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...Members of the Trump defense team saw their two-hour presentation Saturday as a preview of coming attractions - a way to give senators a sense of the president's defense while also suggesting there is much more to come when the impeachment trial resumes Monday.
...Lawmakers were "Relieved after such a long week," one GOP source said Saturday afternoon - relieved both to get a break and to see the Trump team at the podium offering a vigorous defense after three days of listening to the Democratic House impeachment managers make the case for removing President Trump.
...Patrick Philbin, another deputy White House counsel, walked the Senate through the White House's position that the House subpoenas issued before the House voted to begin an impeachment investigation were not valid.
...Some GOP senators wished the White House had made a more substantive defense over the last few months.
..."Every member of the defense team, and the president, were very pleased with today," said one House member after the Senate session.
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