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>>> WE’RE GOING TO TURN BACK TO
SOME BREAKING NEWS ABOUT THE
IMPEACHMENT OF DONALD J. TRUMP.
CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY OF
WYOMING IS THE SECOND PERSON WHO
WILL VOTE TO IMPEACH DONALD
TRUMP.
LEANNE JOINS US FROM THE
CAPITOL.
>> SHE IS NOT JUST THE SECOND
PERSON TO COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF
IMPEACHMENT, BUT SHE IS ALSO THE
NUMBER THREE REPUBLICAN IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
I WANT TO READ A PORTION OF HER
VERY STRONG STATEMENT JUST FOR A
MOMENT.
SHE SAYS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES SUMMONED THIS MOB,
ASSEMBLED THE MOB, AND LIT THE
FLAMES OF THIS ATTACK.
SHE GOES ON TO SAY EVERYTHING
THAT FOLLOWED WAS HIS DOING.
NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HATCHED
WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT COULD HAVE
IMMEDIATELY AND FORCEFULLY
INTERVENED TO STOP THE VIOLENCE.
HE DID NOT.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A GREATER
BETRAYAL BY A PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF HIS OFFICE AND
HIS OATH TO THE CONSTITUTION.
SO THAT WAS AN EXTREMELY STRONG
STATEMENT BY THE NUMBER THREE
MEMBER OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS.
NOW WE KNOW THAT CHENEY HAS HAD
A LONG HISTORY WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
SHE HAS SEPARATED HERSELF FROM
HIM MULTIPLE TIMES, MANY TIMES
TO THE CHAGRIN OF MEMBERS OF HER
CONFERENCE, WHO GOT MAD AT
CHENEY AND WHO WERE FRUSTRATED
WITH HER BECAUSE SHE WOULD SPEAK
OUT AT DIFFERENT MOMENTS
THROUGHOUT TIME.
BUT THIS IS -- THIS IS REALLY A
LEADERSHIP MOMENT FOR HER.
SHE IS STANDING -- SHE SEEMS TO
HAVE BEEN STANDING ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF HISTORY FOR EVERY SINGLE
TIME SHE DID SPEAK OUT AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT, AND SHE’S ALSO
SEPARATING HERSELF FROM THE PACK
OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHERE THE
LEADER OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS
KEVIN McCARTHY HAS NOT COME OUT
NEARLY AS STRONG.
OF COURSE, IN A PRIVATE
CONFERENCE CALL WITH HIS MEMBERS
LAST NIGHT, HE SAID THAT THE
PRESIDENT DOES BEAR SOME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR BLAME, BUT
THIS IS A BIG, BIG MOMENT, AND
WHAT WE’RE WAITING FOR IS THE
NICOLE?
>> LIZ CHENEY IS THIS, IN MY
VIEW, WHAT I’VE WATCHED OVER THE
TRUMP YEARS, IS SHE TO ME IS
THIS MIRROR.
WHEN SHE STANDS IN FRONT OF
SENATOR PORTMAN OR ANY OF THESE
MEMBERS, SHE’S A REMINDER WHAT
THEY USED TO STAND FOR.
THEY USED TO STAND AGAINST
EVERYTHING THEY NOW DEBASE
THEMSELVES FOR.
AND I WONDER WHAT YOUR SENSE IS
ABOUT WHAT SHE JUST ALLUDED TO,
HOW MANY WILL FOLLOW, HOW MANY
WILL VIEW LIZ CHENEY AS SOMEONE
CARVING OUT A PATH FOR
REPUBLICANS TO BEGIN THE LONG
PROCESS OF TRYING TO WASH THE
TRUMP STAIN OFF THEM.
>> I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE
REALLY INTERESTING TO WATCH TO
SEE WHICH ONES DO FOLLOW HER.
SHE WOULD STAND ON AN ISLAND
SOMETIMES OVER THE PAST COUPLE
OF YEARS, DISAGREEING WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
THERE WERE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS
WHO WERE WORRIED AND SCARED TO
FOLLOW HER, AND SHE COMES FROM
WYOMING.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
CONSERVATIVE STATES IN THE
COUNTRY, BUT SHE HELD TRUE TO
HER TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN
BELIEFS THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE
PROCESS.
I THINK IT’S NOT JUST HOUSE
MEMBERS THAT I’M GOING TO BE
WATCHING, BUT WHAT MEMBERS IN
THE SENATE DO AS WELL.
>> RIGHT.
>> SENATE REPUBLICANS, AND IF
THEY LOOK TO LIZ CHENEY AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS COME OUT
AND SUPPORT IMPEACHMENT AS WELL.
NICOLE?
>> LEIGH ANN, IS THERE ANYTHING
DESTABILIZING THIS CALCULATION
IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DON’T KNOW
YET, IN TERMS OF WHERE THE
INVESTIGATION IS HEADING?
>> THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK THAT THERE IS SO MANY
QUESTIONS THAT ARE UNANSWERED.
THERE IS SO MUCH CONFUSION ON
CAPITOL HILL RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS PEOPLE STILL DEALING
WITH THEIR EMOTIONS AND TRYING
TO PROCESS WHAT HAPPENED.
>> YEAH.
>> AND WHAT EVERYONE IS DEALING
WITH PERSONALLY.
AND THEN IT’S THE BLAME GAME AS
FAR AS LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
CONCERNED.
EVERYONE IS POINTING FINGERS AT
EACH OTHER.
THERE IS ONE GOOD THING IS THAT
THERE WAS THIS VERY DIRE
BRIEFING THAT CAPITOL POLICE ARE
GIVING TO LAWMAKERS LAST NIGHT
AND TO TODAY.
WHILE MEMBERS ARE REALLY
FRUSTRATED AT WHAT TOOK PLACE
AND THEY’RE FRUSTRATED WITH THE
BRIEFING THAT THEY ARE GETTING
BECAUSE OF THE THREATS THAT ARE
PRESENTED BEFORE THEM, THEY’RE
AT LEAST HAPPY THAT FINALLY THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICE ARE
TALKING TO HIM AND FILLING THEM
IN ON WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
>> HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE,
LEIGH ANN?
WHAT TIME IS THIS VOTE TOMORROW,
AND HOW LONG WILL IT STAY OPEN?
HOW MUCH MORE INFORMATION COULD
THEY HAVE?
HOW MANY HOURS ARE THERE LEFT
BEFORE THEY HAVE TO MAKE A
DECISION ON THE IMPEACHMENT
VOTE?
>> THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO START THE
PROCESS AROUND 9:00 A.M.
TOMORROW.
IT HASN’T BEEN FORMALLY NOTICED
YET, BUT WE DO EXPECT TO VOTE
PERHAPS MID- TO LATE AFTERNOON.
NOTHING IS SETTLED JUST QUITE
YET.
BUT PERHAPS ANOTHER 24 HOURS,