Trump impeachment trial day three: All the latest updates
Al JazeeraDemocrats make their case against Trump as Republican-controlled Senate kicks off up to six days of opening arguments. Trump, White House attack Schiff on Twitter The White House countered House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff’s opening statements in real-time on Wednesday, tweeting that “Schiff keeps lying” and asserting that the transcripts of President Donald Trump’s calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It’s all in the transcript: https://t.co/wfHIQ0aO76 — The White House January 22, 2020 Schiff: ‘If this conduct is not impeachable, then nothing is’ House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff’s opening statements on Wednesday appealed to Senators, who will eventually vote on the articles of impeachment against Trump. Schiff again summarises allegations against Trump House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff began Wednesday’s opening statements by again recounting allegations that Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine to “to secure foreign help with his re-election, in other words, to cheat”. Schumer: Yesterday was ‘a dark day and a dark night for the Senate’ Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said the impeachment trial began with a “cloud of unfairness” hanging over it.