articles of impeachment, he is hereby removed from office and he is hereby forever disqualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states. that s what post impeachment conviction looks like in the senate. that trial impeaching a federal judge is actually only one of nine impeachment trials in the last century. it was led, however,ed by bidid you know this? a pretty familiar figure from the current impeachment saga, congressman adam schiff, who is of course now the intelligence chairman. he acted as the manager or prosecutor presenting that impeachment case to the senate. the house recognizes what an extraordinary proceeding this is and how seldom an impeachment is undertaken. the judge has committed a serious violation of the public trust that in the phraseology of governor morris, one of the framers that the judge has so
impact on other witnesses who are testifying in the impeachment proceedings who are watching and who see that there is consequence for telling lies. we all, because we re journalists, say we use the same phraseology, barring appeal, pending appeal. what is the real life likelihood that this conviction is somehow overturned? well, i think it s unlikely. i didn t watch every minute of the trial, i was not in the courtroom, and so sometimes there are evidentiary problems, jury instruction problems that could result in a reversal on appeal. but i have not seen any reporting of anything that would suggest to me that there was a reversible error. the evidence seems strong. the other basis for a reversal is that the evidence was not sufficient for a rational trier of fact to have found guilt the way they did. in this instance there was strong evidence and obviously the jury returned its verdict unanimously. so i think an appeal is unlikely. i think what could be more likely is a pardon.
message that truth really does matter. i also think that it could have an impact on other witnesses who are testifying in the impeachment proceedings, who are watching and who see that there is consequence for telling lies. we all, because we re journalists, say we use the same phraseology, barring appeal, pending appeal, what is the real-life likelihood that this conviction is somehow overturned? well, i think it s unlikely. i didn t watch every minute of the trial. i was not in the courtroom, and so sometimes there are evidentiary problems, jury instruction problems that could result in a reversal on appeal. but i have not seen any reporting of anything that would suggest to me that there was a reversible error. the evidence seems strong. the other basis for a reversal is that the evidence was not sufficient for a rational trier of fact to have found guilt the way they did. in this instance, there was strong evidence, and obviously the jury returned its verdict unanimously.
deliberation, sends a clear message that truth really does matter. i also think it could have an impact on other witnesses who are testifying in the impeachment proceedings who are watching and who see that there is consequence for telling lies. we all, because we re journalists, say we use the same phraseology, barring appeal, pending appeal. what is the real life likelihood that this conviction is somehow overturned? well, i think it s unlikely. i didn t watch every minute of the trial, i was not in the courtroom, and so sometimes there are evidentiary problems, jury instruction problems that could result in a reversal on appeal. but i have not seen any reporting of anything that would suggest to me that there was a reversible error. the evidence seems strong. the other basis for a reversal is that the evidence was not sufficient for a rational trier of fact to have found guilt the way they did. in this instance there was strong evidence and obviously the jury returned its verdic
undertaken. the judge has committed a serious violation of the public trust that in the phraseology of governor morris, one of the framers, that the judge as so misdemeaned himself that it required his removal from the bench. that s the core question of most impeachments. in contrast, schiff has actually presented this entire case in the u.s. senate, spending days as the floor manager in that case i m telling you about from outlining evidence to questioning witnesses in the unique circumstances, though, where courtroom skills aren t really deployed in court but are in the u.s. senate. for that impeachment, the senators fill the role of both jurors and judge and the senators who presided over this judicial impeachment trial is my next guest who can speak to the rare precedented history and to mr. shafchiff s abilities in th