Former President Trump’s legal team took about three hours of his 16-hour allotted time to expose his defense on Friday at the Senate impeachment trial, claiming there was no insurrection during the violent US Capitol violation in 6 of January.
Quick Facts
- Lawyer Bruce Castor, who closed his arguments on the fourth day of the trial, argued that there was no insurrection
- Castor said Trump and his entire legal team reported the violence that day and believed the actions of individual criminals were “horrible”. Still, they argued that Trump had nothing to do with inciting violence and his true supporters understand that he would not want that.
Castor said Trump and his entire legal team reported the violence that day and believed the actions of individual criminals were “horrible”. Still, they argued that Trump had nothing to do with inciting violence and his true supporters understand that he would not want that.
Lawyer Bruce Castor, who ended the discussion on the fourth day of the trial, argued that “insurrection is a term of art, defined in the law that involves the taking of a country, a parallel government, the taking of TV stations and a plan on what are you going to do when you finally take power. Clearly, that’s not it. “
House Democrats accused Trump last month of “inciting insurrection.”
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