>>> SHOULD A SITTING PRESIDENT BE ABOVE THE LAW?
ELIZABETH WARREN DOESN’T THINK
SO.
SO. AND ALONG WITH BEING ONE OF THE
FIRST PROMINENT DEMOCRATS TO
CALL FOR DONALD TRUMP’S
IMPEACHMENT, TODAY SHE ANNOUNCED
CHANGING THE LAWS SO THAT
CONGRESS ISN’T THE ONLY BODY
THAT CAN HOLD A PRESIDENT
ACCOUNTABLE FOR MISCONDUCT.
WARREN TODAY LAYING OUT THE
STEPS OF HER PLAN IN A POST
SAYING SHE’D PASS A LAW
CLARIFYING CONGRESS’S INTENT
THAT THE DOJ CAN INDICT A
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. AMEND THE OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
STATUES, APPOINT AN ATTORNEY
GENERAL THAT WILL PROTECT THE
RULE OF LAW.
AND DO A FULL REVERSAL ON THE
OLC OPINION THAT THE PRESIDENT
CANNOT BE INDICTED.
THE FINAL PARAGRAPH SHE WRITES,
NO MATTER WHAT HE MAY THINK,
DONALD TRUMP IS NOT A KING.
DON’T TELL HIM.
NO PRESIDENT IS.
AND OUR DEMOCRACY ONLY WORKS IF
EVERYONE CAN BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABLE. THESE CHANGES WILL MAKE SURE
THAT’S THE CASE FOR GENERATIONS
TO COME.
TO COME. DONNA, I’M COMING STRAIGHT TO
YOU, BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU ASK
MOST AMERICANS, THEY THINK THIS
IS SO CENTRAL TO WHO WE ARE, AND
I THINK PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WOW,
HOW DID WE FALL SO FAR?
>> I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON’T
EVEN KNOW THAT YOU CAN’T INDICT
A SITTING PRESIDENT.
YOU KNOW, ELIZABETH WARREN HAS
ACTUALLY BEEN OUTFRONT, YOU
KNOW, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
FIRST ON IMPEACHMENT AFTER SHE
READ THE MUELLER REPORT.
AND NOW SHE’S LIKE LEADING THE
PACK.
PACK. AND I THINK THE REASON FOR THAT
IS BECAUSE SHE HEARS FROM PEOPLE
AND SHE’S SPEAKING COMMON SENSE.
MOST PEOPLE KNOW WHILE A
PRESIDENT CAN BE IMPEACHED AND
THEY’VE HEARD THAT PHRASE HIGH
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS BUT THEY
DON’T THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT
JUST CAN’T DO KNOW WRONG, THEY
KNOW THEY CAN’T DO NO WRONG.
>> I THINK ELIZABETH WARREN’S
JUDGMENT ISN’T CLOUDY.
I THINK NANCY PELOSI IS WRAPPED
AROUND SIX AXLES.
SHE LEAVES THE PODIUM AND WE
LOOK AT EACH OTHER, WHAT DID SHE
SAY?
SAY? IT’S ALMOST INDECIPHERABLE WHAT
THE DEMOCRATS’ SPEAKING ON.
ELIZABETH WARREN IS SPEAKING
WITH AUTHORITY, SHE SEES THE
HIGH GROUNDS.
HIGH GROUNDS. AND EVERY TIME SHE SEES AN
EGREGIOUS EXAMPLE OF DONALD
TRUMP’S CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT, SHE
OOPS ON IT.
>> AND SHE SAYS IT IN PLAIN
LANGUAGE.
LANGUAGE. THIS IS A LESSON FOR ALL
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. WE HAVE TO SPEAK MORE PLAINLY.
THAT’S WHY ROBERT MUELLER’S
STATEMENT WAS POWERFUL BECAUSE
IT WAS SIMPLE.
IT WAS EIGHT MINUTES OF TRUTH.
AND ELIZABETH WARREN SPEAKS TO
THAT.
THAT. >> YOU’RE RIGHT.
ON ALMOST ALL THESE ISSUES WE
ARE INCREDIBLY POLARIZED,
TRIBAL.
TRIBAL. THERE’S A FUNDAMENTAL CONSENSUS
IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT NO
PERSON IS ABOVE THE LAW.
THIS GUIDELINE THAT THE
PRESIDENT CANNOT BE INDICTED IS
A GUIDELINE.
A GUIDELINE. IT’S NOT BASED ON CONSTITUTIONAL
LAW, AND IT’S THIN.
THIS IS ONE AREA THERE OUGHT TO
BE A BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS POST
TRUMP.
TRUMP. IT’S RIDICULOUS TO SAY A
PRESIDENT CAN’T BE DIETINDICTED.
I DID A PODCAST, IF THE
PRESIDENT GOES IN PRIVATE
QUARTERS AND MURDERS HIS WIFE,
DOES ANYONE THINK HE WOULD SERVE
OUT HIS TERM AND NOT BE
INDICTED?
INDICTED? THERE COULD BE COMMON SENSE
TERMS TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT.
BUT IT’S A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE
IN LIFE THAT NOBODY IS ABOVE THE
LAW, PARTICULARLY THE PRESIDENT.
>> AND ELIZABETH WARREN’S POST,
AND AMASH’S TWEET, EVEN IF YOU
DIDN’T READ THE TWEET, HE WENT
OUT AND SMOKE WITH ELIZABETH
WARREN’S CLARITY, WHETHER HE WAS
INSPIRED BY HER, I DO NOT KNOW.
THE SAD THING IS THESE ARE
EXAMPLES SO FEW WE CAN FOCUS ON
THEM A WEEK LATER.
>> YES.
>> YES. BUT ALSO THEY HAVE THE LUXURY --
PARTICULARLY ELIZABETH WARREN --
SHE’S NOT TRYING TO WRANGLE A
COMPLICATED --
COMPLICATED -- >> SHE’S NOT TRYING TO PLAY
POLITICS.
POLITICS. >> TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
WRANGLE HER CAUCUS, WHICH IS
WHAT NANCY PELOSI IS DOING,
WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE HER
STRUGGLING WITH THAT.
SHE’S ABLE TO BE CLEAR.
BUT SHE’S BEEN CLEARER THAN SOME
OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES WHO ARE
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
BUT I THINK YOUR POINT IS THE
POINT.
POINT. THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN COUNTRY WHO WOKE UP AND WERE
LIKE, OH, I THOUGHT NO ONE WAS
ABOVE THE LAW.
OH, OH, OKAY.
SO SHE’S TAPPING INTO THAT AND
SHE’S ALSO TAPPING INTO THE
BASE.
BASE. IT’S A WAY TO KIND OF PLEASE THE
BASE WITHOUT MAKING IT ENTIRELY
ABOUT TRUMP.
ABOUT TRUMP. IT’S BROADER THAN THAT.
IT’S ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.
>> IT’S NOT AN EXTREMIST
POSITION.
POSITION. >> NOT AT ALL.
WHEN YOU HAVE A CONGRESS THAT
CAN’T DO ANYTHING, WHICH MAY BE
THE PROBLEM TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
IT BECOMES MORE APPEALING TO
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. >> CHARLIE YOU AND I ARE OLD
ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN
REPUBLICANS USED TO BE ATTRACTED
SPIRITUALLY, PSYCHICALLY, AND
MORALLY TO THE IDEA A PRESIDENT
CAN’T BE HELD ABOVE THE LAW.
>> I WAS THINKING HOW EVERYONE
REVERSED POSITIONS FROM THE
1990s.
1990s. TAKE WHAT EVERYONE BELIEVED AND
REVERSE IT.
REVERSE IT. THIS THERE OUGHT TO BE THIS
MOMENT WE STEP BACK, THINGS HAVE
GOTTEN OUT OF BALANCE.
THE PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT BE ABLE
TO UNILATERAL RAISE TAXES TENS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THE PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT BE
IMMUNE FROM THE LAW.
IF WE COMMITTED THE SAME ACTS
THE PRESIDENT COMMITTED, WE
WOULD BE GOING TO JAIL.
HE IS NOT A KING, A ROYAL.
WE DON’T HAVE A ROYAL SYSTEM.
JUSTIN AMASH HAS DONE A COUPLE
THINGS, HE HAS IN SOME WAYS
SHAMED THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE
HE’S BEEN CLEARER AND MORE
COHERENT MAKING THE CASE.
AND HE’S SENT A MESSAGE TO HIS
FELLOW REPUBLICANS, YOU CAN