One of the ex President Trump
Donald Trump: Capitoline Police cast a vote of confidence in the investigation of Graham’s post-election call with Georgia’s Secretary of State: The Trump report told McCarthy that the riots “are more annoying to the election than you.” : report MOREThe dismissal defense team became frustrated after senators began laughing at him during Saturday’s statements when the lawyer mispronounced “Philadelphia.”
Michael van der Veen addressed the Senate after Democrats resumed the debate over whether to call witnesses for Trump’s impeachment trial, including virtually on Zoom.
Trump’s attorney testified this sworn testimony of leaders as the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
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“A lot of droppings need to happen,” he said. “None of these stools should be made by Zoom.”
He continued: “We did not do this hearing for Zoom. These depositions must be made personally, in my office, in Philadelphia, “pronouncing the city as” Philly-delphia. “
The senators burst out laughing, apparently in reaction to the pronunciation, while van der Veen continued, “This is where they should be done.”
SEE: Laughter erupts in the Senate chamber after Trump’s attorney, Michael van der Veen, insists that indictments should be made in person at his Philadelphia office
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Then the lawyer stopped while the senators kept laughing before putting their arms out in frustration and saying, “I don’t know how many civil lawyers there are here, but that’s how it works, people.”
“When you want someone’s deposition, send a deposition notice and they appear in the place where the notice says,” he continued.
“This is a civil lawsuit,” Trump’s lawyer added as he raised his hands in frustration. “I do not know why he laughs. It is a civil process. That’s what lawyers do. “
His. Patrick Leahy
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Van der Veen, after stepping off the podium, returned and said to the senators, “I haven’t laughed at any of you. And there’s nothing to laugh about here. “
The Senate then voted to allow the presence of witnesses in the indictment trial for Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, which could extend proceedings after senators were initially expected to deliver a final vote on the conviction Saturday.
House Democrats prosecuting the case asked him to testify as a single witness: he receives. Jaume Herrera Beutler
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Representative responsible for dismissal Jamie Raskin
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Van der Veen rejected the idea, saying he would need more than 100 new witnesses to thoroughly investigate the circumstances in question and accused Democrats of interfering with Trump’s right to due process.