Actually hold office to be impeached. Since the 45th President is no longer president , the clause shall be removed from office on impeachment is impossible for the senate to accomplish. Now the house Impeachment Managers brief was a lot longer. It was 80 p0 pages, it focuses President Trumps betrayal of historic proportions and the threat he poses to the constitution. They say the president is to blame for the insurrection writing its impossible to imagine the events of january 6th occurring without President Trump creating a powder keg, striking a match and then seeking personal advantage from the ensuing havoc. Jim accost osta joins me now. The trump team was concise in comparison. They appear to have come to a compromise with the president on whether to focus on the constitutionality or the stolen election. Thats right. I think it boils down to what the president s advisers have been saying for weeks now, that his speech on january 6th, while some may view it as incendiary and it c
We are coming on the air this morning with Breaking News from capitol hill. Our first look at just how house Impeachment Managers plan to prosecute their case against donald trump. Set to file their pre friel brief and we are now getting a look at it just seconds ago, this is all ahead of next weeks Historic Second senate trial and we have a better sense of what their argument will be. A point by point case that trump is responsible for inciting the deadly insurrection at the capitol and that his responsibility for those events is unmistakable. Those managers taking direct aim at what im told will be one of the key arguments by the former president s team. That defense team also rushing to meet their own filing deadline today. My new reporting on how theyre going to convince senators or try to to acquit donald trump again. Good morning, im Hallie Jackson in washington along with our nbc news team covering this. Garrett haake on capitol hill, Shannon Pettypiece outside the white house,
Information. I guarantee i did not. Thats not true, is it, mr. Hur . That is inconsistent with the findings based on the evidence in my report. Its a lie. You exonerated him. I did not exonerate him. That word does not appear in the report. Mr. Hur, its my time. All i have to do when im caught taking home classified vehicles but im sorry. Im getting old and my memory is not so great. This is the doctrine that you established in our laws now and its frightening. You cannot tell me your so naive to think that your words would not have created a political firestorm. What your suggesting is that i shaped, sanitize, omit portions of my reasons for political reasons. I suggest you not shape your report for political reasons, which is what you did. That did not happen. Neil so it wentz for almost six hours talking past each other. Robert hur caught up in the food fight, right in the middle of a food fight. That wouldnt stop and didnt stop. Why robert f. Kennedy jr. Says theres got to be a bet
officials have been interviewed in the special counsel s investigation into trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is the former president s lawyers move to stop prosecutors this their tracks. plus, putin s spin. russian state tv in overdrive after a top general slams the country s military leaders and is fired for it. this as we learn more about putin s alleged meeting with the man who tried to overthrow him. and tonight, an arrest in serial killings othat terrorize new york for decades. the suspect, a married father of three, and an architect. let s go outfront. i m erica hill in for erin b burnett. cnn learning exclusively the special counsel has met with more top officials from states crucial to trump s attempt to maintain power after the 2020 election. interviewing the secretary of stays from pennsylvania and new mexico. these are the latest of course in a growing list of state officials whose cooperation with the special counsel is now public. the h