READ: Trump lawyers’ arguments for dismissal on impeachment
Attorneys for former President Trump on Monday argued in a new brief that the Senate should quickly dismiss the impeachment article filed against him by the House when his trial begins this week.
David Schoen and Bruce Castor argue in the 78-page document that Trump’s post-presidency trial is unconstitutional and that even if senators disagreed, Trump’s speech ahead of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol was protected by the First Amendment and did not meet the threshold of an impeachable offense.
Read Schoen and Castor’s brief below.
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