WASHINGTON—President Trump’s legal team urged the Senate to swiftly reject the House’s two articles of impeachment against him, calling the case frivolous and dangerous while offering for the first time a detailed legal defense for why he shouldn’t be removed from office. Mr. Trump’s team submitted a 171-page legal filing with the Senate Monday, a day before the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history kicks off in earnest and just hours before the president departed Washington for a global economic conference...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 20, 2020 17:39 UTC