After five long days of President Trump’s impeachment trial, one thing has become very clear as the White House counsel addressed Chief Justice Roberts and the Senators, the house manager’s case had been shattered within the first two hours of argumentation from the legal team.
White House counsel Michael Purpura focused on these arguments:
1. “The transcript shows that the president did not condition either security assistance or a meeting on anything. The paused security assistance funds aren’t even mentioned on the call.”
2. “President Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials have repeatedly said that there was no quid pro quo and no pressure on them to review anything.”
3. “President Zelensky and high-ranking Ukrainian officials did not even know, did not even know, the security assistance was paused until the end of August, over a month after the July 25 call.”
5. “The security assistance flowed on September 11 and a presidential meeting took place on September 25 without the Ukrainian government announcing any investigations.”
6. “The Democrats blind drive to impeach the president does not and cannot change the fact, as attested to by the Democrats own witnesses, that President Trump has been a better friend and stronger supporter of Ukraine than his predecessor.”
To be honest, they probably won over most of the Democrats so they could have stopped right there to have them vote alongside the Republicans and called it a day.