Listen Live
Donate
 on air
Schedule

KCRW

Read & Explore

  • News
  • Entertainment
  • Food
  • Culture
  • Events

Listen

  • Live Radio
  • Music
  • Podcasts
  • Full Schedule

Information

  • About
  • Careers
  • Help / FAQ
  • Newsletters
  • Contact

Support

  • Become a Member
  • Become a VIP
  • Ways to Give
  • Shop
  • Member Perks

Become a Member

Donate to KCRW to support this cultural hub for music discovery, in-depth journalism, community storytelling, and free events. You'll become a KCRW Member and get a year of exclusive benefits.

DonateGive Monthly

Copyright 2025 KCRW. All rights reserved.

Report a Bug|Privacy Policy|Terms of Service|
Cookie Policy
|FCC Public Files

Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Trump impeachment trial: Defense rests, what’s next?

President Trump’s defense team wrapped up their arguments in his impeachment trial today.  Trump’s attorney Jay Sekulow said, “This is the greatest deliberative body on Earth. In our presentation so far, you’ve now heard from legal scholars…

  • rss
  • Share
By Madeleine Brand • Jan 29, 2020 • 1 min read

President Trump’s defense team wrapped up their arguments in his impeachment trial today.

Trump’s attorney Jay Sekulow said, “This is the greatest deliberative body on Earth. In our presentation so far, you’ve now heard from legal scholars from a variety of schools of thought, from a variety of political backgrounds. But they do have a common theme, with a dire warning: Danger, danger, danger.”

Now Senators will have 16 hours over the next few days to question each side.

They haven’t announced whether they’ll agree to call additional witnesses. Lead House impeachment manager and California Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff endorsed the idea: “At the end of the day, nothing is sufficient if the Senate doesn’t decide to have a fair trial. And you simply can’t have a fair trial without witnesses.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly told Republicans he doesn’t have the votes to prevent a call for witnesses to testify.

We get analysis of the past few days.

  • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

    Madeleine Brand

    Host, 'Press Play'

  • KCRW placeholder

    Sarah Sweeney

    Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

  • KCRW placeholder

    Michell Eloy

    Line Editor, Press Play

  • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

    Amy Ta

    Digital News & Culture Editor

  • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

    Jessica Levinson

    Professor, LMU's Loyola Law School in Los Angeles

    NewsPoliticsNational
Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand