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Impeachment: Punishing Trump Speech Would Set ‘Dangerous Precedent,’ Lawyer Says
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February 12, 2021
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0:42Now PlayingTrump’s fiery speech before the attack on the Capitol was protected by the First Amendment, and punishing it with impeachment “would set a dangerous precedent forever,” lawyer Michael van der Veen said.
The former president’s lawyer accused the House impeachment managers of “intellectual dishonesty” by glossing over “fundamental questions” of constitutional protections.
“It has become very clear that the House Democrats hate Donald Trump,” he said, and that “this hatred has led the House managers to manipulate and selectively edit Mr. Trump’s speech to make it falsely appear that he sought to incite the crowd to violently attack the Capitol. He didn’t.”
Representative Jamie Raskin, the lead House manager, had said that “there is no First Amendment defense to impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors.”
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