WASHINGTON (AP) � Lawyers for Donald Trump are blasting the impeachment case against him as an act of “political theater� by Democrats.
In a brief filed Monday on the eve of the Senate impeachment trial, lawyers for the former president attack the case on multiple grounds. They say it is unconstitutional and must be dismissed.
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By ERIC TUCKER, LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN
Associated Press
