总统任期只剩下一周了唐纳德·特朗普在电视上观看他创造历史成为第一位被弹劾两次的总统消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻。
与特朗普关系密切的消息人士表示，在特朗普辞职后，当他看到一些共和党人承认他在国会大厦暴力事件中的责任时，他变得“愤怒”先前的弹劾当时共和党人毫不含糊地支持他，并声明他没有任何不当行为。
在一份视频声明中特朗普在投票后发表的声明中没有提到弹劾，但用他迄今为止最有力的语言谴责了上周的暴力事件。他没有对自己在事件中的角色负责，但这段视频是在总统的律师建议他可能因鼓励他的支持者冲击国会大厦而面临法律风险之际发布的。
消息人士还称，特朗普对他离开白宫后的生活“感到焦虑”，因为他目睹了多个合作伙伴与特朗普组织断绝关系，共和党忠诚者公开谴责他的行为。
尽管有10个投票赞成弹劾的共和党人知情人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，特朗普向一小部分高级助手坚称，他没有辞职计划。
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摄影师拍摄弹劾唐纳德·特朗普总统的文章
本周，高级助手会见了特朗普，讨论他未来的选择。这些选项包括潜在的辞职会是什么样子。总统就这一过程提出了问题，但最终表示这种选择是不可能的，部分原因是他不相信副总统迈克·彭斯会赦免他。
他还询问了参议院这次的审判会是什么样子。正如他在第一次弹劾期间所做的那样，他提出了为自己作证的想法，助手们劝阻他不要继续下去。
消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，鲁迪·朱利安尼经常出现在白宫西翼，预计他将在特朗普的辩护中发挥主导作用。前哈佛教授艾伦·德绍维茨可能会加入他的行列，他在上次弹劾审判中做了陈述。律师约翰·伊斯曼也有望加入特朗普的辩护团队。
伊斯曼的极端主义立场最近困扰了总统法律团队的一些成员，他在德克萨斯州司法部长肯·帕克斯顿领导的诉讼中代表总统最终被最高法院驳回并在此前提出了一个关于副总统当选人卡玛拉·哈里斯的种族主义阴谋论。
Trump angrily watched impeachment proceedings while asking about path forward: Sources
With just a week left in his term, PresidentDonald Trumpwatched on television as he made history becoming thefirst president to be impeached twice, sources told ABC News.
Sources close to Trump say he grew "angry" as he watched some Republicans admit his culpability in the violence at the Capitol, following hisprevious impeachmentwhen Republicans backed him unequivocally and stated there was no wrongdoing on his part whatsoever.
In a video statementissued following the vote, Trump made no mention of impeachment, but did condemn last week's violence in his most forceful words yet. He did not take responsibility for his role in the events, but the video comes as the president's lawyers have advised he could face legal jeopardy for encouraging his supporters to storm the Capitol.
Sources also describe Trump as "anxious" about his life post-White House as he's watched multiple partners sever ties with the Trump Organization and Republican loyalists outright condemn his conduct.
Despite 10Republicans voting in favor of impeachmentand growing calls for his resignation, Trump has insisted to a small group of top aides he has no plans to resign, sources familiar with the conversations told ABC News.
This week, top aides met with Trump to discuss his options going forward. Among those options was what a potential resignation would look like. The president asked questions about the process, but ultimately said such an option was a nonstarter, in part because he doesn't trust that Vice President Mike Pence will grant him a pardon.
He also asked about how a Senate trial would look this time around. As he did during his first impeachment, he raised the idea of testifying himself, which aides dissuaded him from pursuing.
Rudy Giuliani -- who has been a frequent presence in the West Wing -- is expected to take the lead in Trump's defense, sources told ABC News. He'll likely be joined by former Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz, who gave a presentation during the last impeachment trial. Lawyer John Eastman is also expected to join Trump's defense team.
Eastman, whose extremist positions have troubled some members of the president's legal team recently, represented the president in the lawsuit led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that wasultimately denied by the Supreme Courtand has previously pushed a racist conspiracy theory about Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
