As vote on witnesses looms, Trump legal team tells impeachment trial: 'Time for this to end'


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  • Tuesday, 28 Jan 2020

Attorney Alan Dershowitz departs at the end of the day as the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump continues in Washington U.S. January 27 2020.      REUTERSJoshua Roberts

Attorney Alan Dershowitz departs at the end of the day as the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump continues in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid uncertainty over the question of whether to call witnesses in President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial, his legal team wrapped up its opening arguments on Tuesday with an appeal for a quick acquittal.

Saying "it is time for this to end," Trump's lawyers brushed off former national security adviser John Bolton's explosive allegations about Trump's conduct and accused Democrats of trying to interfere with Trump's November re-election bid.

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