An impeachment lawyer for former President Donald Trump criticized the video evidence presented by Democrats on Tuesday, which he claimed was probably made by a major film company to deceive the American public.
“It is very easy to get up and show spliced and manufactured films,” David Schoen told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday night.
Schoen was referring to a long video montage shown by House manager Jamie Raskin on the first day of Senate arguments at Trump’s second impeachment trial.
The 14-minute production brought together clips of Trump’s speech and images of his supporters, as well as images of the deadly revolt.
“Literally, the Democrats, the managers of the House, probably hired a big movie company and a big law firm to set up this thing,” Schoen told Hannity.
Trump’s Jan. 6 speech is at the heart of the Democrats’ impeachment case, as they will argue that it prompted their supporters to march on Capitol Hill in an effort to overthrow the 2020 presidential election.
Schoen said the purpose of the video was to mislead the American people by making it appear that the two events occurred simultaneously.
“Why do we want to deceive the American people? And listen, they have great entertainment value. People are glued to a film made professionally like that, ”he said.
Without naming him, Hannity also questioned Schoen about Trump’s fellow lawyer Bruce Castor’s “extemporaneous” and “rather vague” comments, noting that his comments faced strong criticism from Democrats and Conservatives.
Schoen defended Castor and said he does not intend to perform today.
“I’m sure they will be very well prepared in the future and will do a great job on the case,” said Schoen of Castor and his law firm.