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The defense’s best argument is procedural delay; its worst problem is the underlying fact pattern. Trump is no longer president, but the damage from January 6 is still working its way through the system—and this filing reads less like exoneration than a frantic effort to turn a political catastrophe into a technicality.
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Trump’s lawyers filed a response arguing the Senate had no jurisdiction over a former president, that the House rushed the case, and that Trump’s Jan. 6 speech was protected by the First Amendment. The filing effectively asks senators to look away from the riot and focus on procedure, which is usually what you say when the facts are ugly and the law is not your friend.