LIVE: TRUMP IMPEACHMENT TRIAL DAY 4

The trouble with this defense is they are ignoring the fact that all of Trumps speech about the election is about a false claim that the election was stolen. Because this claim was "useful" but false since without it there would have been no reason for any rally nor any reason for any deaths/invasion of the Capitol building or interest in killing Mike Pence.

All defense arguments fail because all of Trumps words were in service to lies. 

REMEMBER ME???

RUNNING FOR OFFICE???

TRAINING DAY AT THE CAPITOL?

The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub.L. 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds.[1] It forbade the use of "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, its flag, or its armed forces or that caused others to view the American government or its institutions with contempt. Those convicted under the act generally received sentences of imprisonment for five to 20 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_of_1918