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Donald Trump impeachment case counsel Michael van der Veen accused Democrats of waging a campaign of “hatred” against Donald Trump as they sped through their defense of his actions and fiery words before insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, hurtling the Senate toward a final vote in his historic trial.
Counsel submitted to the court,“This is ordinarily political rhetoric that is virtually indistinguishable from the language that has been used by people across the political spectrum for hundreds of years,”.
Counsel vigorously denied that Donald Trump is responsible the deadly riot and said his encouragement of followers to “fight like hell” at a rally that preceded it was routine political speech. They played dozens of out-of-context clips showing Democrats, some of them senators now serving as jurors, also telling supporters to “fight,” aiming to establish a parallel with Trump’s overheated rhetoric.
Counsel submitted that Donald Trump was telling his supporters to fight on after every state had verified its results, after the Electoral College had affirmed them and after nearly every election lawsuit filed by Trump and his allies had been rejected in court.