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US Senate Resumes Questioning in Trump Impeachment Trial

Ken Bredemeier

   The U.S. Senate on Thursday held a final day of questioning President
   Donald Trump's defense team and the House lawmakers prosecuting his
   impeachment case, as a decision looms about allowing witnesses.

   Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz argued on Wednesday that even if Trump
   did ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for a political favor
   in exchange for aid, it is not impeachable.

   "Every public official that I know believes that his election is in the
   public interest ... and if a president did something that he believes
   will help him get elected, in that public interest, that cannot be the
   kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment," he said.

   The lead prosecutor, Democrat Adam Schiff of the House Intelligence
   Committee, maintained Dershowitz's argument lacks merit.

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