"Trump knew exactly what he was doing in inciting the Jan. 6 mob, exactly," Raskin said.

Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, ""Incitement to violent insurrection is not protected by free speech. There is no First Amendment defense to impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. The idea itself is absurd," he said. "The whole First Amendment smokescreen is a completely irrelevant distraction from the standard of high crimes and misdemeanors governing a president who has violated his oath of office."

Story by Nicholas Ballasy: https://justthenews.com/government/congress/third-day-trumps-impeachment-trial-underway-democratic-led-senate