Former President Donald Trump’s legal team concluded its defense on Friday, arguing that the impeachment proceedings were “an act of political vengeance” as well as “a politically motivated witch hunt.”
Trump’s attorneys had up to 16 hours over the course of two days to push back on House impeachment managers case that Trump should be convicted and barred from running for future office for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
In the end, the defense team wrapped their case in about three hours. The impeachment managers had used about 10 hours over two days.
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