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NEW: Trump’s impeachment defense often seemed less about convincing senators to acquit than exacting payback on political adversaries he perceives at having landed him on trial in the first place.

Analysis w/ @AndrewDesiderio

politico.com/news/2020/01/2…
Trump’s defense left more than half of their 24 hours on the table — spreading 11 hours of argument over three days.

Just two of the team’s 15 presentations focused entirely on rebutting the House’s Ukraine allegations. politico.com/news/2020/01/2…
The defense order:

Saturday
Cipollone
Purpura
Sekuow
Philbin

Monday
Starr
Purpura
Raskin
Philbin
Bondi
Herschmann
Ray
Dershowitz

Tuesday
Philbin
Sekulow
Cipollone
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JUST IN: Senate Intel Committee has issued recommendations on responding to foreign election interference in 2020.

Trump "should take steps to separate himself...from political considerations when handling issues related to foreign influence operations."

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Report includes some new details aboutl that exchange between Obama and Putin in Sept. 2016.
In a heavily redacted section, the report suggests that some Obama administration officials were torn about whether Wikileaks was a legitimate news outlet or a hostile actor bent on undermining U.S. interests.
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Seconds after walking onstage at the National Prayer Breakfast, (where Nancy Pelosi is also seated) Trump holds up newspapers with headlines declaring him ‘Acquitted’
Moments later, Pelosi is called up to speak and delivers a very straightforward prayer for religious freedom. She doesn't acknowledge Trump's gesture.
After Arthur Brooks gives a speech urging people in the room to "love your enemies" and set aside "contempt" for those who disagree, Trump begins his remarks:

"Arthur, I don't know if I agree with you."
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NEW: Trump’s acquittal marks the end of a remarkable chapter of presidential scandal that only accelerated and accentuated Trump’s grip on a Republican Party establishment he once scorned.

But the next chapter looms.

w/ @AndrewDesiderio @BresPolitico

politico.com/news/2020/02/0…
@AndrewDesiderio @BresPolitico Democrats amassed evidence that Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine in order to coerce its government to investigate his political adversaries. Republicans responded by closing ranks around Trump, attacking the House’s process as a primary defense.

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