Trump's rhetoric protected by First Amendment -defense lawyers

Video Credit: Reuters Studio
Published on February 12, 2021 - Duration: 02:08s

Trump's rhetoric protected by First Amendment -defense lawyers

During Friday's impeachment trial, lawyer Michael van der Veen argued that Donald Trump's rhetoric on January 6 was protected by the U.S. Constitution's free speech guarantee.

"If the complaint of conduct is constitutional, it cannot be impeachable," van der Veen said.


You are here


💡 newsR Knowledge: Other News Mentions

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021
More jurors have been dismissed on the second day of Donald Trump's hush money case - as he claimed outside court that the trial "should never have been..
Credit: Sky News - Published 4 hours ago

Donald Trump's first criminal trial is getting underway, and on the first day of court proceedings -- he was reportedly dozing off ... now, a new nickname is..
Credit: TMZ.com - Published 1 day ago

Related videos from verified sources

Avlon: This Pence claim from Trump's lawyers is a lie 03:21
Video credit: Bleacher Report AOL - Published on February 15, 2021 

Senate laughs during Trump lawyer's speech 01:02
Video credit: Bleacher Report AOL - Published on February 13, 2021 

'Now is the time to end this' -Trump lawyer 00:59
Video credit: Reuters Studio - Published on February 13, 2021 

You might like