keeps our democracy in place. and thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. in february of 2021 joe biden had been president for less than a month. the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense and let s understand a high crime is a felony and a misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. the words haven t changed that much over time. after he s out of office you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in
unconstitutional purpose, is that correct? with an important exception. which is if the president is convicted and impeached in the united states senate in a proceeding that reflects widespread political consensus. you see, it s a shell game. congress impeaches trump for try ooing to overturn an election, and his lawyers say no, no, no, this is a job for the criminal justice system. criminal justice system charges trump and his lawyers say, no, this is a job for congress and the impeachment process. at one point judge florence pan tested that theory with a hypothetical forhe history books. could a president who ordered seal team six to assassinate a political rival who was not impeached, could he be subject to criminal prosecution? if he were impeached my answer is there s a political process that would have to
presidential success. but maybe it s not that simple. finds criminal interference by after all, wall street right now is wrapping up one of the best russia and convictions of five years in history with a stock trump advisers. the long-awaited mueller market rally under president report just submitted. trump that s out-placing most of perhaps the most highly his predecessors and yet the anticipated and potentially presidential approval rating is explosive document in reason american history. right there, hovering slightly reporter: breaking his silence in a pair of above 42%. appearances, testifying before what does this all say about the congress and holding a surprise year to come in 2020? press conference. if we had had confidence that joining me now, a person who has a crystal ball, yahoo! finance the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have reporter sibile march sallsalisg said so. reporter: our top legal story of the year congress impeaches the me, and is i
before congress and holding a s surprise press conference. our top legal story of the year, congress impeaches the president. for just the third time in the history of our country, the house of representatives is going to vote on the impeachment of a president. the house voting to impeach trump on two articles, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. it is tragic that the president s reckless actions make impeachment necessary. the first president to face such a rebuke in his first term. after trump asked you cra ukre to investigate joe biden. it has been a year with justice in the headlines and many battles over the principal that no person is above the law. joining me now is danny savales. good to talk to you, my friend,
pav pair of appearances and holding a special conference. if we had confident that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so. and the tofrp legal story, congress impeaches the president. for just the third time in the history of our country, the house of representatives is going to vote on the impeachment of a president. the house voted to impeach trump on two articles, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. it is tragic that the president s reckless actions make impeachment necessary. the first president to face such a rebuke in his first term. after trump asked ukraine to investigate his rival, joe biden, soliciting foreign interference in 2020. senate leaders planning a trial of the president in january. it s been a year with justice in the headlines and many battles over the principle that no person is above the law. and that story still very much playing out. and still ahead, the british royal family. some members are stepping out of