President Trump rejects request to testify at his impeachment trial

President Donald Trump quickly rejected a request by House impeachment managers on Thursday to testify at his upcoming Senate impeachment trial. Lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., sent a letter to the  president’s attorneys on Thursday requesting Donald Trump testify before or during his impeachment trial, which begins next Tuesday. Raskin wrote that Trump’s testimony was necessary after he disputed the “factual allegations” of the House’s Article of Impeachment, which asserts Trump incited an insurrection at the Capitol on January 6.  …