February 12, 2021
Former President Trump s defense used less than three of the 16 hours they re allotted, leaving time for senators to start questions Friday.
Former President Trump s lawyers made their defense immediately clear when they took the mic for day four of the Senate impeachment trial. The article of impeachment now before the Senate is an unjust and blatantly unconstitutional act of political vengeance, said Michael van der Veen, Trump s defense attorney.
Trump s defense team turned the tables to use Democrats own words against them, arguing the former president s use of phrases like fight like hell was normal political speech. Under the standards of the House impeachment article, each of these individuals should be retroactively censored, expelled, punished or impeached for inciting violence by their supporters, said Van der Veen.