“Who asked for that?” said van der Veen. “My judgment is irrelevant in this process.”
Sanders could be heard responding, “I have.”
Trump’s attorneys said Friday that Democrats have provided no evidence that the former president incited the deadly uprising of the U.S. Capitol last month and that he used his second indictment to determine political counts.
Trump is on trial in the US Senate on charges of inciting the January 6 uprising by his supporters who stormed the seat of Congress in Washington to block lawmakers from certifying Democratic President Joe Biden’s victory in the election , leading to the deaths of five people, including a police officer.
Video transcription
– House prosecutors have repeatedly stated that President Trump made a big lie when he repeatedly claimed that the election had been stolen from him and that he had won the election with a sudden victory. Are the prosecutors right when they claim that Trump told a big lie, or did you think Trump won the election?
– The council for the former president has two and a half minutes.
– My judgment? Who asked for it?
– I have.
– My judgment is irrelevant in this process. This is absolute. What is supposed to happen here is that the article of indictment is supposed to–
– The Senate will be in order. The senators under the rules cannot dispute the content of the answer. The council will continue.