Inside Republicans' defense strategy for impeachment

1. Process arguments: Republicans plan to give “speeches” during their allotted time about what they will describe as the lack of due process rights for the House minority and the White House.

2. Counters to witnesses: They will argue that much of the evidence Democrats have gathered is largely based on “hearsay.”…

3. Affirmative defense: Republicans will argue that the officials who had the most direct access to the president, such as former Ukraine adviser Kurt Volker, said there was no clear quid pro quo.

They will also argue that each witness has “pretty glaring flaws,” the aide said, claiming that Yovanovitch’s testimony was centered on her “political beef” with Trump.