While the Oklahoma City bombing trial was still in progress, Art received a fax from an attorney named Douglas Palaschak, who offered to defend Timothy McVeigh. Palaschak called McVeigh "a patriot" and compared him to the Boston Tea Party participants. Art brought him on as a guest right away, even though he completely disagreed with him. Palaschak said the government hadn't proved anything yet, and spoke about the Constitution and privacy issues.

Art opened the phone lines for callers to debate Palaschak. One woman said she lost friends and family in the bombing. Most callers disagreed vehemently with him. He mentioned that he had never spoken with McVeigh but had called the judge and considered writing McVeigh a letter. Palaschak also claimed that people should not have to put license plates on their cars because he said it was just a way to track people and make money.

Open Lines took up the last two hours.