Its an effort to undermine our democracy, to diminish Donald Trumps own two impeachments, his first impeachment for trying to illegally bribe a Foreign Government to help him with his campaign, and the second for a deadly insurrection in the halls of this capitol after he asked his followers to tear through the halls of congress which they did with zip ties looking to execute the former Vice President. And we know donald trump has called for this Impeachment Inquiry, because we have the direct evidence from his own social. You can see it right here. He says impeach the bum. And we also know that hes been directly coordinating with members of this committee as reported by the New York Times right here, a member of this committee has been briefing donald trump on this inquiry. We also know that if donald trump doesnt get his way, he wants his loyalists to shut down the government. How do we know that . Because he posted it right here on his social media and his loyalists in this committe
impeachment. and under the constitution, every senator is required to be impartial. and he s already said that he is going to violate that oath. now two law professors who testified on opposite sides of the house impeachment hearing are now battling out in print. professor jonathan turley, called as a republican witness during the house impeachment proceedings wrote in an op-ed that the notion that president trump is not technically impeached until house speaker nancy pelosi actually sends the articles to the senate is false. he writes while this theory may provide tweet-ready fodder for the president to defend himself and taunt his political adversaries, it is difficult to sustain on the text or history or logic of the constitution. make no mistake, the house speaks in its own voice and in its own time. it did so on december 18th, 2019. turley was responding to noah feldman, harvard law professor, who despite being in favor of the impeachment wrote in an op-ed that trump would not b
february 24th, 1868, andrew johnson. december 16th, 199 8, bill clinton. december 18th, 2019,, donald trump. these are the three impeachments of american presidents. joining me are three historians who have studied presidents who have been impeached or almost impeached. annette gordon reed is the author of many books, one called andrew johnson. tim neftelli is a professor at nyu and a cnn presidential historian. and john meacham is a contributing editor at time. he s written the introduction to the impeachment report . it details the house
february 24th, 1868, andrew johnson. december 19th, 1998, bill clinton. december 18th, 2019, donald trump. these are the three impeachments of american presidents. i wanted to put this into historical context. joining me are historians. gordon-reed is an author. tim maselli is with the richard nixon presidential library. jon meacham is a contributor,
presidency, donald trump was impeached. that now becomes the single most important fact about the trump presidency. he was impeached. this is the single most important day in the trump presidency. president trump was impeached for one reason, because he deserved it. you are not asleep. this is not a dream. this is really happening. this is your life. this is our country and our time. it is wednesday, the 18th of december and the year 2019 and president donald trump is impeached. pete: oh. steve: mike kelly, yesterday, a republican from pennsylvania. he said today, december 18th, 2019, is another date that will live in infamy. ainsley: oh my gosh. pete: it s all fake. ainsley: all political. pete: whole thing is fake. investigation was fake. trial was fake. everyone knows what the outcome is going to be. the solemn nature, the sadness, the prayerfulness