Washington, Feb 4 (AFP/APP): Democratic prosecutors declaring “no one is above the law” went head to head with White House lawyers as closing arguments wrapped up at President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, setting the stage for his likely acquittal on Wednesday. “You can’t trust this president to do the right thing,” chief House prosecutor Adam Schiff said in an emotional speech on the Senate floor on Monday at the end of the two-week trial. “Truth matters little to him,” the California lawmaker told the 100 members of the Senate who will decide Trump’s fate. “What’s right matters even less and decency matters not at all. “He will not change and you know it,” Schiff said of the former New York real estate tycoon turned politician. “Now do impartial justice and convict him.” White House lawyers flatly rejected the arguments that Trump — just the third president in US history to be impeached by the House of Representatives — should be removed from office by the Senate for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. “The president has done nothing wrong,” White House counsel Pat Cipollone said, calling the impeachment by the Democratic-led House “purely partisan and political.” “We put … Continue reading Democrats, White House wrap up case at Trump Senate trial