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Impeachment prosecutor working on trial plan
The top House impeachment prosecutor said Sunday his team is developing a “trial plan” designed to detail President Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U. S. Capitol by his supporters.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D- Md., told CNN the plan would be used during Trump’s Senate trial. Raskin said he did not know when the trial might take place, but noted that a conviction would bar Trump from holding future office and end any of his remaining presidential aspirations.
“This was the most serious presidential crime in the history of the United States of America,” Raskin said on “State of the Union.”
House leaders have not delivered the impeachment article to the Senate, which is responsible for trying Trump even though he is out of office. Democrats will take political control of the Senate later this week.
Trump aide: Legal team TBD
While Rudy Giuliani was at the White House on Saturday, Trump has not selected members for his impeachment defense team, an adviser said.
The president “has not yet made a determination as to which lawyer or law firm will represent him for the disgraceful attack on our Constitution and democracy, known as the ‘ impeachment hoax,’” spokesman Hogan Gidley tweeted Sunday. “We will keep you informed.”
Giuliani told ABC News he is working on Trump’s defense, though Gidley’s statement indicates that is not official – at least not yet.
Biden’s plans for first 10 days in office
President- elect Joe Biden will sign more than a dozen executive orders on his first day in office reversing key Trump administration policies, including asking the Department of Education to extend the pause on student loan payments and interests on federal student loans; rejoining the Paris Agreement, which focuses on goals to help mitigate climate change; and reversing the travel ban for Muslim- majority countries.
He also will enact orders that address the ramifications of the COVID- 19 pandemic. As president, he will launch his “100 Day Masking Challenge,” which includes a mask mandate on federal property and interstate travel. He will also extend nationwide restrictions on evictions and foreclosures.
On Biden’s second day in office, he will sign orders addressing the pandemic that will “change the course of the COVID- 19 crisis and safely re- open schools and businesses,” his team said. The moves will aim to expand testing, protect workers and establish public health standards.
On his third day, Biden will direct his Cabinet agencies to take immediate action to deliver economic relief to working families, though the transition team did not provide specifics.