GOP Sen. John Cornyn told reporters after today’s impeachment proceedings that former President Trump’s defense team was “not one of the finest I’ve seen.”
“And then I thought the President’s lawyer, the first lawyer, just rambled on and on and on and didn’t really address the constitutional argument. Finally the second lawyer got around to it, and I thought, did an effective job,” he said.
Attorney David Schoen, who spoke second, was supposed to present first, not Bruce Castor, according to two people familiar with the plan.
As he closed his opening argument, Castor said they changed the order because the House managers did such a good job.
Six GOP senators voted with Democrats, establishing that the impeachment trial is constitutional despite calls from some Republicans to dismiss proceedings, but Cornyn was not one of them.