Opening Arguments Wrap Up in U.S. Senate Impeachment Trial of President Donald Trump

After Trump’s defense team wrapped up, White House counsel Pat Cipollone went over and shook all the Dem impeachment managers’ hands.

— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) January 28, 2020

Asked Sen. Markey if any Dems would support hearing from Hunter Biden...he said he’s not a relevant witness and agreed with his colleague Van Hollen that it’s a “side show.” #impeachment #ImpeachmentTrial

— Cortney O'Brien (@obrienc2) January 28, 2020

Well....that was quick

Trump legal team has wrapped opening arguments. Thanks for tuning in folks. Check out Reagan's post about Dershowitz torching Warren not knowing the correct definition of criminal intent and Cortney's post on Jay Sekulow's remarks. She ventured up to the Hill to cover the trial today.

Jay Sekulow: “how much time” have Democrats wasted on investigations and obstruction because of policy disagreementshttps://t.co/mVUiGb5lLE pic.twitter.com/N1GO66Tu4B

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 28, 2020

everyone in the press gallery is so confused that it's over for the day lol. #ImpeachmentTrial #impeachment

— Cortney O'Brien (@obrienc2) January 28, 2020

Jay Sekulow highlights President Trump’s “unprecedented support for Ukraine”https://t.co/tonOdh2BIb pic.twitter.com/MH21D7KB0w

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 28, 2020

well that was fast! Trump's team wrapped things up quickly today.

Let the people choose. 

And with that, the White House rests the defense. 

Lee Zeldin on Why Republicans Have 'No Sympathy' for Democrats' Bolton Demands

There is potential Joe Biden starts making phone calls to his former Senate colleagues to vote against new witnesses in the impeachment trial to protect himself and Hunter Biden from testifying

A great question from Sen. Hawley during recess.

After listening to the Dems’ 20+ hours of argument and the rebuttal arguments from @realDonaldTrump, I’ve got lots of questions for the Dems. Like this one: Why did Schiff lie about his contact with the “whistleblower”? More to come!

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 28, 2020

Remember Cipollone promised they'd be wrapped up by dinner time!

WATCH:@JaySekulow fact-checks Democrat Rep and impeachment manager Jason Crow's repeated false statements that the pause in aid caused the deaths of Ukrainian soldiers."None of that aid was affecting what was going on on the battlefield then, or for the next four months." pic.twitter.com/RzkugUDEAp

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) January 28, 2020

Klobuchar gave Sekulow an outraged look and smirked at her colleagues after he said the Dem presidential candidates in the room would rather be somewhere else.

Trump attorney Jay Sekulow asks senators to reflect on "what you're being asked to do.""You are being asked to remove a duly elected president of the United States and you're being asked to do it in an election year." https://t.co/sZhSdr72Qk pic.twitter.com/USbRYLwKEq

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 28, 2020

I've emerged from the chamber! One of the most intriguing moments was when Sekulow asked the Senate: "Are we in a Biden-free zone?"

Jay Sekulow: Democrats pursue impeachment while President Trump has historic accomplishments helping Americanshttps://t.co/dyakd1hr8K pic.twitter.com/N2sA1mJ7w9

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 28, 2020

Jay Sekulow now giving a fuller pushback of Bolton manuscript, including reading aloud Trump’s denial on Twitter. “You can’t impeach the president on an unsourced allegation.” He says the manuscript is “inadmissible.”

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 28, 2020

.@AlanDersh takes @ewarren to the legal woodshed https://t.co/qrs5X6gvYf

— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) January 28, 2020

Patrick Philbin: Democrat impeachment managers’ case “lacks any coherent definition of an offense”https://t.co/lrgVSeD1yG pic.twitter.com/XjYxoyx7KQ

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 28, 2020