Over the course of their opening arguments the past three days, the Democratic impeachment managers have sought to dispel the notion of any wrongdoing by the Bidens with regard to Ukraine.
The legal defense team representing President Donald Trump will focus some of their opening remarks beginning Saturday morning on the Bidens and their former involvement in Ukraine, a topic they say is fair game and a winning strategy after Democratic impeachment managers spent large amounts of time on the subject.
Over the course of their opening arguments the past three days, managers have sought to dispel the notion of any wrongdoing by the Bidens with regard to Ukraine. By doing so, Sekulow, in addition to Senate Republicans, believe Democrats have exposed a vulnerability. Trump pushed Ukraine to investigate the Bidens and Burisma while withholding foreign military aid, the crux for which he's found himself amid an impeachment trial. There has been no evidence of wrongdoing by the Bidens, but Republicans have accused the former vice president of helping his son obtain the Burisma position and inappropriately pushing out Ukraine's former prosecutor general. At the time, the international community supported the top official's removal.
Republicans were surprised by the amount they heard about Bidens and Ukraine from the managers in recent days. And they've made clear they support Trump's defense team addressing the topics head on.
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