came anyway. so this is perfect. keep doing it. have a great show, my friend. the impeachment clause of the united states constitution seems to be headed to the supreme court if don trump s criminal defense lawyers can get it there. we re going to consider the impeachment clause tonight from two perspectives, first, a lawyer and law professor, andrew weissmann, and then, a historian, stanford jack greg of who is an expert on the impeachment clause. his book, original meanings, politics and the ideas in the making of the constitution won the pulitzer prize. you will hear from both of them. year both of those perspectives. next tuesday you will hear dame trump s lawyers tell the circuit court of appeals in washington and lee, see, that he cannot be tried for crimes leading up to and on january 6th because that would amount to double jeopardy after donald trump faced an impeachment trial in the united states senate on essentially the same charges. 57 senators voted guilty ag
we are here every day, so when they do, it will be ready. joyce, thanks. joyce vance is a former attorney for the northern district of alabama. that s our show for tonight. time now for the last word with lawrence o donnell. lawrence, i think i ve eaten up half a minute of your show every night for the last tonight. so i think tomorrow night i will give you back a pile of it. orrow ni according to my clos 25 sections. i wasn t ready to go until you came anyway. so this is perfect. keep doing. it have a great show, my friend. the impeachment clause of the united states constitution seems to be headed to the supreme court if don trump s criminal defense lawyers can get it there. we re going to consider the impeachment clause tonight from two perspectives, first, a lawyer and law professor, andrew weissmann, and then, a historian, stanford jack greg of who is an expert on the impeachment clause. his book, original meanings, politics and the ideas in the making of the c
politics and the ideas in the making of the constitution won the pulitzer prize. you will hear from both of them. year both of those perspectives. next tuesday you will hear dame trump s lawyers tell the circuit court of appeals in washington and lee, see, that he cannot be tried for crimes leading up to and on january 6th because that would amount to double jeopardy after donald trump faced an impeachment trial in the united states senate on essentially the same charges. 57 senators voted guilty against donald trump and 43 voted to acquit donald trump and since conviction of impeachment in the senate trial requires a two thirds vote donald trump was officially acquitted. the trump lawyers now claim that legally that has to be the end of the matter, and jack smith s case, title united states of america against
refuse to recuse in this case. to protect the courts integrity and legitimacy of its decision in this monumental case you must recuse yourself. joining us now is democratic congressman daniel goldman of new york, a member of the house oversight committee. congressman goldman, thank you very much for joining us tonight. you signed that letter along with congressman alexandra court josh cortez and hank johnson i think the principal author of it and a few other members of the house. it seems very clear a strong case of accuse al as one could imagine. it is a strong case and even stronger because clarence thomas has already recused himself from january 6th case. you will remember that there was an uproar when it came out about his wife s role in the january 6th case and the fact that he had not recused himself
donald j trump must be dismissed. donald trump lawyers will also make a broader argument about presidential immunity, claiming that a president cannot be criminally prosecuted for anything the president does while in office. this is an echo of what republican president richard nixon said after he resigned from the presidency and accepted a pardon for fear of being prosecuted for the crimes that he committed in office. when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. by definition. exactly. and once again today down trump s criminal defense lawyers filed a motion with the trial judge in that case that is dying to entertain their client donald trump more than it is to impress the judge. the criminal defense lawyers for the 77 year old criminal defendant donald trump asked judge tanya chutkan to hold special prosecutor jack smith in contempt of court for legal