Trump defense team ridiculed over video of Democrats saying 'fight'
by Martin Pengelly from US news | The Guardian on (#5E495)
Democratic senator decries false, dangerous and distorted equivalence' but impeachment defence met with ridicule online
Lawyers for Donald Trump were condemned by Democrats and ridiculed by critics on Friday, after they showed the Senate impeachment trial a video which sought to compare remarks on the campaign trail and in support of protests against systemic racism with Trump's incitement of the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January.
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