Pressed about the Trump defense argument that Amb. Gordon Sondland only presumed a 'quid pro quo' with Ukraine, Rep. Val Demings tells GStephanopoulos that President Trump 'dangled the offer of a White House meeting before President Zelenskiy.'
2:41The House impeachment managers filed more than 28,000 pages of trial records with the secretary of the Senate.manager Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., said the president's lawyers can"distort and try to deflect," but that the facts in the impeachment trial are clear.
"While they are asking us -- I believe -- and the American people to not believe our lying eyes and our lying ears, I do believe that the information -- the testimony -- when you put it all together is as clear as two plus two equals four,"she told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on"This Week."Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., will respond in a separate interview on"This Week" Sunday.
Left: File photo of Sen. James Lankford talking to reporters before heading into the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 21, 2020, in Washington. Right:File photo of Rep. Val Demings at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 15, 2020. Left: File photo of Sen. James Lankford talking to reporters before heading into the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 21, 2020, in Washington. Right:File photo of Rep. Val Demings at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 15, 2020.After House managers finished their opening arguments, President Donald Trump's legal team began to make their case in the impeachment trial on Saturday.
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