Washington, Jan. 22 -- Attorneys General from 21 Republican-leaning US states in a letter on Wednesday called on the Senate to reject the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
Trump's impeachment trial commenced this week in a session that ran to the early hours of Wednesday, during which 53 Senate Republicans voted to delay a decision on whether to allow for new witnesses and evidence.
"If exercising presidential authority to conduct foreign affairs, investigating potential violations, and asserting executive privilege are 'high crimes and misdemeanors' justifying impeachment, presidents are but congressional puppets, impeachable whenever exercising their constitutional authority angers the political opposition in Congr...