White House aides privately note that the president doesn't gain much from weighing in on the trial. And they say that staying above the fray allows him to focus on his COVID-19 relief package.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki says President Joe Biden's silence on the impeachment trial means he is working on his rescue plan for the American people.
In our news wrap Friday, a key impeachment witness has lost his White House job. An attorney for Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says the aide was fired from the National Security Council and escorted from the building. Vindman had testified that President Trump improperly pressured Ukraine's president. Also, a federal appeals court killed a lawsuit alleging the president violated the Constitution's emoluments clause.