Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said that former President Trump’s lawyers’ argument that Trump was within his First Amendment rights when he peddled election fraud claims is a “completely irrelevant distraction.”
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said on Tuesday that he does not believe former President Trump will be convicted in the Senate and that his trial is a “poorly-camouflaged” attempt by the Washington establishment to equate Trump voters with the “nutjobs” that broke into the Capitol.
Democrats are divided about the timing of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate, worried it could hamstring President Biden's ability to implement his agenda in the early days of his administration.
Congressional calls for the impeachment of President Trump are gaining traction on both sides of the aisle, as lawmakers announced Saturday that impeachment would be introduced in the House Monday.
A growing number of congressional Democrats are calling for President Trump to be impeached after a group of his supporters stormed the United States Capitol building on Wednesday.