Live: Trump defense presents opening arguments on Day 4 of impeachment trial

NY Post | C-SPAN ^ | February 12, 2021 | 12:00pm | Ebony Bowden

[conservative98]

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers are rebutting the case made by House impeachment managers as they take their turn to present arguments on day four of his trial.

The former president’s defense team has 16 hours to make their case but lead impeachment lawyer David Shoen said they would likely only use three to four hours to present their arguments.

[caww]

Raskin is nervous and it's showing in is babbling.

[patriot torch]

Hah good point. Subject to the call of the chair

[caww]

I can’t recall now when the q@a began but Leahy’s running out what little steam he had.

I’ll hope video is up later for this last half..I have to go now.

[L.A.Justice]

The managers keep dodging answering that specifically.....rather go round and round.. It appears to me that though ‘debate’ isn’t allowed they’re using their questions to do just that.

I would understand if somebody is confused about what Democrats are doing...

The impeachment article has no mention of Trump failing to react quickly to riots...There is only mention of "incitement"...

[DOC44]

NO SECRET VOTE.... maybe they will use Dominion voting machines to vote on. We want to hear and see how the senators vote. There cannot be any question as to whether this is corrupt vote or not.

Maybe they could let Stacey Abrams collect and count the votes for them.

Can you tell I am sick of this crap

[BiglyCommentary]

Even the overwhelming number of libtards betting on PredictIt.com think this is a fail. 67+ votes has gone from 4 cents to 2 cents.

[PerConPat]

Finally, the defense gets a good opening for a five minute response from the defense. Maybe the Pub senators are not all asleep or stupid.

[dforest]

That guy is freaking gay. My gaydar went into tilt mode.

[patriot torch]

If the glove doesn’t fit, you must aquit.

I still want to see obama held responsible for his whereabouts on the night Benghazi was attacked. Was that an “insurrection” or just anger about a video that no one saw. Yet they arrested the video producer because they didn’t believe then either in the first amendmentment and theyneeded to obfuscate

[conservative98]

Thanks for your excellent commentary today.

[PerConPat]

Set up for another good question from the Right and properly set up to give the defense last word. Excellent comeback by van der Veen. As long as the alleged offense occurred while, say, Hillary was in office office the Rats approach would apply.

[patriot torch]

Question for HM from dem. What would have happened if Ga. Would havebowed to pressure?

What? You mean an AUDITED recount?

[BiglyCommentary]

Goebbels on steroids today.

[patriot torch]

Repeat a lie enough......

[Jeff Chandler]

Repubics are wasting time sending questions to the House managers so they get to speak their bile more.

Reason to despise them #259.

[patriot torch]

Raskin can’t separate a criminal trial after leaving office and a kangaroo court in the Senate.

[patriot torch]

So who won this circus? The dog or the pony?

[PerConPat]

Yep, the Pub's sequencing and the strategic aspect of their questioning has been abysmal. Overall, they have no clue regarding how to conduct a political struggle.

[NeverTyranny]

The Elephant.

[MayflowerMadam]

“I have to mute the tv when the dems speak, I just can’t stomach listening to them.”

I do the exact same thing. They turn my stomach.