GOP Senator: Trump's Lawyers Did A 'Terrible Job' On 1st Day Of Trial

Sen. Bill Cassidy on Tuesday said former President Donald Trump's legal team did a "terrible job" defending Trump when arguing against the constitutionality of moving forward with a Senate impeachment trial. The Louisiana Republican broke with most of his party in voting to proceed with Trump's historic second impeachment trial.

"President Trump's team were disorganized. They did everything they could but to talk about the question at hand. And when they talked about it, they kind of glided over, almost as if they were embarrassed," Cassidy said, noting that the House impeachment managers had presented a clear, constitutionally grounded argument to move forward with impeachment.

"One side's doing a great job. And the other side's doing a terrible job on the issue at hand."

Cassidy's vote surprised onlookers. He had previously voted that an impeachment trial would be unconstitutional because Trump is no longer in office.

Cassidy joined fellow Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Mitt Romney of Utah and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania in voting with Democrats on the matter.