For a historic second time, the Democrat-led House of Representatives formally impeached President Donald Trump. The president’s Senate trial may begin as early as next week, once President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated.
Trump’s team is busy getting his legal defense ready — and what he’s preparing may be a trap for Democrats, warns one expert.
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“Here’s the double-edged sword for Democrats. If the President has a trial, he can present evidence,” Tony Perkins, a conservative religious leader, recently warned. “And part of that evidence may be what has not been seen yet about this past election.”
Religious-right leader Tony Perkins claims impeachment is "a double-edged sword for Democrats" because if there is a Senate trial, Trump will be able to introduce heretofore unseen evidence of voter fraud in his defense. pic.twitter.com/dqcKy6Sdbp
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) January 13, 2021
Under the leadership of lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s legal team repeatedly frustrated supporters by mismanaging their alleged evidence of voter fraud in court cases. If Giuliani’s claims were as easily provable as he claimed, the Trump legal fight over the 2020 election results should have proven much easier.
Instead, Giuliani and his team lost an astounding 70+ legal cases between November and January… while winning only one small, procedural victory.
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Trump’s second impeachment trial represents a chance for a new Trump legal team to present evidence before the U.S. Senate — and the American people.
“So, [Democrats] need to be careful about the platform they give the president,” warned Perkins.
Trump supporter Scott Adams shared a similar view on social media —
One way to look at today’s events is that the House impeached Trump. The other way is that they just handed him the thing he wanted most: a national platform to put election integrity on trial. Senate will be like the Scopes Trial.
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) January 13, 2021
Once the trial begins, Republican senators will again face the choice of whether to convict Trump in an impeachment trial.
While only one GOP senator, Utah’s Mitt Romney, voted to convict Trump last year, that number could increase as lawmakers consider whether to punish Trump — now out-of-power — for his role in inciting a deadly insurrection at the Capitol.
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An impeachment trial is likely to start next week, as early as Inauguration Day, raising the specter of the Senate trying the previous president even as it moves to confirm the incoming president’s Cabinet.
GOP leader Mitch McConnell, who says he’s undecided, is one of several key senators to watch, along with Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, who is set to take the Senate reins as his party reclaims the Senate majority. Others to watch include GOP senators up for reelection in 2022 and several Republicans who have publicly backed impeachment.
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The Associated Press contributed to this article