PLUS, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DONALD TRUMP SEIZING THE POWER TO
CONFER HONORS ON RUSH LIMBAUGH.
OUR TOP STORY, IS THIS
RESOLUTION OF DONALD TRUMP’S
IMPEACHMENT, TONIGHT, EVERYONE
CAN NOW SEE HOW IT IS ENDING.
AFTER THAT MUELLER
INVESTIGATION, AFTER THE UKRAINE
SCANDAL BROKE.
SCANDAL BROKE. AFTER THE EXHAUSTIVE PROBE AND
THE SENATE’S DECISION NOT TO
PROBE AT ALL.
IT ENDED LIKE THIS.
MANY SENATORS FINDING TRUMP
GUILTY INCLUDING ONE REPUBLICAN.
BUT THE NUMBERS STILL FAR SHORT
OF THE SUPER MAJORITY REQUIRED
TO REMOVE A PRESIDENT IN OUR
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION. LET ME TELL YOU THE FACTS.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER WHERE YOU
WERE ON THIS NIGHT WHEN IT ALL
HAPPENED ON ABUSE OF POWER.
ON OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS, THE
SECOND ARTICLE, A PARTY LINE
VOTE.
VOTE. 53-47.
53-47. NOW UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, THE
SENATE HAS FOUND THIS PRESIDENT
NOT GUILTY ON BOTH ARTICLES.
THAT’S GOOD NEWS FOR TRUMP.
IT ALSO CAME WITH BAD NEWS THAT
TRUMP’S ALLIES FOUGHT HARD TO
AVOID.
AVOID. MITT ROMNEY, THE NOMINEE BEFORE
TRUMP, AGREED WITH OTHER
REPUBLICAN WHO’S SAID TRUMP DID
IT AND WENT FURTHER TO SAY THAT
WHAT DID HE WAS AN EGREGIOUS
HIGH CRIME.
HIGH CRIME. >> THE GREAT QUESTION THE
CONSTITUTION TASKS SENATORS TO
ANSWER, WHETHER THE PRESIDENT
COMMITTED AN ACT SO EXTREME AND
EGREGIOUS THAT IT RISES TO THE
LEVEL OF A HIGH CRIME AND
MISDEMEANOR.
MISDEMEANOR. YES, HE DID.
THE PRESIDENT IS GUILTY OF AN
APPALLING ABUSE OF PUBLIC TRUST.
WHAT DID HE WAS NOT PERFECT.
NO, IT WAS A FLAGRANT ASSAULT ON
OUR ELECTORAL RIGHTS, OUR THE
NATIONAL SECURITY, AND OUR
FUNDAMENTAL VALUES.
FUNDAMENTAL VALUES. >> NOW, THAT GUILTY VERDICT FROM
SENATOR ROMNEY SHATTERS THE
WHITE HOUSE’S ATTEMPT TO CAST
THIS AS PURELY PART SANDAL SPLIT
TODAY AND MAKES HISTORY, UNLIKE
THE PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE GONE ON
TRIAL, WHO AS I MENTIONED, NO
MEMBER OF THEIR PARTY VOTED TO
CONVICT DONALD TRUMP MAKES
HISTORY WITH THIS REBUKE FROM
HIS OWN SIDE AND WHICH COME WHEN
OTHER REPUBLICANS WENT OUT OF
THEIR WAY TO WANT TO ANNOUNCE
THE DEMOCRATS PROVED THE
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM.
>> THE QUESTION FOR ME WAS, DO I
NEED MORE EVIDENCE TO CONCLUDE
THAT THE PRESIDENT DID WHAT DID
HE?
HE? AND I CONCLUDED, NO.
>> IT WAS WRONG FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP TO MENTION FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THAT PHONE
CALL.
CALL. >> THE PRESIDENT’S BEHAVIOR WAS
SHAMEFUL AND WRONG.
>> I THINK HE SHOULDN’T HAVE
DONE IT.
DONE IT. I THINK IT WAS WRONG.
>> WRONG.
>> WRONG. SHOULDN’T HAVE DONE IT.
THOSE ARE THINGS YOU ONLY SAY IF
HE DID IT.
AND THAT’S WHY I WANT TO TELL
YOU, IT SHOWS WHY ALL OF THIS
MATTERS TONIGHT.
MATTERS TONIGHT. WHY FACTS MATTER.
WHY THIS INVESTIGATION AND THIS
PROCESS HAZMATS MATTERED, EVEN I
WAS AT TIMES MADDENING.
LOOK AT THE WORDS OF THESE
SENATORS.
SENATORS. PROVEN, INAPPROPRIATE, WRONG,
SHAMEFUL.
SHAMEFUL. THAT’S BIPARTISAN.
THAT’S BIPARTISAN. THEY ARE ADMITTING IT HAPPENED.
AND THAT’S MILES AWAY FROM WHERE
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS WHEN
SPEAKER PELOSI LAUNCHED THIS
PROBE MONTHS AGO.
AS THE FORCE OF THE HOUSE
PRESSURE, OF COURSE, GOT
EVIDENCE OUT.
EVIDENCE OUT. GOT THOSE CALL NOTES RELEASED
AND EVEN GOT SOME WITNESSES
TALKING.
TALKING. >> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
HEARD THE TESTIMONY OF TRULY
PATRIOTIC --
PATRIOTIC -- >> WAS THERE A QUID PRO QUO?
THE ANSWER IS YES.
>> THERE WAS QUOIM EXTORTION.
THERE WAS A PLOT TO SHAKE DOWN
ELECTION HELP.
ELECTION HELP. AND THE TRUMP ALLIES AND LAWYERS
WHO ARGUED THE BEST DEFENSE WAS
JUST DENIAL, REMEMBER, WE CAN
SEE NOW, THEY LOST THE ROOM.
THEY LOST MOST SENATORS.
NOW, THE LAWYERS WHO ARGUED THE
BEST DEFENSE WAS BASICALLY ADMIT
IT AND THEN DEBATE THE LAW.
IT IS THAT RADICAL ARGUMENT THAT
THIS PRESIDENT SHOULD JUST GET
AWAY WITH IT.
THEY DID HOLD MOST OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
REPUBLICAN PARTY. NOW THE PUBLIC, YOU, YOU KNOW
THAT.
THAT. AND TONIGHT THAT IS USEFUL
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. SENATE REPUBLICANS DIDN’T SIGN
ON TO SOME ABSTRACT DEFENSE OF
THE PRESIDENCY.
THE PRESIDENCY. OR SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
SOMEBODY MADE A TOUGH EMERGENCY
CALL.
CALL. MAYBE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAR.
WE’LL LET THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF
HAVE IT.
HAVE IT. THOSE ARE CLOSER CALLS.
NO.
NO. THEY SIGNED ON TO THIS
PREMEDITATED MISTAKE OF CHOICE.
BLATANT PURSUED FOR
SELF-INTERESTED POLITICS,
SELF-INTERESTED POLITICS, COMMITTED BY A MAN WHO,
REMEMBER, TAKE SENATORS’ OWN
WORDS IN EVEN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY WHO THEY LONG SAID WAS NOT
TRUSTWORTHY TO BEGIN WITH.
ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT, TAKE A
LOOK AT SOMETHING WE PUT
TOGETHER FROM THE FACTUAL
ARCHIVE.
ARCHIVE. >> DISHONESTY IS DONALD TRUMP’S
HALLMARK.
HALLMARK. >> THIS MAN IS A PATHOLOGICAL
LIAR.
LIAR. >> I THINK HE IS A KOOK.
>> HE IS AN ORANGE FACED WIND
BAG.
BAG. >> THE MAN IS UTTERLY AMORAL.
DONALD IS A BULLY.
A NARCISSIST.
A NARCISSIST. >> THE MOST VULGAR PERSON A RACE
BAITING --
BAITING -- >> A BUSINESS JEEP JUST HE IS
NOT.
NOT. HIS PROMISES ARE AS WORTHLESS AS
DEGREE FROM TRUMP UNIVERSITY.
THE BULLYING, THE GREED, THE
SHOWING OFF, THE MYSOGYNY.
>> HE IS A JACK ASS.
>> A SPECK OF DIRT IS WAY MORE
QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT.
>> I THINK HE IS UNFIT FOR
OFFICE.
OFFICE. WE SHOULD HAVE KICKED HIM OUT OF
PARTY.
PARTY. >> DONALD TRUMP IS A PHONY, A
FRAUD.
FRAUD. >> THOSE ARE THE SENATE JURORS.
NOW WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY