Trump's lawyers accuse the House of trying to overturn the 2016 election
by Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times
Jan 19, 2020
4 minutes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's legal team on Saturday accused the House of a "brazen and unlawful attempt" to overturn the 2016 election in a scathing response to the impeachment trial summons issued by the Senate ahead of its trial to decide whether to remove the president from office.
The House, in a separate 111-page brief filed Saturday, countered by calling Trump's alleged attempt to involve a foreign power in the 2020 election - the issue at the base of the House impeachment - the exact reason the framers of the Constitution added such a drastic remedy to check abuses
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