Signed by two of President Trump's lawyers, Jay Alan Sekulow and Pat A. Cipollone, "Answer of President Donald J. Trump" states the following: The Democrats ran a fundamentally flawed and illegitimate process that denied the President every basic right, including the right to have counsel present, the right to cross-examine witnesses, and the right to present evidence. Using the initials of the two attorneys' last names, let us label the three rights mentioned and claimed to have been denied during House impeachment proceedings: SC1: to have counsel present SC2: to cross-examine witnesses SC3: to present evidence The rights being claimed here come from the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and...(Read Full Post)