There is a complete lack of evidence on the impeachment article against Donald Trump, his lawyers told the United States Senate on Friday, as they claimed he was a law and order president and his speech did not cause the January 6 riots in The capitol.
“We have a complete lack of evidence for the impeachment article presented by House trustees,” Trump’s attorney Bruce Castor said in the Senate. The impeachment by the House, whose case was brought by House administrators to the Senate for the past two days, was political.
“His goal is to eliminate a political opponent, replace his judgment with the will of the voters,” he said while showing clips of various Democratic leaders on the matter.
Castor said that the critical issue in this case is the very narrow issue that is imputed to the 45th president. “That question is whether the 45th president got involved in inciting, they continue to say, the insurrection. There was clearly no insurrection, he said.
Insurrection is an artistic term defined in law. It involves taking control of a country, a shadow government, taking over the television stations, and having a plan for what you are going to do when you finally take power. “Clearly this is not that,” said Castor.
Citing reports from the FBI, the Justice Department and various former and current officials, he said the January 6 riots were planned in advance.
“To answer the House manager’s question, does anyone think this would have happened had it not been for Donald Trump’s speech? I make. All these facts make it clear that the January 6 speech did not cause the riots. The president did not provoke the riots. He neither explicitly nor implicitly encouraged the use of violence or illegal action, but in fact called for the peaceful exercise of the first amendment rights of all Americans to come together peacefully and ask their government to resolve the complaints, ”said Castor.
Trump’s lawyers presented their case for nearly four hours. Following this, the senators, who serve as the jury for the impeachment, began question-and-answer sessions from both sides. The 100-member Senate would vote on impeachment after the two sides present final arguments. To impeach Trump, the Senate needs 67 votes, which political analysts say is a difficult task for Democrats. The Democrats have 50 members and need the support of 17 of the Republican senators.
Castor said that from the beginning, the president has been clear: The criminals who infiltrated the capitol must be punished to the full extent of the law. We know that the president would never have wanted such a riot to occur because his long-standing hatred for violent protesters and his love for law and order is on display, worn on his sleeve every day that he served in the White House. ” .
Trump’s attorney alleged that House managers manipulated Trump’s video to selectively show his speeches. The managers (of the House) would have you believe that the president’s supporters generally follow his every word, but in this case, they impute an imaginary meaning to them while ignoring his clearer instructions, he said.
“President Trump said in a peaceful and patriotic way to make their voices heard, and House managers took from that, go down to the capitol and riot. So they are supposed to put themselves on the heads of people who listen in a patriotic and peaceful way, make their voice heard, and conclude that those words do not mean what the president said. More than that, the president criticized the destruction caused by the left, “he said.
“By any measure, President Trump is the most pro-police, anti-mafia president this country has ever seen. His true followers know it. He made it clear throughout his presidency, he made it clear during the violence last summer, he made it clear on January 6, “said Castor.
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