SPECIAL HOUR "TRUMP ON TRIAL."
"THE 11th HOUR" WITH BRIAN
WILLIAMS STARTS RIGHT NOW.
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>>> AND GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.
DAY 20 OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AND WE ARE ABOUT
14 HOURS AWAY FROM THE START OF
THE SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL FOR
THE NOW FORMER PRESIDENT.
TONIGHT, THE SENATE CHAMBER HAS
BEEN READIED WITH LONG TABLES IN
PLACE TO LET THE IMPEACHMENT
MANAGERS AND DEFENSE TEAMS DO
THEIR WORK AT A SOCIAL DISTANCE.
TODAY TRUMP’S LAWYERS REVEALED A
MUCH MORE DETAILED DEFENSE
PHYSICAL LOWING
FOLLOWING THE ATTACK ON THE
CAPITOL.
IN THE 80-PAGE BRIEF SUBMITTED,
WHICH MISSPELLS THE NAME OF THE
COUNTRY, IT SAYS THE TRIAL IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ARGUE
TRUMP’S SPREECHEECH ON JANUARY 6
WAS NOT AN OCTOBERACT ENCOURAGIN
MOVEMENT TO OVER THROW THE
MISSPELLED UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT AND TRUMP DID NOT
DIRECT ANYONE TO COMMIT LAWLESS
ACTIONS AND BLAME A SMALL GROUP
OF CRIMINALS THAT COME TO THE
CAPITOL ARMED AND READY FOR A
FIGHT AND CALL THE TRIAL
POLITICAL THEATER.
THE NINE HOUSE IMPEACHMENT
MANAGERS CAME BACK TODAY WITH A
FIVE-PAGE MEMO OF THEIR OWN
WRITING TRUMP’S INCITEMENT OF
INSURRECTION AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT WHICH
DISRUPTED THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER
OF POWER IS THE MOST GRIEVANCE
CONSTITUTIONAL CRIME EVER
COMMITTED BY A PRESIDENT.
THEY FURTHER WRITE THE HOUSE
WILL ESTABLISH THAT TRIAL THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP MERITS
CONVICTION AND DISQUALIFICATIONS
TO HOLD AND ENJOY ANY OFFICE.
TOMORROW, BOTH SIDES WILL BEGIN
WITH THE DEBATE OVER THE
CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES FOLLOWED
BY A SENATE VOTE.
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, EACH SIDE
WILL HAVE UP TO 16 HOURS PER
SIDE TO PRESENT ARGUMENTS.
CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER IS
URGING SENATORS IN HIS PARTY TO
CONVICT TRUMP.
IN AN OP ED THE CONGRESSMAN
WRITES THIS ISN’T A WASTE OF
TIME.
IT A MATTER OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
IF THE GOP DOESN’T TAKE A STAND,
THE CHAOS OF THE PAST FEW MONTHS
AND PAST FOUR YEARS COULD
QUICKLY RETURN.
17 REPUBLICANS, MANY OF THEM
SITTING AT DESKS THAT WERE
RANSACKED BY THE RIOTERS WOULD
HAVE TO COME TO GRIPS WITH WHAT
HAPPENED IN THAT CHAMBER, ENOUGH
TO JOIN THE SENATE DEMOCRATS IN
ORDER TO CONVICT THE FORMER
PRESIDENT.
MEANWHILE, "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
REPORTING NBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED
THAT GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE
HAS OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO
TRUMP’S ATTEMPTS TO OVERTURN
THAT STATE’S ELECTION RESULTS
AND THAT INVESTIGATION INCLUDES
THE PHONE CALL WHERE TRUMP IS
HEARD BEGGING OFFICIALS TO FIND
ABOUT 11,000 VOTES, JUST ENOUGH
TO OVERTURN THE CHOICE OF THE
GEORGIA ELECTRET.
THIS IS A CRITICAL WEEK FOR
PRESIDENT BIDEN AS HE TRIES TO
KEEP THE $1.9 TRILLION RELIEF
BILL AND THE REST OF HIS AGENDA
ON TRACK.
TODAY HIS PRESS SECRETARY WAS
ASKED WHETHER HE’LL BE WATCHING
THE SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
>> HE WILL NOT SPEND TOO MUCH
TIME WATCHING THE PROCEEDINGS IF
ANY TIME OVER THE COURSE OF THIS
WEEK.
HE’LL REMAIN IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH
PELOSI, SCHUMER AND A RANGE OF
OFFICIALS ON THE HILL.
HE’LL LEAVE THE PACE AND PROCESS
AND MECHANICS OF THE IMPEACHMENT
PROCEEDINGS UP TO MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS.
>> THERE ARE A FEW OTHER
HEADLINES FROM CAPITOL HILL
TODAY.
REPUBLICAN ALABAMA SENATOR
RICHARD SHELBY REVEALED HE WON’T
BE RUNNING FOR REELECTION NEXT
YEAR.
THE RACE TO REPLACE HIM IN A
RUBY RED STATE WILL OFFER YET
ANOTHER TEST FOR THE DIRECTION
OF HIS PARTY IN THE POST TRUMP
ERA.
AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
IS REMEMBERING TEXAS REPUBLICAN