Trump lawyers Bruce Castor, left, and Michael van der Veen arrive at the Capitol on Feb. 12, 2021. (Photo credit: AP Photo)
At 3 p.m. Friday (Feb. 12), former President Trump’s impeachment defense attorneys completed three hours of debate on the Senate floor of Congress and summarized their statements. The lawyers denounced the Democratic impeachment manager’s approach as a political witch hunt and manipulation of hate speech against Trump, and showed videos of Democrats using similar hate speech speeches.
The lawyers’ debate Friday focused on the idea that Trump’s speech did not incite people to storm Congress, and talked about the Democrats’ carefully edited video, which they said was actually a political hit and siege.
During the meeting, Trump’s lawyers played dozens of video clips showing some of the Democratic senators who served on the jury using words like hate speech to motivate listeners in speeches against Trump or in support of last year’s left-wing protesters.
After the video was shown, Trump attorney David Schoen pointed to the senators and the impeachment manager and told them to “stop the hypocrisy. The lawyers argued that the impeachment trial was unconstitutional, that Trump was protected by free speech and that he had no intention of inciting a deadly riot.
Defense attorney Michael van der Veen said the case “poses a serious threat to the free speech of party leaders at all levels of government.”
Trump’s defense team did not use all 16 hours of its presentation Time, and most senators said their position was clear. The impeachment case is being closed at an accelerated pace, and it is almost certain that Trump will be acquitted.
Many Republican lawmakers watched the defense of Trump’s lawyers intently Friday, and the defense in question was praised, with Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) saying, “They put up a good defense today,” and she argued that the first two hours ” were well arranged.” Democrats were not impressed.
Before that, Democratic House impeachment managers spent two days trying to link Trump to the violence, but some lawmakers said the approach in question proved to be a failure.
Sen. James Inhofe, a Republican, said the longer the Democratic managers’ arguments lasted, the more their efforts lost momentum and “it’s the same thing over and over again,” and “the more times you hear it, the less credibility you have. “
Having failed to win the support of two-thirds of the Senate in previous votes, Democrats on Thursday (Feb. 11) released a proposal to censure Trump over congressional attacks that is seeking support.
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