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Added on the 09/02/2021 22:28:17 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
"We urge the Senate to reject these articles of impeachment," says Donald Trump's lead defense lawyer Pat Cipollone as he and the US president's lawyers close their impeachment defense, accusing the Democrats of placing him on trial for political reasons. SOUNDBITE
A prayer is said on the Senate floor for basketball legend Kobe Bryant who died along with his teenage daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday. President Trump's defense team is resuming the presentation of its case in his historic impeachment trial in the Senate. IMAGES
White House lawyers begin presenting their defense of President Donald Trump at his historic Senate impeachment trial for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. IMAGES
E. Jean Carroll, the former columnist accusing ex-US President Donald Trump of rape and defamation, arrives at a New York court as the jury prepares to deliberate. Images also show the arrival of Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina and a handful of Carroll supporters outside the courthouse with signs. IMAGES
E. Jean Carroll, the former columnist accusing Donald Trump of rape and defamation, arrives at a district courthouse in New York for the start of her civil trial against the ex-president. Images also show Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina arriving and Carroll supporters demonstrating outside the courthouse. The start of the trial comes just weeks after Trump's arraignment on criminal charges related to a hush-money payment made to a porn star just before the 2016 election. IMAGES