FOR IMPEACHMENT AND HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS BUT DIDN’T ALL
AGREE IT WAS ENOUGH FOR
IMPEACHMENT.
IMPEACHMENT. >> FACTS BEFORE US ARE CLEAR.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT ONLY
SEEK TO BENEFIT FROM FOREIGN
INTERFERENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS.
>> SEEING WHY MOST PEOPLE DON’T
GO TO LAW SCHOOL NO OFFENSE TO
THE PROFESSORS.
THE PROFESSORS. THEY ARE BRINGING YOU IN MOST OF
YOU HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT OUT OF
CLASSROOMS YOU ARE GETTING
FINALS IN TO THE CHANCE YOU --
UNLESS YOU WERE WATCHING TV IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU
COULDN’T HAVE POSSIBLY DIGESTED
THE ADAM SCHIFF REPORT OR
RESPONSE IN ANY WAY.
WE CAN BE THEORETICAL ALL WE
WANT BUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WILL LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, HUH?
>> THE BASIS OF THE TESTIMONY
AND EVIDENCE BEFORE THE HOUSE,
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS COMMITTED
IMPEACHABLE HIGH CRIMES AND
MISDEMEANORS BY CORRUPTLY
ABUSING THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. >> I’M CONCERNED ABOUT LOWERING
IMPEACHMENT STANDARDS AND OH
PAUCITY OF EVIDENCE AND ANGER.
I BELIEVE IT SATISFIES STANDARDS
OF IMPEACHMENT BUT CREATE A
DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE
IMPEACHMENTS.
IMPEACHMENTS. >> MR. COLLINS, I WOULD LIKE TO
SAY TO YOU I READ TRANSCRIPTS OF
EVERY WITNESS WHO APPEARED IN
THE LIVE HEARINGS BECAUSE I
WOULD NOT SPEAK ABOUT THESE
THINGS WITHOUT REVIEWING THE
FACTS.
FACTS. I’M INSULTED BY THE SUGGESTION
AS A LAW PROFESSOR I DON’T CARE
ABOUT THOSE FACTS.
EVERYTHING I READ ON THOSE
OCCASIONS TELLS ME WHEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP INVITED, INDEED
DEMANDED FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT AT
OUR UPCOMING ELECTION HE STRUCK
AT THE VERY HEART AT WHICH MAKES
THIS A PUBLIC WE PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE. THAT DEMAND AS PROFESSOR FELDMAN
JUST EXPLAINED, CONSTITUTED AN
ABUSE OF POWER.
>> IN THIS COUNTRY NO ONE IS
KING.
KING. WE APPLIED THE PRINCIPLE SINCE
THE FOUNDING OF THE CONSTITUTION
AND RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD
IS A FIXED INSPIRING AMERICAN
IDEAL.
IDEAL. >> THIS IMPEACHMENT WOULD RIVAL
THE JOHNSON IMPEACHMENT AS THE
SHORTEST IN HISTORY DEPENDING
HOW ONE COUNTS THE RELEVANT
DAYS.
DAYS. MY KIDS ARE MAD, EVEN MY DOG
SEEMS MAD, AND LUNA’S A GOLDEN
DOODLE AND THEY DON’T GET MAD.
WILL A SLIPSHOD IMPEACHMENT MAKE
US LESS MAD?
WILL IT ONLY INVITE AN
INVITATION TO FOLLOW EVERY
FUTURE ADMINISTRATION AS A
MANDATE?
MANDATE? THAT IS WHY THIS IS WRONG.
>> THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN THE
TEXT, CORRECT?
TEXT, CORRECT? >> YES, THAT’S TRUE.
>> WHAT ARE THEY?
>> TREES SON ANDASON AND BRIBERY
>> DO PRESIDENTS ATTEMPTS AT
UKRAINE ESTABLISH THE HIGH
CRIMES OF BRIBERY?
>> YES, THEY DO.
>> THE MUELLER REPORT CITE AS
NUMBER OF FACTS THAT THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE, IMPEACHABLE
OFFENSE.
OFFENSE. >> A PRESIDENT WHO WILL NOT
COOPERATE IN AN IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY IS PUTTING HIMSELF ABOVE
THE LAW.
THE LAW. >> IMAGINE A BANK ROBBERY, THE
POLICE COME AND THE PERSON IS IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE BANK ROBBERY
AND THE PERSON THEN DROPS THE
MONEY AND SAYS, I WILL LEAVE
WITHOUT THE MONEY.
EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT’S
BURGLARY.
BURGLARY. FORGET I WILL GET IT RIGHT.
IN THIS SITUATION, WE HAVE
SOMEBODY CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
IT.
IT. THAT DOESN’T EXCUSE THE PERSON
FROM THE CONSEQUENCE.
IMPEACHMENTS HAVE TO BE BASED ON
TRUTH, NOT PRESUMPTION.
THAT’S THE PROBLEM, WHEN YOU
MOVE TOWARDS IMPEACHMENT ON THIS
ABBREVIATED SCHEDULE THAT HAS
NOT BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME WHY YOU
WANT TO SET THE RECORD FOR THE
FASTEST IMPEACHMENT.
FASTEST IMPEACHMENT. >> DID YOU WRITE AN ARTICLE,"
IT’S HARD TO TAKE IMPEACHMENT
SERIOUSLY NOW?"
SERIOUSLY NOW?" >> YES, I WROTE THAT ARTICLE.
>> AND SINCE THE 2018 MIDTERM
ELECTION HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE
MADE IT PAINFULLY CLEAR
DISCUSSING IMPEACHMENT IS
PRIMARILY OR EVEN EXCLUSIVELY A
TOOL TO WEAKEN PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
CHANCES IN 2020.
DID YOU WRITE THOSE WORDS?
>> UNTIL THIS CALL ON JULY 25th,
I WAS AN IMPEACHMENT SKEPTIC.