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White House counsel Pat Cipollone first expressed gratitude to the Chief Justice, the Senate leaders and senators on both sides of the aisle, as well as his defense team.
Cipollone asks the Senators to have confidence in the American people and have respect for the last election by rejecting the articles of impeachment. He says the partisan impeachment articles occurring in an election year that do not even allege crimes. He says the American people are tired of the endless investigations and false investigations that have been coming out of the House.
He urges the Senators to reject the articles on behalf of their constituents because they will vindicate the right to vote, the constitution, and the rule of law by rejecting these articles of impeachment on a bipartisan basis. He asks them to “end the era of impeachment once and for all.”
Then he argued “these types of impeachment must end. At the end of the day we put our faith in the Senate,” he said, predicting the senators will let the voters decide this fall whether Trump should stay in office. “At the end of the day, that is the only result.”
“You’ll vindicate the rule of law,” he says. “End the era of impeachment once and for all.”
“Reject these articles of impeachment,” Cipollone says. “I ask you on his behalf, on behalf of the American people, to reject these articles.”
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Pat Cipollone's closing arguments in Senate Trump impeachment trial (Feb 3, 2020) https://t.co/clmrXqLEqn
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