President Donald Trump's speech was sandwiched between the Iowa Democratic caucuses Monday and a final vote in the Senate impeachment trial Wednesday -- two major storylines that cast a shadow over what is usually one of the biggest political events of the year.
The White House legal team and House managers Thursday concluded two days of answering questions from senators in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Here are key takeaways from their arguments.
If the Senate extends the impeachment trial in order to hear from witnesses, it could hinder Senate Democrats running for president ahead of the nation's first 2020 nominating contest in Iowa on Monday.
President Donald Trump's lawyers mostly ignored reports of incendiary assertions made by former national security adviser John Bolton, potentially a key figure in reconstructing what happened behind the scenes.
Democrats need four Republicans to join them in calling for additional testimony and material from witnesses, including acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who followed Trump's order not to testify in the impeachment inquiry.
