Defense team uses mashup videos to argue normalcy of Trump speech
Arguing Democrats are setting a "dangerous double standard," Trump attorney David Schoen played several mashup videos of notable Democratic figures calling for supporters to "fight" and clips of them questioning election results in years past, in an effort to paint Trump's rhetoric as normal political speech.
"Every single one of you and everyone of you, that's OK. You didn't do anything wrong. It's a word people use but please stop the hypocrisy," Schoen said.
Schoen argued that the Trump team was denied due process and that the reason for the impeachment is because of Democrats' strong dislike of Trump and the Republican Party.
"The House managers' position really is that when Republican candidates for office claim an election is stolen or the winner is illegitimate it constitutes inciting an insurrection and the candidate should know it. But Democratic Party candidates for public elected office are perfectly entitled to claim the election was stolen or that the winner is illegitimate or to make any other outrageous claim they can. It is their absolute right to do so," he said, pointing to claims around the 2016 election.
-ABC News' Allison Pecorin