Trump lawyers portray impeachment trial as Democratic witch hunt

Donald Trump’s lawyers on Friday said Democrats had provided no evidence the former president incited last month’s deadly US Capitol riot and had used his second impeachment trial to settle political scores.

Trump is on trial in the US Senate on a charge of inciting the Jan 6 insurrection by his supporters who stormed the seat of Congress in Washington to stop lawmakers from certifying Democratic President Joe Biden’s election victory, resulting in the deaths of five people including a police officer...