U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney Jay Sekulow (L) walks with White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley during a break as the impeachment trial of Trump continues in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump told his Senate impeachment trial on Saturday that Democrats' efforts to remove the president from office would set a "very, very dangerous" precedent in an election year.
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, the head of the defence team, told senators they would be denying voters their right to give their opinion on Trump at the Nov. 3 presidential election if they found him guilty and ousted him now.
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