Biden won't answer if Trump should lose 'political rights' in 2nd impeachment trial
Upon arriving back at the White House on Monday morning after his weekend in Delaware, President Biden was asked about whether former President Trump should lose his "political rights" and be barred from running for office as his second impeachment trial is set to get underway Tuesday.
"He got an offer to come and testify, he decided not to. Let the senate work that out,” Biden said.
House impeachment managers had asked Trump to testify under oath in his upcoming impeachment trial about his conduct on Jan. 6, according to a letter sent last week by lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin.
Trump's legal team responded with a letter and rejected the idea of the former president appearing.
In the short response, Trump's attorneys called the request a "public relations stunt."
“The use of our Constitution to bring a purported impeachment proceeding is much too serious to play these games," wrote Trump attorneys Bruce Castor and David Schoen.
While the letter did not answer directly the question of whether Trump will testify, Trump spokesman Jason Miller told ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl, “The president will not testify in an unconstitutional proceeding.”
-ABC News' Molly Nagle, Katherine Faulders and Ben Siegel