Trump Lawyers Call Impeachment Trial Unconstitutional
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We ran the numbers: There are 3145 news articles covering this topic. 39% (1230) are left leaning, 40% (1265) are center, and 21% (650) are right leaning.
On Tuesday, lawyers representing former President Trump argued that it is unconstitutional to impeach a former president. While left-leaning articles highlight that much of the filing from Trump’s new lawyers dwells upon the alleged unconstitutionality of impeaching a former president, right-leaning articles highlight that the argument from Trump’s counsel that the trial is constitutionally impermissible is supported by the vast majority of Republicans in the Senate.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that much of the filing from Trump’s new lawyers dwells upon the alleged unconstitutionality of impeaching a former president, Trump’s First Amendment right to free speech, and alludes to the supposed legitimacy of Trump’s baseless voter-fraud claims. Throughout the brief are also allusions to Trump’s conduct that don’t reflect the facts, including the claim that Trump did not intend to interfere with the counting of Electoral votes.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that the defense brief argues that Trump’s speech before a group of supporters, some of whom later sacked the Capitol, did not directly lead to the deadly siege. The filing from Trump attorneys David Schoen and Bruce Castor is a response to the article of impeachment passed last month by the House that accused Trump of “incitement of insurrection against the Republic he swore to protect.”
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that the argument from Trump’s counsel that the trial is constitutionally impermissible is supported by the vast majority of Republicans in the Senate. It would take 17 Republicans joining all 50 Senate Democrats to convict Trump.