Article 5DN98 Impeachment trial: Trump lawyers claim 'fight like hell' speech didn't incite riot

Impeachment trial: Trump lawyers claim 'fight like hell' speech didn't incite riot

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Tom McCarthy national affairs correspondent
from US news | The Guardian on (#5DN98)

Trump's lawyers issue argument after House of Representatives' memo says Trump's responsibility for the events of 6 January is unmistakable'

In a damning summary of the case against Donald Trump to be made at his impeachment trial next week, prosecutors from the House of Representatives on Tuesday submitted an 80-page memorandum documenting how the then president called supporters to Washington and set them loose on the US Capitol.

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