by Morley Evans
YAHOO NEWS
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's lawyers told Senate Republicans on Monday that they should simply dismiss the House Democratic impeachment case against their client, calling the charges unfair and political.
"All that House Democrats have succeeded in proving is that the President did absolutely nothing wrong," said a legal document filed with the Senate, which is set to hear opening arguments in the impeachment trial on Tuesday.
In the brief, the president's legal team said the two articles of impeachment against Trump "do not identify any impeachable offence;" the House impeachment inquiry was "irredeemably flawed," and there is "no evidence" to back the House claims that the president abused power or sought to obstruct Congress in its investigation.
As senators debated whether to call witnesses in the trial, the president's lawyers indicated they would seek a quick dismissal. "The Senate," the filing said, "should bring a decisive end to these excesses so that Congress can get back to its real job: Working together with the President to improve the lives of all Americans."
The new filing supplements a brief legal document that Trump's team submitted Saturday denying the allegations, and describing impeachment as a "brazen and unlawful attempt" to overturn the 2016 election.
While providing more detail, citing court decisions, and providing a history of previous impeachments, the briefing echoes previous arguments that have been ridiculed by House Democratic managers who will prosecute the case.
They cited evidence that Trump tried to get Ukraine to investigate a U.S. political rival – Joe Biden – threatened to withhold aid from the country if it did not comply, and obstructed the House investigation into the incident.
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