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Democrats to Focus on Abuse of Power in 2nd Day of Trump Trial

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   WASHINGTON - House Democrats presenting their impeachment case against
   U.S. President Donald Trump plan to spend Thursday's trial session
   focusing on the legal and constitutional ramifications of what they
   argue was the president's abuse of his office to solicit a foreign
   government's help for his political benefit.

   "We've introduced the case. We've gone through the chronology,"
   Congressman Adam Schiff said as he wrapped up the first day of the
   trial late Wednesday. "And tomorrow we will apply the facts to the law
   as it pertains to the president's abuse of power."

   Schiff, a Democrat who leads the House Intelligence Committee, was one
   of the House managers serving as prosecutors who laid out the framework
   of the case during the initial eight-hour session. They will have
   Thursday and another session Friday to make their argument before
   Trump's legal team gets its 24-hour allotment, likely starting
   Saturday.

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