"Lord, infuse them with the spirit of nonpartisan patriotism" -- Senate Chaplain Barry Black's prayer begins the Trump defense portion of the #ImpeachmentTrial

Michael van der Veen begins Trump's defense: "The article of impeachment now before the Senate is an unjust and blatantly unconstitutional act of political vengeance"

The Trump defense argument is that Trump was actually urging senators to follow the law, not inciting insurrection, because all he was trying to do is make sure the election was fair. (This argument doesn't accord with reality but will probably be sufficient for GOP senators.)

"gavel them down"

Michael van der Veen is using clips of Dems objecting to Trump's Electoral College win to discredit the House managers' case, but what this overlooks is that Dems didn't encourage a mob to descend upon the Capitol

"incitement to resurrection"

Trump's lawyers are basically turning this into a Trump stump speech with a video montage of how many times he said "law and order"

Trump's lawyers are now using the impeachment trial to spread misinformation about Russia's 2016 interference campaign

Trump's lawyer does some whataboutism by suggesting Bernie Sanders is just as responsible for Steve Scalise's shooting as Trump is for the insurrection

The "75 million people voted for Trump" lie is such a weird and pervasive one. It's a little thing but 74 million people voted for Trump.

again, it's a lie that 75 million people voted for Trump

Oh no. @AndrewFeinberg just got bodied

David Schoen is making a great case for witness testimony!

Schoen accuses House managers of presenting "manipulated evidence" -- but his evidence for this is a photo from a New York Times piece that is in no way central to the case and wasn't even presented during the trial

Schoen is now attacking Dems for depicting Twitter accounts retweeted by Trump as verified when they weren't. Doesn't seem like a big deal.

We are now getting some "very fine people" trutherism

Trump's argument seems to be that Democrats have said "fight" a lot of times, therefore checkmate libs

I can't believe Chuck Schumer incited violence against Covid like this

what is this never-ending video of Democrats saying "fight" meant to prove? is it supposed to be a form of torture?

the Trump defense team is now playing a video including footage of dead bodies

It's not on point or really a defense of Trump at all, but Trump's lawyers are putting together a masterclass in owning the libs

watch this clip while reminding yourself that Trump's entire defense so far has been about whataboutism