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NEW: The White House previewed its response to the articles of impeachment -- it's an attack on Democrats' process and a claim that the articles were "constitutionally invalid" from the start.

w/ @dsamuelsohn @anitakumar01 politico.com/news/2020/01/1…

@dsamuelsohn @anitakumar01 HOUSE TRIAL BRIEF: In its own filing, the House says Trump must be removed from office for his conduct or else national security and the constitutional order will be in jeopardy. politico.com/news/2020/01/1…

@dsamuelsohn @anitakumar01 IN ITS BRIEF the House relies on several pieces of new evidence that have come in since the impeachment vote: A document provided by Lev Parnas, the GAO report on Ukraine aid and the emails obtained in recent weeks by @just_security.

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@dsamuelsohn @anitakumar01 @just_security THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER includes at least one overtly false claim: That Schiff invented a false version of the July 25 call because the initial transcript, plus an earlier one from April 21 weren't damaging enough.

The April 21 transcript wasn't even released until months later.

@dsamuelsohn @anitakumar01 @just_security Plus Schiff acknowledged he was pararphrasing / parodizing both before his remarks and later in the same hearing.

@dsamuelsohn @anitakumar01 @just_security The White House filing is a primarily political document, arguing that the House — which has sole power of impeachment under the Constitution— ran an invalid process and should have provided more due process.

Reads a lot like Cipollone's Oct. 8 letter. whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…

@dsamuelsohn @anitakumar01 @just_security UPDATE: The House's formal trial argument calls on the Seante to remove Trump from office and permanently bar him from federal office, calling him an ongoing national security threat.

The president's initial argument called the House's process invalid.

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@dsamuelsohn @anitakumar01 @just_security MORE: Democratic aides say they'll oppose any effort by McConnell to squeze their opening arguments into two 12-hour days.

And they said Trump's initial response to impeachment today was an unserious document more akin to a campaign email.

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