The Senate Becomes jurors and the case in front of them they witnessed. Incitement of insurrection spurring a hoard of radical right wing terrorists to breach the capitol. The mayhem left five dead that day, including u. S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick in one of the darkest days in modern history for americas democracy. The trial starts with debate and then a vote on whether the proceeding against the former president is constitutional. A source says citizen trump is telling former aides and advisers that hes convinced the senate will acquit him. The former president s lawyers tha have dismissed the impeach. As political theater, and a system gone awry. They call this the logical and heinous conclusion of a monthslong campaign by donald trump and his allies, including some accomplices, To Cast Doubt on the election results. They say the president has no defense and the evidence of his misconduct is overwhelming. Todays historic trial, the first time a former president faces im
At issue on the senate floor today. Brian williams here with you along with Nicole Wallace picking up our special coverage of the reckoning over the deadly insurrection, the looting of our u. S. Capitol on 6th january. The former president on trial today for his role in inciting that violence. The evidence against him unfolded before our very eyes on Live Television on that day as he took to the podium at a Rlly In Washington and rallied what would become a riotous and violent mob, calling on his supporters to march to the capitol and fight. Were going to walk down to the capitol were going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we probably wont be cheering so much for some of them. Because youll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. And if you dont fight like hell, youre not going to have a country anymore. Today we are learning the democratic Impeachment Managers prosecuting the case plan to introduce ne
Belknap tropp this is his quote a prohibition against doing more than 2 things cannot be turned into a command to do both or not be turned into a command to do both or neither and just imagine the consequences of such an absurd interpretation of the constitution if if were right about that language then officials could commit the most extraordinary destructive offenses against the American People high crimes and misdemeanors and theyd have total control over whether they can ever be impeached and if they are whether the senate can try the case if they want to escape any Public Inquiry into their misconduct or the risk of disqualification from future office its Pretty Simple they just could just resign one minute before the house impeaches or even one minute before the senate trial or they could resign during the senate trial its not looking so well. That would effectively a race disqualification from the constitution it would put wrongdoers in charge of whether the senate can trust the
Confirm joe bidens victory in the president ial election whats trump insisted was stolen from him the riots led to the deaths of 5 people well trump is the only former president to face trial and his lawyers argue that makes the proceedings unconstitutional if convicted he could be barred from ever running for office senators are expected to vote on whether the trial should go ahead and when approved both sides will make their case over the coming days just a few minutes ago we saw the house managers there they are theyre making their way into the senate lets bring in alan fischer hes joining us now from capitol hill so were waiting for that trial to get on or under way alan tell us what were looking at and what should we expect. Well 1st he is going to be about 4 hours theyre going to decide the format of how this trial goes ahead how many days it will sit. Have been agreed by. Sides will get 16 hours to put their case is that after we decide from 4 hours to the on the debate on wheth
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