GOP senator wants Trump lawyers to address Tuberville call
Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, says he wants former President Trump’s lawyers to address the
call that Trump had with Sen. Tommy Tuberville.
Trump had called Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, to convince him to make additional objections to the Electoral College vote in a futile effort to block Congress' certification of President-elect Joe Biden's win, according to a source familiar with the call. In that call, Tuberville says he told Trump that then Vice President Mike Pence was being evacuated. That call was before Trump tweeted about Pence.
Trump's tweet said: "Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!"
“The President clearly had knowledge at that point and then the tweet went out,” Cassidy said.
Former President Trump's defense team will begin their arguments today against conviction. Follow here for the latest.
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