Michael van der Veen: No one, from the Speaker of the House, to the Mayor of Washington D.C., behaved in a fashion consistent with the belief that violence was being advocated for.

Michael van der Veen: Speaker Pelosi didn't call the violent siege of the federal building [in Portland] an insurrection. She called the agents protecting the building, 'stormtroopers'.

Michael van der Veen: Why would the managers make up their own legal standard? Because they know they cannot satisfy the existing constitutional standard set forth by the United States Supreme Court, that has existed for more than half a century.

Michael van der Veen: This has been perhaps the most unfair, and flagrantly unconstitutional preceding, in the history of the United States Senate.

Michael van der Veen: They manufactured and doctored evidence, so much so, that they had to withdraw it.

Michael van der Veen: Fraud! Flat out fraud. Where I come from, in the courts that I practice in, there are very harsh repercussions for what they pulled in this trial

The arrogance of Raskin is beyond belief.

The charging document is worded as if President Trump is still in office.