as he watched his lawyer Bruce Castor's opening argument in the Senate today. Sources close to the former president – who is watching the proceedings from afar – told CNN he was very unhappy with the performance. I have no idea why he's saying," top lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who represented Trump in his last impeachment, told Newsmax. He did not have kind words to say about the Trump defence performance. Trump's team is basing its case largely on the procedural argument that a former president cannot be tried, calling the Senate trial "absurd".

Source: New Zealand Herald February 10, 2021 03:46 UTC