THAT CHOPPINESS YOU DESCRIBED. >> DON’T GO ANYWHERE.
WE ARE JOINED BY DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS.
SFLOR HARRIS, TAKE US INSIDE
WHAT THIS VOTE TO APPROVE OF
INTRODUCING DWOUMTS, WHICH SEEMS
ALL THE LAWYERS HERE AROUND ME
SAY THIS IS PRETTY CUT AND
TRIAL.
TRIAL. ANYTHING CALLED A TRIAL IS USUAL
USUALLY CONTAINING EVIDENCE.
>> I KNOW, IT’S EXTRAORDINARILY.
THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS, THAT WE
ALL AGREE IT IS JUST FUND AMTLY
FAIR THAT ANY TRIAL BE A PROCESS
BY WHICH WE RECEIVE EVIDENCE.
AND THAT INCLUDES WITNESS
TESTIMONY.
TESTIMONY. THAT INCLUDES DOCUMENTS.
AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND FOR
HOURS NOW, THERE HAS BEEN
BASICALLY A BATTLE ABOUT WHETHER
THAT SHOULD HAPPEN.
AND TO YOUR POINT, IT IS
EXTRAORDINARY THAT WE WOULD
BE -- WE WOULD BE DEBATING
WHETHER A TRIAL SHOULD INVOLVE
THE RECEIPT OF EVIDENCE.
IF THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ANY
LEGITIMACY.
LEGITIMACY. IT WILL BE A PROCESS BY WHICH WE
UNCOVER, WE DISCOVER, WE
DISCUSS, WE DEBATE WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. AND THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED IS TO RECEIVE THE
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE. AND THEN WE CAN DETERMINE THE --
WHETHER IT IS RELEVANT, THEN WE
CAN DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS
CREDIBLE.
CREDIBLE. THERE SHOULD NOT BE AN EFFORT TO
OBSTRUCT THE SENATE’S ABILITY TO
ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE WITNESSING
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> SENATOR McCASKILL IS HERE.
I’LL LET HER JUMP IN IN A
SECOND.
SECOND. SHE MADE A SHARP AND IMMEDIATE
OBSERVATION TO WATCHING THE
WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL MAKE
STATEMENTS THAT WERE
DEMONSTRABLY FALSE.
DEMONSTRABLY FALSE. HE TALKED ABOUT REPUBLICANS NOT
BEING ALLOWED INSIDE THE SKIFFS.
WE HAVE VIDEO OF REPUBLICANS
WALKING IN AND OUT OF THOSE
SKIFFS.
SKIFFS. CONGRESSMAN SCHIFF CAME OUT AND
SAID HE WAS EITHER UNINFORMED OR
ELSE.
ELSE. WHAT IS IT LIKE IN THERE TO HEAR
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S LAWYERS WHO
ARE NOT ARGUING THE FACTS.
FACTINGS AREN’T IN DISPUTE,
THEY’RE TRYING TO INTRODUCE
THESE TRUMPIAN LIES.
>> MISLEADING --
>> I HAVE A THEORY, I ACTUALLY
HAVE A THEORY, YOU KNOW WHAT I
THINK IS HAPPENING, PART OF IT,
ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN NOT
ACCUSE THEM OF IS NOT BEING
STRATEGIC.
STRATEGIC. I THINK WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE IS
THAT WE’RE ON A CLOCK.
WE’RE ON A CLOCK, RIGHT?
EVEN DURING THIS PHASE OF THE
TRIAL.
TRIAL. EVERYONE IS ON A CLOCK IN TERMS
OF HOW MANY MINUTES THEY HAVE TO
MAKE THEIR ARGUMENTS.
LET’S THROW OUT THESE MISLEADING
STATEMENTS, THESE LIES.
AND REQUIRE THE OTHER SIDE TO
CORRECT THE RECORD ABOUT GIVING
TO THE ARGUMENTS AND THE
RESOLUTIONS.
RESOLUTIONS. THAT’S WHAT’S GOING ON.
SO THAT ADAM SCHIFF, SO ZOE
LOFGREN WOULD HAVE TO SPEND TIME
EXPLAINING FACTS.
EXPLAINING FACTS. THE REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE
SIDE HAD THE ABILITY TO
PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS.
>> YOU PRESSED ATTORNEY GENERAL
BAR ABOUT THIS QUESTION OF
ELECTION MEDDLING.
ELECTION MEDDLING. ABOUT FOREIGN INTERVENTION.
THIS IMPEACHMENT IS ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP’S ATTEMPT TO CHEAT IN THE
NEXT ELECTION.
NEXT ELECTION. THE 2020 ELECTION.
IS IT.
IS IT. >> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> IS IT TROUBLING TO YOU OR
PERPLEXING TO YOU THAT THERE’S
NOT A SINGLE WORD UTTERED?
IT’S ALMOST 5:00,ED PRESIDENT’S
ATTORNEYS HAVE SPOKEN MULTIPLE
TIMES.
TIMES. NOT A SINGLE DEFENSE OF HIS
CONDUCT WHICH IS NOT IN DISPUTE,
AND AMOUNTS TO AN EFFORT TO
CHEAT IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION?
ELECTION? >> WHAT THEY’RE DOING RIGHT NOW
IS ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THE UNITED
STATES SENATE AND THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE LOOK AWAY FROM THE
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE. LOOK AWAY FROM THE CHARGES.
AND THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO
DISTRACT US IN THE JOB IN FRONT
OF US.
OF US. WHICH IS TO DETERMINE THE
VERACITY OF THOSE TWO ARTICLES
OF IMPEACHMENT, WHICH ARE
CLEARLY TO YOUR POINT.
ONE OF THEM ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE
IN THE ELECTION IN 2020.