Here are the excerpts most relevant to Lawfare readers, organized by topic, in the order in which they were mentioned.

Lawfare and Goat Rodeo compiled a one hour and 32 minute sampling of senators’ arguments for and against removing President Trump.

What an interesting concept it is to eliminate the witness from the trial process.

Alan Dershowitz argues that “[i]f a president does something which he believes will help him get elected, in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.”

The House Ethics Committee has announced that members who share deepfakes or “other audio-visual distortions intended to mislead the public” could face sanctions. It’s a small but noteworthy step.

 The Trump administration’s high turnover in leadership is unprecedented and severely limits the role of the NSC.