Trump’s defense team concluded their argument under three hours on Friday
Donald Trump’s defense team quickly concluded their argument on Friday afternoon, bringing the former president’s impeachment trial in the Senate close to an end. But in their two-and-a-half-hour presentation, Trump’s attorneys lobbed a number of questionable arguments in defense of Trump — some of which were demonstrably false. Here are their four most confounding arguments: 1. Trump’s rally speech telling his followers to “fight like hell” and head to the Capitol was “political rhetoric” Trump’s attorneys argued that the former president’s rally speech ahead of the Jan.6 attack — where he encouraged his followers to go to the Capitol and “fight like hell” — was simply “political rhetoric.” “He meant the crowd should demand action from members of Congress and support primary challenges,” attorney David Schoen said. Also Read: Trump Defense Accuses Democrats of ‘Manipulating Evidence and Selectively Editing Footage’ in Impeachment Trial (Video) Attorney Michael van der Veen said that Trump’s remarks “explicitly encouraged” those attending the rally “to exercise their rights peacefully and patriotically.
