President Trump’s defense lawyers concluded their opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial on Tuesday without using all the time they could have to counter House Democrats’ accusations.

They apparently didn’t think they needed that time, because their number-one defense was that there’s simply nothing to the Democrats’ contentions that Trump abused the power of his office and obstructed Congress — and then tried to cover up both offenses.

Of course, that’s not all Trump’s legal team had to say.

They argued that the Democrats didn’t have the evidence needed to support their case, and that they ignored contrary evidence.

They attacked the impeachment as nothing but a partisan stunt.

They insisted Trump is not guilty of anything.

They contended none of the accusations are impeachable offenses, even if they were proven.

And they largely shrugged off the revelation that a book by former national security adviser John Bolton says Trump personally told Bolton he was withholding aid to Ukraine to coerce the Ukrainian government to investigate former vice president Joe Biden and Biden’s son.

Closing the impeachment defenders’ presentation, White House counsel Pat Cipollone underscored the GOP case — or, Democrats have suggested, the lack of one — by simply calling on senators to declare Trump innocent and “end the era of impeachment.” Cipollone spoke for just six minutes. 

Trump’s lead lawyer, Jay Sekulow, had wrapped up his part of the opening arguments by accusing the Democrats of trying to push the president out of office over policy differences that don’t amount to impeachable misconduct, adding that the abuse of power charge “fails constitutionally.”

“The bar for impeachment cannot be set this low,” Sekulow said. “Danger, danger, danger. These articles must be rejected. The Constitution requires it. Justice demands it.”

“It is our position, legally, the president at all times acted with perfect legal authority,” Sekulow said.

After less than two hours, the Senate adjourned for the day.