10 things you need to know today: January 28, 2020

Trump's lawyers say he didn't commit an impeachable crime, Auschwitz survivors mark 75th anniversary of liberation, and more 

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1. Trump lawyers argue he committed no impeachable crime

President Trump's lawyers resumed his defense in the Senate impeachment trial on Monday, arguing that nothing he did amounted to abuse of power or obstruction of the House investigation into his actions regarding Ukraine. Trump's legal team ignored a New York Times report that former National Security Adviser John Bolton wrote in a draft of his upcoming book that Trump last year called for suspending security aid to Ukraine until it committed to investigating Democrats, including leading 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden. Robert Ray, one of Trump's lawyers, said none of Trump's conduct was impeachable because it was neither criminal nor a threat to the nation's system of government, so filing charges against him "cheapens the impeachment process."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.