| | | | | View in your browser | | |  | | | | | | Democrats' impeachment case lands with a thud with GOP — but real audience is voters | House Democrats on Wednesday launched the opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, accusing him of abusing his office in his dealings with Ukraine in ways that demand his removal.
The almost eight hours of arguments on the Senate floor — the first portion of three days of Democratic opening statements — landed like a brick with Republican senators, who quickly panned the process as a political ruse and all but announced their votes to clear Trump of any wrongdoing when the question eventually reaches the floor.
Yet the Democrats' long and detailed legal arguments — while ostensibly intended for the ears of the 100 senators acting as both judge and jury in the trial — are more broadly intended to target voters far outside the Beltway, who will provide the ultimate verdict on Trump's undertakings in Ukraine when they head to the polls later this year. | | Read the full story here | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Did a friend forward you this email? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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