>>> I FEEL LIKE I'M KIND OF TRAPPED IN GROUNDHOG DAY WHERE
APPARENTLY EVERY JANUARY WE'LL BE DOING ANOTHER IMPEACHMENT.
>> THE TRIAL OF A FORMER PRESIDENT IS SIMPLY VINDICTIVE.
>> ARE WE GOING TO IMPEACH EVERY POLITICIAN WHO HAS USED THE
WORDS "FIGHT" FIGURATIVELY IN A SPEECH?
SHAME!
>> WERE MR. TRUMP'S WORDS INCITEFUL TO THE POINT OF
VIOLENCE? THERE IS BEEN NO HISTORY OF
VIOLENCE AT TRUMP EVENTS.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT MY PEOPLE?
THEY SAY I HAVE THE MOST LOYAL PEOPLE.
WHERE I COULD STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF FIFTH AVENUE AND SHOOT
SOMEBODY AND I WOULDN'T LOSE ANY VOTERS.
INCREDIBLE.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY USED TO DO TO GUYS LIKE THAT?
THEY WOULD BE CARRIED OUT ON A STRETCHER, FOLKS.
I WOULD LIKE TO PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE.
I TELL YOU.
>> HE WAS PUNCHED IN THE FACE AS HE WAS ESCORTED OUT OF DONALD
TRUMP'S RALLY.
>> YES, HE DESERVED IT. THE NEXT TIME WE SEE HIM, WE
MIGHT HAVE TO KILL HIM.
>> THE AUDIENCE HIT BACK. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED A LITTLE
BIT MORE OF.
>> TONIGHT'S RALLY WILL BE POSTPONED.
>> GO IN PEACE.
>> CONFRONTATION THAT HAS TURNED VIOLENT HAVE BECOME COMMON AT
TRUMP RALLIES.
>> NO DOUBT THE POLITICAL RHETORIC IS IN DOUBT TO BLAME.
>> THE TWEET FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY CALLING THOSE ARMED
PROTESTERS WHO STORMED MICHIGAN'S CAPITOL VERY GOOD
PEOPLE.
>> JANUARY 6th WAS A CULMINATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS.
NOT AN ABERRATION. THESE TACTICS WERE ROAD TESTED.
HE GETS BACK INTO OFFICE AND IT HAPPENS AGAIN.
WE'LL HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT OURSELVES.
>> COME ON, LET'S GO. COME ON, GIRL, LET'S GO!
>> BUDDY MADE HER CAMEO.
>> I'M SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY IN AN EMPTY PIZZA PLACE.
I NEED YOU GUYS.
>> JOHN, I GOT PIZZA GOING, TOO.
>> I'M GETTING USED TO THE NO PEOPLE THING.
I'M KIND OF LIKING IT. SORRY!
>> NEXT TIME WE GET TOGETHER, YOU CAN STAY HOME.
>> ALEX WILL BE HOME WITH HER CATS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT'S CRAZY WE'RE ABOUT TO PLUNGE INTO THIS SECOND
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF DONALD J. TRUMP.
I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT IMPEACHMENT TRIALS ARE PRETTY
UNUSUAL. BUT THIS TRIAL IS UNUSUAL EVEN
BY THE STANDARDS OF NORMAL IMPEACHMENT.
THE TRIGGERING EVENT IN THIS IMPEACHMENT WAS A MONTH AGO.
WE HAD A HOUSE IMPEACHMENT THAT TOOK DAYS.
NOW WE'RE HEADING INTO THE SENATE WHERE EVERYONE IS IN A
HURRY TO GET IT DONE. IT COULD HAPPEN IN THE COURSE OF
A WEEK.
>> IT FEELS LIKE THE BREVITY OF THIS IMPEACHMENT IS BY DESIGN
THOUGH, RIGHT? THE DEMOCRATS LEARNED A LESSON
FROM THE LAST IMPEACHMENT. SO THEY WENT FOR A VERY NARROW
SINGLE ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT.
>> INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTION.
>> SO THE ALL NEW IMPEACHMENT TEAM IS COMPOSED OF A LOT OF
PROSECUTORS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERTISE IN THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION.
>> YES. AND THEY WILL BE THE ONES MAKING
THE CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP IN FRONT OF THOSE 100 U.S.
SENATORS.
>> JAMIE RASKIN IS THE LEAD HOUSE IMPEACHMENT MANAGER.
HE'S A CONSTITUTIONAL LAW EXPERT BUT HE ALSO HAS A REALLY TRAGIC
PERSONAL STORY. HIS SON COMMITTED SUICIDE AT THE
VERY END OF 2020.
>> AND ON JANUARY 6th, HE HAD BROUGHT HIS DAUGHTER AND OTHER
MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY TO THE CAPITOL HILL, ONLY TO HAVE THEM
HIDE IN A LOCKED OFFICE FOR HOURS.
>> HE STARTED WRITING THE ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT THAT DAY
AND HAS BEEN THE LEAD PERSON OUT IN FRONT FOR THE DEMOCRATS EVER
SINCE.
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE, TRUMP HAD A TEAM OF LAWYERS.
HE LOST THEM TEN DAYS BEFORE THE OPENING ARGUMENTS.
>> HE BROUGHT IN TWO NEW LAWYERS.
DAVID SCHOEN AND BRUCE CASTOR. DAVID SCHOEN REPRESENTED ROGER
STONE IN 2019. HE WAS CASTOR'S FORMER DISTRICT
ATTORNEY FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND THEY'RE MAKING A TWO-PRONGED
DEFENSE.
>> ONE ELEMENT WAS TRUMP WAS WITHIN HIS RIGHTS TO SAY WHAT HE
SAID BECAUSE HIS SPEECH WAS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST
AMENDMENT. TO THE SECOND BIG ARGUMENT, THIS
ENTIRE PROCEEDING IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
>> YEAH. AND IT'S TELLING THAT NOBODY IS
ACTUALLY DEFENDING WHAT HE DID AND THAT'S WHAT THE DEMOCRATS
WILL PROSECUTE.
>> THE HOUSE MANAGERS HAVE BEEN REALLY EXPLICIT THAT THEY WANT
THE SUM TOTAL OF THE EVIDENCE THEY PRESENT TO BE HORRIFYING TO
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. SO THEY'RE GOING FOR A VISCERAL,
EMOTIONAL, MORAL ARGUMENT TO PROSECUTE THE PRESIDENT ON.
>> YEAH. I THINK THE OTHER THING THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE LEARNED IS THERE IS NO BOTTOM WITH THIS GUY.
YOU CAN'T JUST MOVE ON. THEY'RE DONE WITH THAT.
>> BUT I DO LIKE TO THINK THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF TRUMP GETTING
CONVICTED IS VERY SMALL BUT IT IS NOT ZERO.
I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS WHO WOULD LIKE TO
BELIEVE MAYBE THERE ARE SOME REPUBLICANS WHOSE MINDS CAN BE
CHANGED.
>> YEAH. I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, A
LOT OF DEMOCRATS THINK EVEN IF WE CAN'T CONVICT HIM, WE CAN
DENT THE LEGACY.
>> AFTER ALL THE MISSTATEMENTS AND THE SCANDAL AND THE FIRST
IMPEACHMENT AND NOW AFTER A SECOND IMPEACHMENT, CAN THEY
FINALLY UP EQUIVOCALLY MAKE DONALD TRUMP PERSONA NONGRATA.
>> TODAY BEGINS THE HISTORIC SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
>> HOURS AWAY.
>> THE FIRST VOTE WILL BE ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF TRYING A
FORMER PRESIDENT, SOMETHING MANY REPUBLICANS HAVE USED AS A
CRUTCH TO AVOID THIS TRIAL ALTOGETHER.
>> ALOHA. WE GOT THAT.
HAVE YOU GOT A LUNCH PAIL OR SOMETHING?
>> THIS IS IT.
>> YOU'VE GOT THIS OVERREACHING NARRATIVE.
TRUMP WON'T BE CONVICTED SO THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE SENSE OF WHY
ARE WE DOING THIS? I THINK A LOT OF AMERICANS
WONDER THAT. SO TRUMP IS GONE.
IF HE'S NOT GOING TO GET CONVICTED, WHAT'S THE POINT
HERE?
>> WE'RE DOING THIS SO IN THE FUTURE WHEN THESE KINDS OF
THINGS ARISE, THERE IS A PRECEDENT SET FOR THE IDEA THAT
IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR.
>> THESE GUYS ARE WITH ME. I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT.
THEY'LL GO THROUGH SECURITY. THANK YOU.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> WOULD YOU IMAGINE THERE'S ANY REPUBLICAN WHO WILL ACTUALLY
STAND UP AND TRY ON DEFEND THE PRESIDENT'S BEHAVIOR AND SAY
HE'S NOT GUILTY OF HAVING INSPIRED INSURRECTION?
WILL ANYONE MAKE THAT CASE?
>> I HOPE NOT. THEIR SILENCE WILL STAND AS A
TACIT APPROVAL OF WHAT HE DID. OR THE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW IT
DIDN'T MATTER VERY MUCH. WHEN A CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER
WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF WHAT HAPPENED.
>> DO YOU STILL THINK BACK ON THOSE EVENTS ON JANUARY 6th AND
FEEL ANGRY?
>> ABSOLUTELY. MY OFFICE IS RIGHT UP THERE AND
THIS ENTIRE PARK WAS FILLED WITH TRUMP PARTISANS WHO WERE
STANDING OUT HERE, GETTING READY TO STORM THE CAPITOL.
THE PLACE WAS RINGED WITH THESE FOLKS.
AND I SAID TO MY STAFF STANDING UP THERE, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE
THING THAT THE IRRESPONSIBILITY OF ONE HUMAN BEING COULD BRING
US TO THIS POINT. SO I'M NOT JUST ANGRY ABOUT WHAT
HE DID ONLY WEEKEND. I'M ANGRY ABOUT WHAT HE DID TO
THE COUNTRY.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SENT HIS LAWYERS HERE TODAY TO TRY TO
STOP THE SENATE FROM HEARING THE FACTS.
THEIR ARGUMENT IS THAT IF YOU COMMIT AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE IN
YOUR LAST FEW WEEKS IN OFFICE, YOU DO IT WITH CONSTITUTIONAL
IMPUNITY. THIS WOULD CREATE A BRAND NEW
JANUARY EXCEPTION TO THE CONSTITUTION.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS FORBIDDEN TO COMMIT
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS AGAINST THE PEOPLE AT ANY POINT
THAT HE'S IN OFFICE. INDEED, THAT IS ONE SPECIFIC
REASON THE IMPEACHMENT CONVICTION AND DISQUALIFICATION
POWERS EXIST, TO PROTECT US AGAINST PRESIDENTS WHO TRY TO
OVERRUN THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE IN THEIR ELECTIONS, AND REPLACE
THE RULE OF LAW WITH THE RULE OF MOBS.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR FROM ME.
MY NAME IS BRUCE CASTOR. I AM THE LEAD PROSECUTOR -- LEAD
COUNSEL FOR THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
I WAS ASSISTANT D.A. FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.
I KEEP SAYING PROSECUTOR BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE,
MR. RASKIN. IF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS SIDE OF
THE CHAMBER ACTUALLY THINK THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP COMMITTED A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE, AFTER HE'S OUT OF OFFICE, YOU GO AND ARREST
HIM. PRESIDENT TRUMP NO LONGER IS IN
OFFICE. THE OBJECT OF THE CONSTITUTION
HAS BEEN ACHIEVED. HE WAS REMOVED BY THE VOTERS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> MISS BALDWIN. MISS BALDWIN.
AYE. MRS. BLACK BURN.
MR. BLOUNT.
>> 56-44. A BIPARTISAN VOTE WAS SIX
REPUBLICAN SENATORS JOINING EVERY DEMOCRAT.
>> ADVANCING THE PROCEEDINGS TO A FULL BLOWN TRIAL.
>> THE PRESIDENT IS WATCHING ALL OF THIS FROM MARLEAU.
>> IT IS DAY TWO. TODAY HOUSE IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS
WILL BEGIN LAYING OUT THEIR CASE FOR WHY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP --
>> TO AN UPRISING FROM HIS FOLLOWERS THAT LEFT HALF A DOZEN
PEOPLE DEAD.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THE
INSURRECTIONISTS WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL THAT DAY WERE ACTING AT
THE DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
AS THEY'RE MAKING THAT ARGUMENT, THE LAWYERS FOR THE
INSURRECTIONISTS ARE MAKING THE SAME ARGUMENT.
RIGHT HERE IN THE D.C. CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, MATTHEW
MILLER IS A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM MARYLAND WHO WAS ARRESTED AFTER
IMAGES SHOWED HIM DEPLOYING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT POLICE
OFFICERS WHO WERE TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM ENTERING THE CAPITOL
BUILDING.
>> HE'S A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE
LAW BEFORE. HE LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER AND
GRANDMOTHER. HE WORKED NORMAL SUBURBAN KID.
THAT DAY, BUT FOR TRUMP'S EXHORTATIONS AND TRUMP'S
WHIPPING UP THE CROWD, HE NEVER WOULD HAVE MARCHED OUT TO THE
CAPITOL.
>> HE THEN BECAME INVOLVED IN POLITICS UNTIL FAIRLY RECENTLY.
AT LEAST DURING TRUMP'S FIRST TERM IS WHEN HE BECAME A
FOLLOWER OF WHAT TRUMP HAD TO SAY.
>> WHAT DEATH HE WAS DOING WHEN HE GOT TO THE MALL?
>> WHEN HE WAS THERE, HE WAS LISTENING TO THE SPEECHES AND
WANTED TO BE PART OF HISTORY. HE WENT DOWN TO SUPPORT TRUMP.
THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE AT THE MALL
THAT DAY WAS THERE FOR ANY OTHER REASON.
THEY WERE THERE IN ORDER TO HEAR THIS MAN WHOM THEY IDOLIZED.
BUT THEN WHEN TRUMP STARTED WHIPPING UP THE CROWD, DEMANDING
THAT PEOPLE MARCH TO THE CAPITOL TO STOP THE STEAL, TO FIGHT LIKE
HELL, ET CETERA, AND OTHER SPEAKERS CAME IN AND PEOPLE IN
THE CROWDS WERE WHIPPING THEMSELVES UP INTO A FRENZY,
HE'S A YOUNG AND IMPRESSIONABLE YOUNG GUY.
HE GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT AND DECIDED TO MARCH TO THE
CAPITOL.
>> THE REPUBLICANS DEFENDING THE PRESIDENT SAY IN MANY CASES THAT
THE PRESIDENT WAS BEING FIGURATIVE.
NOT LITERAL. BUT YOU'RE STANDING HERE OUTSIDE
OF A PRISON TELLING ME, OH, NO, IT WAS EXPLICIT.
>> MOST OF THE PEOPLE YOU TALK TO WHO WERE THERE THAT DAY ACTED
AT THE DIRECTION OF TRUMP. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT
ABOUT THAT. THEY DO STUDIES ON MOB ACTIVITY
AND YOU KNOW, ALL YOU NEED IS ONE PERSON TO LIGHT THE FUSE AND
THAT'S WHAT TRUMP DID. THEY'RE HERE LEFT TO PICK UP THE
PIECES OF TRUMP'S WORDS.
>> ARE THEY ASHAPED AT ALL THAT THEY DID WHAT THEY DID?
>> I THINK THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REGRET.
THAT THERE WAS AN INVOLVEMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR ACTIVITY.
MY CLIENT POSSIBLY HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD AFTER THIS AND
THE REST OF HIS LIFE CHANGED BECAUSE HE IS FACING
CONSIDERABLE TIME IN PRISON BASED ON THE CHARGES.
WHILE TRUMP IS IN MAR-A-LAGO ENJOYING HIS RETIREMENT.
>> I'VE COME TO REALIZE THESE ARE NORMAL PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND
ME. BY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES IN
THEIR LIFE, THEY TOOK A DIFFERENT PATH AND ENDED UP
WHERE THEY DID.
>> THAT SUGGESTS HUMANITY TEETERS A LITTLE MORE ON A
KNIFE'S EDGE THAN I THINK WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING.
>> I THINK THAT'S VERY CORRECT. WE'VE LIVED IN A DEMOCRACY FOR
OVER 200 YEARS, AND EVERYONE THOUGHT THE COUNTRY WAS STRONG.
WHAT DID IT TAKE? ONE GUY TO COME BY TO COME
AROUND AND SHAKE THINGS UP.
>> YOU SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP PRIME FOR MONTHS HIS SUPPORTERS TO
BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY WAY THEIR VICTORY WOULD BE LOST WAS IF IT
WAS STOLEN. JANUARY 6th.
WE KNOW WHY HE PICKED THIS DAY. IT WAS HIS LAST CHANCE TO STOP A
PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG AND WE FIGHT.
WE FIGHT LIKE HELL.
>> 2:24 P.M. HE TWEETED.
QUOTE, MIKE PENCE DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN DONE TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CONSTITUTION.
>> MIKE PENCE DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN DONE TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CONSTITUTION.
>> THAT'S WHAT OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF SAW HAPPENING AND THAT WAS
HIS RESPONSE.
>> WHILE ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON, VICE PRESIDENT PENCE WAS
STILL IN THE ROOM NEAR THE SENATE CHAMBER.
IT WAS NOT UNTIL 2:26 THAT HE WAS EVACUATED TO A SECURED
LOCATION.
>> ON JANUARY 6, PRESIDENT TRUMP LEFT EVERYONE IN THIS CAPITOL
FOR DEAD.
>> THEY TOOK A LOT OF EVIDENCE AND DISTILLED IT REMARKABLY WELL
AND CONNECTED THE DOTS.
>> THE SENATE STANDS ADJOURNED.
>> IT HELPED LAY OUT THE CLEAREST MOST COMPREHENSIVE YET.
>> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DAY. WHAT WAS IT LIKE WATCHING THIS
STUFF?
>> I WOULD SAY OVERALL IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MOVING DAYS THAT
I'VE EXPERIENCED IN MY TIME IN THE SENATE.
>> THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH A LOT OF VIDEO TODAY AND MANY
WERE WATCHING IT, INCLUDING ME, REALLY STRUCK BY A LOT OF THE
SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE WHERE YOU GOT TO SEE THINGS WE'VE
NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
>> RIGHT. THERE IS A SCENE OF ALL OF US
BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE CHAMBER. THE POLICE ARE RIGHT THERE AND
THE RIOTERS ARE RIGHT THERE. IT WAS SCARY.
IT WAS TERRIFYING. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THE
CHAMBER HAD ANY IDEA HOW CLOSE THEY WERE UNTIL TODAY.
ONE OF THE LINES OF ARGUMENT THAT WAS SO EFFECTIVE WAS WHAT
DID PRESIDENT TRUMP DO WHEN HE KNEW WE WERE UNDER ASSAULT?
LITERALLY NOTHING. HE'S, HE TWEETS OUT THAT PENCE
HAS ABANDONED TRUMP. THEY HAVE A NOOSE OUTSIDE FOR
PENCE WHILE PENCE IS IN THE FREAKING CAPITOL.
THAT OUGHT TO BE ENOUGH. JUST THAT OUGHT TO BE ENOUGH.
>> TODAY I THINK MADE JUST MORE VIVIDLY CLEAR THAN EVER BEFORE
HOW MUCH TRUMP FED MIKE PENCE TO THE LIONS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. NOBODY COULD BE MORE SUB
SERVIENT TO HIM. HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO PUT
MIKE PENSION IN THE CROSS HAIRS.
>> HOW CAN YOU AT THE PURE LEVEL OF INTEREST, HOW CAN YOU SAY I
THINK I'M GOING TO STICK WITH TRUMP.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY MY BEST LONG TERM SELF-INTERESTS.
>> HE'LL GRIND PEOPLE INTO SMITHERINES.
THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.
>> IT IS DAY THREE OF DONALD TRUMP'S SECOND IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL.
>> HOUSE IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS ARE EXPECTED TO WRAP UP THEIR
OPENING ARGUMENTS.
>> THE SENATE HEADS INTO THE THIRD DAY OF THE SECOND
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. THE QUESTION REMAINS, WHAT WILL
BE THE OUTCOME?
>> WE HUMBLY, HUMBLY ASK YOU TO CONVICT PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THE
CRIME FOR WHICH HE IS OVERWHELMINGLY GUILTY OF.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, IF WE PRETEND THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN, OR
WORSE, IF WE LET IT GO UNANSWERED, WHO IS TO SAY IT
WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN?
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO TEACH DONALD
TRUMP AND PARTICULARLY DONALD TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS A LESSON, BUT
THE NOTION THAT 50 PLUS 17 SENATORS WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR
NOT DONALD TRUMP CAN BE A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE AGAIN
STRIKES ME AS BEING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THEIR DECISION TO
MAKE.
>> DURING THE FIRST IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, ONE OF MY PRINCIPLE
ARGUMENTS AND OF THE DEFENSE TEAM WAS LISTEN, THEY'LL HAVE AN
ELECTION IN TEN MONTHS. THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE SHOULD
CONTROL. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS
IMPEACHMENT? YOU HAVE A SIMPLE RECOMMENDED.
VOTE HIM OUT OF OFFICE.
>> PEOPLE LEARN THINGS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S BEHAVIOR THAT IN THE
END MAY NOT BE IMPEACHABLE BUT MAY REALLY HURT HIS PROSPECTS
FOR RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION.
>> THE THING THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THE TESTIMONY IS THAT I
WAS DISTURBED BY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
APPROXIMATELY 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER
4:00, WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP FINALLY CAME IN TO TELL THEM TO
GO HOME. AND I THINK.
IN THREE AND A HALF HOUR PERIOD, THAT WAS TOO SLOW.
IN MY MIND, THAT'S A DERELICTION OF DUTY.
>> WOULDN'T YOU SAY IF SOMEBODY'S DERELICTION OF DUTY
FOR THREE HOURS, A GREATER IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE THAN LYING
ABOUT A BLOW JOB?
>> IT'S AN ERROR IN JUDGMENT.
>> HE COULD HAVE STOPPED PEOPLE FROM KILLING PEOPLE.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IT HAS TO START WITH WHAT
THEY CHARGED HERE. UNLESS YOU CAN PROVE THERE WAS
INCITEMENT INSURRECTION AS A FEDERAL CRIME, YOU DON'T HAVE AN
IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE. AND I IMAGINE YOU WILL HEAR --
>> SO IS THAT WHAT YOU FOCUS ON TOMORROW IN.
>> I WOULD FOCUS ON FAILURE TO PROVE INCITEMENT VIOLATION OF
CRIMINAL LAW. I THINK YOU WILL HEAR MUCH ABOUT
THAT.
>> PART OF THAT IS SAYING YOU'RE NOT
N INSIDE DONALD TRUMP'S HEAD.
>> TRIAL BY VIDEO WILL NEVER GET TO YOU WHAT WAS DONALD TRUMP'S
INTENT.
>> YOU DO HAVE INSURRECTIONISM. THEY INTERPRETED IT AS BEING
CREATE VIOLENCE AT THE CAPITOL.
>> I DON'T THINK FIGHT LIKE HELL IS AN INCITEMENT FOR VIOLENT OR
LAWLESS ACTION.
>> OR NOT TO SHOW WEAKNESS?
>> IF HE SAID TO THEM, I WANT YOU TO GO TO THE CAPITOL AND
BREAK WINDOWS OR BRING WEAPONS WITH YOU, I THINK THAT'S A WHOLE
DIFFERENT SITUATION. I'M NOT ENDORSING ANY OF THOSE
ACTIONS.
>> SURE.
>> THEY SHOULD BE CONDEMNED. I THINK THERE WERE SERIOUS
ERRORS IN JUDGMENT TO ALLOW THIS TO GET TO THIS POINT BUT I DON'T
THINK IT IS AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE.
THERE'S A LOT OF BAD STUFF THAT HAPPENS THAT IS STILL BAD BUT
NOT NECESSARILY IMPEACHABLE OR CRIMINAL.
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING SENATORS HAVE LEARNED
THINGS THAT WENT ON THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
>> YOU CAN COUNT ME IN THAT, TOO.
A PRESENTATION TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, I WILL GRANT YOU, I
THINK HAS BEEN A SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY.
SO I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. I THINK IT HAS SERVED A USEFUL
PURPOSE, YES.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DEFENSE LAWYERS HAD TAKE THE
SENATE FLOOR TODAY. HIS LEGAL TEAM SAYS IT WILL ONLY
NEED A FEW HOURS TO REBUT THE DEMOCRATS' CASE.
>> AM I RIGHT TO SAY YOU BABBLED OND THIS OFFICE IN MARCH OF LAST
YEAR, ALMOST A FULL YEAR AGO? A LIVING TIME CAPSULE.
>> THE PRESIDENT'S DEFENSE IS GOING TO OFFER A VERY COMPACT
DEFENSE TODAY. WE KNOW THEY ARE DOING ONLY A
FEW HOURS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> I THINK THEY HAVE COUNTED THE VOTES AND THEIR VIEW IS THEY ARE
HOME. THEY'RE GOING TO DO AS LITTLE
DAMAGE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. AND I THINK WHAT THEY'RE GOING
TO BE LEFT WITH IS MAKING LAWYERS' TRICK THAT'S WILL GIVE
PEOPLE WHO VOTE NO A PRETEXT FOR VOTING NO.
OR AN EXCUSE.
>> I THINK YOUR VIEW LIKE EVERYBODY'S VIEW, THE LIKELY OF
CONVICTION IS VERY LOW.
>> MY SENSE IS THAT MITCH McCONNELL HAS NOT MADE UP HIS
MIND. IF HE DECIDED TO VOTE TO
CONVICT, HE COULD TAKE SOME PEOPLE WITH HIM.
IN HIS MIND, YOU CAN ONLY SEE THE WHEELS TURNING AS HE IS
SITTING THERE. THE QUESTION FOR HIM, WHAT IS
THE BEST THING FOR ME TO DO TO GET US BACK INTO POWER?
WHAT HE'S FACED WITH IS, ON THE ONE HAND, IF THEY VOTE TO
CONVICT HIM AND THEY ACTUALLY DO CONVICT HIM, THEY'RE IN FOR A
LOT OF VERY SERIOUS SHORT TERM PAIN FROM THE TRUMP BASE.
>> BIG BACK LASH.
>> HUGE BACK LASH. BUT THEY'VE TAKEN THE PARTY BACK
FROM DONALD TRUMP. IF THEY VOTE TO ACQUIT, THEN
THEY'VE TURNED THE KEYS OVER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO DONALD
TRUMP. SAD TO SAY.
>> OKAY. TEN MINUTES.
>> OKAY. I'M READY.
>> TO CLAIM THAT THE PRESIDENT IN ANY WAY WISHED, DESIRED OR
ENCOURAGED LAWLESS OR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR IS A PREPOSTEROUS AND
MONSTROUS LIE. LIKE EVERY OTHER POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED WITCH HUNT, THE LEFT HAS ENGAGED IN OVER THE LAST
FOUR YEARS.
>> WORDS MATTER. THEY TOLD YOU.
WE HEARD A LOT THIS WEEK ABOUT FIGHT LIKE HELL.
BUT THEY CUT OFF THE VIDEO BEFORE THEY SHOWED YOU THE
PRESIDENT'S OPTIMISTIC, PATRIOTIC WORDS THAT FOLLOWED
IMMEDIATELY AFTER.
>> FIGHT LIKE HELL. IF YOU DON'T FIGHT LIKE HELL,
YOU WON'T HAVE A COUNTRY ANYMORE.
OUR EXCITING ADVENTURES HAVE NOT YET BEGUN.
>> LET US BE CLEAR, THIS TRIAL IS ABOUT FAR MORE THAN PRESIDENT
TRUMP. IT IS ABOUT CANCELING 75 MILLION
TRUMP VOTERS. ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW CANCELING
AND BANNING AND SILENCING TO BE SANCTIONED IN THIS BODY?
>> THIS CONCLUDES THE FORMER DEFENSE OF THE 45th PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
>> I CAN REMEMBER WALKING AROUND THIS PAR IN JUNE OF 2014, THE
NIGHT THEY VOTED ON GAY MARRIAGE.
>> THE CONFEDERATE FLAG DOWN FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
CAPITOL. OBAMACARE HAD BEEN HELD UP THAT
WEEK, ALL OF IT. AND MY FRIEND FROM THE OBAMA
WHITE HOUSE AND BEING REALLY EXCITED AND THEN THINKING, A LOT
OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA, WHEN THEY SEE THE CONFEDERATE FLAG COME
DOWN, WHEN THEY SEE GAY MARRIAGE HELD UP, FEEL LIKE THIS ISN'T
THEIR COUNTRY ANYMORE.
>> YEAH. A LOT OF PEOPLE VIEWED THE
ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA AS A MOMENT OF GREAT PROGRESS AND IT
WAS. BUT ANY STUDENT OF HISTORY WOULD
HAVE KNOWN HIS ELECTION WAS LIKELY TO TRIGGER AN IMMENSE
BACK LASH AND IT DID. IT STARTED WITH THE TEA PARTY.
BUT CULMINATED WITH THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP AND ENDING WITH
VIOLENT CONSEQUENCES DURING THE INSURRECTION ON JANUARY 6th.
>> YOU WERE AN IMPEACHMENT MANAGER OF THE FIRST IMPEACHMENT
OF DONALD TRUMP. HE IS LIKELY TO BE ACQUITTED
AGAIN. DOES THAT SEND A MESSAGE THAT HE
HAS NOT BEEN REPUDIATED?
>> THE TRIAL IS IMPORTANT HOPEFULLY TO BRING ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE WAY THAT THE FRAMERS ENVISIONED.
THE FACT THAT SO MANY SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE WILLING TO LOOK
PAST THE EVIDENCE TO VOTE TO ACQUIT IS SAD AND SHAMEFUL, AND
WHILE THEY MAY NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY REPUBLICAN VOTERS
IN THE SHORT TERM. THEY WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
THROUGH THE LENS OF HISTORY.
>> DO YOU FEEL THAT COMING OUT OF THIS, WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF
REVITALIZATION OF DEMOCRACY?
>> IT IS THE CLASSIC CLASH BETWEEN PROGRESS AND BACK LASH.
EVERY TIME WE'VE MADE PROGRESS IN AMERICA, WE'VE CONFRONT BACK
LASH AND EMERGED FROM THAT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE MORE PROGRESS.
SO I'M HOPEFUL. THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION
WEREN'T PERFECT. THEY DIDN'T PROMISE A PERFECT
COUNTRY. THEY DID PROMISE A JOURNEY
TOWARD A MORE PERFECT UNION, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ON.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT WILL CONTINUE.
>> MR. BENNETT. MR. BENNETT, GUILTY.
MISS COLLINS. GUILTY.
NOT GUILTY. MISS DUCKWORTH, GUILTY.
MR. GRAHAM. NOT GUILTY.
MRS. GILLIBRAND. MR. HAWLEY, NOT GUILTY.
MR. McCONNELL. MR. McCONNELL, NOT GUILTY.
>> THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DONALD J. TRUMP
HAS NOW BEEN ACQUITTED BY THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
57-43 VOTES, FALLING SHORT OF THE 67 VOTES NEEDED TO CONVICT
TRUMP.
>> JANUARY 6th WAS A DISGRACE. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PRACTICALLY AND MORALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
PROVOKING THE EVENTS OF THE DAY. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ACTIONS
WERE A DISGRACEFUL DERELICTION OF DUTY.