President Donald Trump’s legal team wrapped up its case in the Senate impeachment trial on Tuesday, including with a veiled appeal to senators to not consider John Bolton’s latest claims as they decide whether to call witnesses.
The Trump lawyers’ two-hour appearance offered them the last uninterrupted chance to persuade senators to summarily reject the House’s case for his removal and avoid the drama that would result from demanding new evidence. But it arrived amid a creeping anxiety that new revelations, like the one late Sunday from Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, that exploded a core premise of Trump’s defense, could be in store.
