Former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial starts Wednesday. His defense team is urging the Senate to dismiss the case, calling it a brazen “political act.”
We look at what each side is arguing: from the article of impeachment to the 78-page brief from Trump’s defense lawyers.
A rising number of criminal complaints that the Jan. 6 Capitol breach had been pre-planned. And Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said recently that parts of the Capitol incident had been coordinated well before Trump’s Jan. 6 speech. He said on Fox News at the beginning of the month, “There’s mounting evidence that the people who came to Washington preplanned the attack before the president ever spoke.”
Tune into Deep Dive as we explore these topics and more.