White House Supports Full Senate Impeachment Trial over Early Dismissal

The White House said in a meeting with several GOP senators Thursday that it wants a full Senate trial if the House impeaches President Trump, rather than an immediate dismissal of any articles of impeachment.“They want some kind of factual affirmative defense on the merits," one person who attended the meeting said of Trump's Republican supporters.Those in attendance included White House counsel Pat Cipollone, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway and Trump's son-in-law Jared K