Donald Trump Tweets His Defense by Attacking AOC – Mother Jones

President Donald Trumps lawyers, who launched his defense at his impeachment trial in the Senate Saturday morning, have claimed that they will respond substantively to Democrats methodical case for why the president should be removed from office. But shortly before the Senate convened for the first day of the White House defense, the president teed up the proceedings with a tweet strong on name calling and short on evidence.

His targets include two lawmakers, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who have no role in the impeachment trial. Trump also postedtweets quoting Fox Business News host Lou Dobbs praising him.

Trumps defenders thus far have not disputed the facts of the case against him. Senate Republicans have complained about comments by Democratic impeachment managers and launched attacks on President Obamas foreign policy and other topics that are at best tangental. Trumps lawyers on Saturday have said they will focus on Vice President Joe Bidens actions related to Ukraine in 2016, and that the president did nothing wrong. White House counsel Pat Cipollone promised in his opening remarks that Trumps team will focus on evidence that the House impeachment managers did not include. But their boss appears to have another strategy.

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Donald Trump Tweets His Defense by Attacking AOC - Mother Jones