“Who asked that?” said van der Veen. “My opinion is irrelevant in this procedure.”
Sanders was heard responding, “I did.”
Trump’s lawyers said on Friday that Democrats had provided no evidence that the former president had sparked last month’s deadly riot in the Capitol and used his second impeachment trial to settle political bills.
Trump is on trial in the United States Senate on the charge of instigating the January 6 uprising by his supporters who stormed the Washington seat of Congress to prevent lawmakers from certifying Democratic President Joe Biden’s election victory, which resulted in the death of five people, including a police officer.
Video transcription
House prosecutors have stated time and again that President Trump committed a big lie when he repeatedly claimed that the election was stolen from him and that he actually won the election by a landslide. Are the prosecutors right in claiming that Trump told a big lie, or in your opinion did Trump actually win the election?
Counsel for the former president has two and a half minutes.
My verdict? Who asked that?
I did.
My opinion is irrelevant in this procedure. It is absolute. What should happen here is that the article should be of impeachment …
The Senate will be all right. The senators under the rules cannot dispute the content of the response. The council continues.