sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now the only u.s. president ever to be impeached twice has again been acquitted in a senate trial the vote was 572-4310 short of the 2 thirds needed to convict donald trump of inciting the capital riots last month. and was watching it all unfold for us. well it takes 2 thirds of the u.s. senate to convict a president in impeachment proceedings so now that donald trump has been acquitted they failed to get the motes necessary to convict him we ve actually heard this statement from the former us president about the proceedings here s what he said it is a sad commentary in our times that one political party in america is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law defame law enforcement cheer mopsa excuse writers and transform justice into a tool of political vengeance and persecute blacklist cancel and suppress all people and viewpoints with whom or which they disagree is certainly been a colorful few days during the impeachment
president ever to be impeached twice has again been acquitted in a senate trial the vote was 572-4310 short of the 2 thirds needed to convict donald trump of inciting the capital riots last month and she s killed watching it all unfold. well it takes 2 thirds of the u.s. senate to convict a president in impeachment proceedings so now that donald trump has been acquitted they failed to get the motes necessary to convict him we ve actually heard this statement from the former us president about the proceedings here s what he said it is a sad commentary in our times that one political party in america is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law defame law enforcement cheer mobs excuse rioters and transform justice into a tool of political vengeance and persecute blacklist cancel and suppress all people in viewpoints with whom or which they disagree is certainly been a colorful few days during the impeachment proceedings a lot of very emotional and heated words were exchang
everything the. political. good morning from russia this is r.t. international with me now in some of the morning s headlines that will detail for your company by the way so a key moment for the wiki leaks founder julian assange and his bid for freedom the u.s. has filed an appeal now against a british court decision not to extradite him is despite a petition sent to the u.s. justice department demanding president biden drop the case altogether signatories include rights groups like amnesty international and the american civil liberties union. indictment of mr sanchez threatens press freedom because much of the conduct described in the indictment is contact that journalists routinely and the day must engage in in order to do the work the public needs them to do in our view such a precedent in this case could effectively criminalize common journalistic practices in a ruling that many didn t anticipate then a british judge blocked his extradition over concerns for his mental he
good morning to rush this is are to international with week of you know in saturday morning s headlines in more detail the. moment for the wiki leaks founder julian assange in his bid for freedom the u.s. has filed an appeal against a british court decision not to extradite him is despite a petition sent to the u.s. justice department demanding president biden drop the case altogether signatories include rights groups like amnesty international and the american civil liberties union. indictment of mr sanchez threatens press freedom because much of the conduct described in the indictment is contact that journalists routinely and that they must engage in in order to do the work the public needs them to do in our view such a precedent in this case could effectively criminalize common journalistic practices in a ruling that really didn t. british judge blocked or songes extradition over concerns for his mental health nevertheless days later he was still denied bail and freedom me
ever is going on with that. to their political advantage. good morning from russia this is art international with me kevin no instead of the morning s headlines in more detail and starting with this key moment for the wiki leaks julian assange and his bid for freedom the u.s. has filed an appeal against a british court decision not to extradite him is despite a petition sent to the u.s. justice department demanding that president biden drop the case altogether signatories include rights groups like amnesty international and the american civil liberties union. indictment of mr sanchez threatens press freedom because much of the conduct described in the indictment is contact that journalists routinely and that they must engage in in order to do the work the public needs them to do in our view such a precedent in this case could effectively criminalize common journalistic practices so in a ruling that many didn t anticipate a british judge blocked to silence his extradition over