{"id":141272,"date":"2020-01-26T05:40:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T05:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/sen-ernst-says-trumps-lawyers-shredded-impeachment-case-as-democrats-double-down-on-call-for-witnesses\/"},"modified":"2020-01-26T05:40:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T05:40:28","slug":"sen-ernst-says-trumps-lawyers-shredded-impeachment-case-as-democrats-double-down-on-call-for-witnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/sen-ernst-says-trumps-lawyers-shredded-impeachment-case-as-democrats-double-down-on-call-for-witnesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ernst Says Trumps Lawyers Shredded Impeachment Case as Democrats Double Down on Call for Witnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said President Donald Trumps defense team \u201cshredded\u201d House impeachment managers case against Trump in their opening arguments on Saturday. However, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats said that the defenses arguments underscored the need for witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought today was an incredible two hours, and within two hours, I thought that the White House counsel and their team entirely shredded the case that has been presented by the House managers,\u201d Ernst said. \u201cWhat we heard today was very concise; it was full of truths and facts, as presented from the House managers own witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJoniErnst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SenJoniErnst<\/a>: \u201cWithin two hours I thought that the White House Counsel and their team entirely shredded the case that has been presented by the house managers.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RVvUq1U7Jp\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/RVvUq1U7Jp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1221118632962527232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Over the course of more than twenty hours starting on Jan. 22, the House managers presented arguments and evidence for removing the president. They accused Trump of abusing his power to interfere in an election and of obstructing justice when his alleged scheme was discovered. They allege the president withheld aid to Ukraine and the potential of a White House meeting in order to force the Ukrainian president to open investigations into Trumps political rivals, including former Vice President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>In arguments which lasted roughly two hours, Trumps lawyers used footage, documents, and testimony from the Democrat-led House impeachment inquiry to say that the Democrats failed to make a case for removing the president from office. The defense team stated that, according to evidence presented by the House impeachment mangers, the Ukrainians were unaware of the hold on aid until a month after the July 25 Trump-Zelensky call, the aid ultimately flowed to Ukraine and Trump went on to meet with Zelensky, and the Ukrainians, including Zelensky, have said there was no pressure from Trump and no suggestion of a quid pro quo.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorLankford\/status\/1221143163244597249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said that its the first day<\/a> that \u201cthe facts have actually been allowed to be cross-examined\u201d and criticized House impeachment managers for providing statements without context and using parts of sentences to make their case.<\/p>\n<p>White House counsel Pat Cipollone said a scheduled meeting between Trump and Zelensky in Warsaw proved that there was no condition placed on Zelenksy for a meeting with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Zelensky were scheduled to meet in Warsaw, Poland, on Sept. 1, 2019, Cipollone said. But Trump cancelled the trip because of Hurricane Dorian and sent Vice President Mike Pence instead. The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unian.info\/politics\/10664079-trump-zelensky-could-meet-in-poland-soon-bolton.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> meeting<\/a> and its <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5665003\/donald-trump-hurricane-dorian\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cancellation<\/a> was reported on by various media.<\/p>\n<p>Cipollone said House Democrats did not include the scheduled meeting in their case, suggesting that the omissions are intentional because the relevant facts would be fatal to the impeachment managers case.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25\/AP20025650405132-1200x675.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" alt=\"Impeachment trial Pat Cipollone\" \/><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/01\/25\/AP20025650405132.jpg\" alt=\"Impeachment trial Pat Cipollone\" \/><\/figcaption><\/a> White House counsel Pat Cipollone speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 25, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)<\/figure>\n<h2>Democrats Double Down on Call for Witnesses<\/h2>\n<p>During the arguments, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9vEtnfWQops?t=3077\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Purpura<\/a>, the deputy counsel to the president, said that the U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland used words like \u201cassume,\u201d \u201cpresume,\u201d \u201cguess,\u201d \u201cspeculate,\u201d and \u201cbelieve\u201d over 30 times during his public hearing before the House Intelligence Committee. Purpura then played a clip showing Sondland repeatedly saying that its his \u201cpresumption\u201d that the aid was tied to an announcement by Ukraine into an investigation against the former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation by the defense team seems to have convinced some senators that the case against Trump was built on a thin foundation, but added fuel to the call for witnesses fro<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sen-ernst-says-trumps-lawyers-shredded-impeachment-case-as-democrats-double-down-on-call-for-witnesses_3215828.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ninebyninedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/download.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Epoch Times<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said President Donald Trumps defense team \u201cshredded\u201d House impeachment mana..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sen. Ernst Says Trumps Lawyers Shredded Impeachment Case as Democrats Double Down on Call for Witnesses - Business News Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sen. 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