READ: Democrats reject Trump impeachment lawyers’ arguments for dismissal

Bonnie Cash

House Democrats in a legal brief on Monday rejected the argument advanced by former President Trump’s defense team, dismissing claims that he bears no responsibility for the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The nine Democratic impeachment managers instead contend that Trump incited the mob of his supporters that carried out the attack and that Congress has every right to convict the former president to prevent him from holding high office again.

Read their brief below.

Read House Democrats’ legal brief by kballuck1 on Scribd

Tags Capitol breach Donald Trump Donald Trump Impeachment house impeachment managers Impeachment Senate trial

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