President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Jay Sekulow, suggested on Wednesday that he thinks that the President shouldn’t sit at the Senate’s impeachment trial after Trump hinted that he might attend the trial, The Hill reported.
Sekulow told reporters that the legal team might recommend against the President going.
“That’s not the way it works. No, I mean, presidents don’t do that,” he added.
Trump told reporters at Davos that he could attend the trial, which began on early Tuesday.
“Wouldn’t that be great? Wouldn’t that be beautiful?” he asked.
Pressed why he wouldn’t go, Trump continued: “I’d sort of love — sit right in the front row and stare at their corrupt faces. I’d love to do it.”
Shortly after Trump’s remarks Republican Senator Rand Paul publicly invited the President to attend the trial.
“Mr. President would love to have you as my guest during this partisan charade,” Paul said in a tweet, along with the photo of a ticket needed to attend.
Sekulow is part of Trump’s legal team for the impeachment trial.
The Senate is in its first day of opening arguments, after a late-night fight over the rules of Trump’s impeachment trial.
House managers will have three days to give their opening arguments, followed by three days by Trump’s team. Senators will then ask questions for 16 hours.
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