These are the arguments Trump’s impeachment lawyers are making to defend him

Donald Trump’s lawyers have used a barrage of selectively edited videos to claim the former president acted no differently to any other politician when he urged his supporters to “fight” in his now infamous 6 January speech.

In a strident attempt to portray Mr Trump as an impassioned but peaceful leader, lawyers defending him against an impeachment charge played to senators a compilation of video clips continuing more than a dozen Democrats using the word.

“Hatred and anger has led House managers to ignore their own words and actions and set a dangerous double standard,” said lawyer David Schoen.

But their efforts were rapidly condemned by commentators who pointed out the lawyers were not equating like with like.