Member of Trump’s Defense Team: President Has a Right to Witnesses, Impeachment Managers Don’t

EXCERPT:

RAY: "It’s the president’s right under the Sixth Amendment to have witnesses, not the other way around. There’s no right for the House managers to have witnesses. Look, it’s a trial. It’s an opportunity for fairness finally, and for both sides to present. If the Senate decides that it needs witnesses in order to resolve something, then that’s an entirely appropriate step for the Senate in their discretion to make. But, if on the other hand this is the type of impeachment, an entirely partisan effort, that ultimately doesn’t have basis or foundation, what need would there be of witnesses? And if the Senate can make that judgment without witnesses, they are entirely permitted to do that. That’s our job to present that case. And that case will be presented later this week.”

(h/t Contemptor)