January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions watching on television, 100 senators seated silently in the Capitol, one man in the Oval Office with a twitchy Twitter finger. President Donald Trump’s impeachment team will be trying to appeal to multiple audiences when it mounts a defense of the president in his Senate trial.

Proceedings in the staid Senate are expected to run cooler than the fiery partisanship that was on display in the House, which voted to impeach Trump in December.

People familiar with the White House legal strategy acknowledged that the tone of those making Trump’s case in the Senate trial presided over by Chief Justice John Roberts would be more subdued than a typical Trump supporter’s appearance on Fox News or written broadsides leveled against Democrats. But finding the right approach will be a moving target.

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