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Team Trump puts Hunter Biden, Obama on trial

In this image from video, Eric Herschmann, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

By Dave Boyer, S.A. Miller and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Trump’s defense team put Hunter Biden and former President Barack Obama on trial on Monday during the impeachment case in the Senate, questioning why Democrats weren’t outraged about Mr. Biden’s $3 million sweetheart deal with a Ukrainian gas company or Mr. Obama “caving” to Russia on missile defense.

In this image from video, Jane Raskin, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

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President Donald Trump, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at the University of Northern Iowa, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Joe Biden says he’ll take lumps from Trump, use them as weapons

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In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, photo, Equal Rights Amendment supporters demonstrate outside Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va. Virginia moved a step closer to ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment on Tuesday, Jan. 1,4 2020, even as the measure's future nationally remains in doubt. A House committee approved a resolution to ratify the gender equality measure, which advocates hope will become the next amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Virginia ratifies Equal Rights Amendment; vote is start of long legal battle

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