Trump lawyers decline impeachment managers' request for him to testify

Details: "We would propose that you provide your testimony (of course including cross-examination) as early as Monday, February 8, 2021, and not later than Thursday, February 11, 2021. We would be pleased to arrange such testimony at a mutually convenient time and place," Raskin wrote in the letter.

• Raskin noted that Presidents Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton provided testimony while in office, and the Supreme Court further held last year that Trump was not immune from the legal process — meaning there is "no doubt" that he could testify.
• "If you decline this invitation, we reserve any and all rights, including the right to establish at trial that your refusal to testify supports a strong adverse inference regarding your actions (and inaction)" on Jan. 6, Raskin concluded.

The other side: "The use of our Constitution to bring a purported impeachment proceeding is much too serious to try to play these games," Trump lawyers David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor Jr. wrote in a response letter.