White House gears up for aggressive effort to defend Trump in Senate as House moves toward impeachment vote - News Summed Up

White House gears up for aggressive effort to defend Trump in Senate as House moves toward impeachment vote


ADADUeland was among a quartet of top White House officials, including Counsel Pat Cipollone, who met with GOP senators on Wednesday as the administration continues to strategize with Republicans on the Senate proceedings. “And that’s a very serious thing: Do they love our country?”Democrats are pressing ahead with an aggressive schedule that puts the House on track to vote to impeach Trump by Christmas. While Senate Republicans prepare to aggressively defend Trump in the trial that would follow a vote to impeach in the House, the details of how the proceeding will be conducted still need to be worked out. ADADThe White House called the hearing a bust. “Today was a good day for President Trump and a bad day for the Democrats,” press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement Wednesday night.


Source: Washington Post December 05, 2019 00:52 UTC



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