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Trump Refuses To Testify In Impeachment Trial
- The United States Senate had on Wednesday summoned the former president to testify in his impeachment trial for allegations of inciting insurrection.
Former United States President, Donald Trump, has refused to testify in his looming impeachment trial after being called by House prosecutors to give evidence, describing the process as “unconstitutional.”
AFP reports that Trump’s lawyers ridiculed the request in a letter by lead House prosecutor Jamie Raskin to answer questions over the January 6 attack on the US Capitol as a “public relations stunt.”
Read also: US Senators Summon Trump To Testify At His Impeachment Trial
“Your letter only confirms what is known to everyone: you cannot prove your allegations” against Trump, attorneys Bruce Castor and David Schoen said in their reply.
While the attorneys did not say whether he would testify, a senior advisor to Trump, Jason Miller, said flatly that he would not.
“The president will not testify in an unconstitutional proceeding,” Miller told AFP.
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