IT ALL CAPS ANOTHER DAY OF
HIGH-STAKES ACTION ON CAPITOL
HILL.
IN THEIR FINAL DAY OF ARGUMENTS,
HOUSE DEMOCRATS WARNING SENATORS
THAT FAILING TO CONVICT FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL HAVE DIRE
AND LASTING CONSEQUENCES.
>> IF YOU DON’T FIND THIS A HIGH
CRIME AND MISDEMEANOR TODAY, YOU
HAVE SET A NEW, TERRIBLE
STANDARD FOR PRESIDENTIAL
MISCONDUCT IN THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
>> Reporter: ON THURSDAY, NEWLY
RELEASED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOWED
THAT MILITIA GROUP, THE OATH
KEEPERS, WAS PLOTTING VIOLENT
ACTION TO STOP JOE BIDEN’S
INAUGURATION, INCLUDING BRINGING
HEAVY WEAPONS ACROSS THE POTOMAC
RIVER INTO WASHINGTON.
ONE MEMBER OF THE GROUP SAYING
IN A TEXT MESSAGE, IF TRUMP ASKS
ME TO COME, I WILL.
DRIVING HOME THE ARGUMENT BY
HOUSE DEMOCRATS THAT MR. TRUMP
SET THE STAGE FOR THE
INSURRECTION BY CITING THE RIOT
RIOTER
RIOTERS’ OWN WORDS ON CAMERA.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP REQUESTED
THAT WE BE IN D.C. ON THE 6th.
SO THIS WAS OUR WAY OF GOING AND
STOPPING THE STEAL.
>> DUDE, DUDE, LET’S TELL TRUMP
WHAT’S UP.
>> WOULD BE VERY UPSET.
>> JUST SAY WE LOVE HIM.
WE LOVE YOU, BRO.
HE’LL BE HAPPY.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WE’RE FIGHTING FOR TRUMP.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS ALSO
TRIED TO DEBUNK AN ARGUMENT FROM
THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S DEFENSE
TEAM, THAT MR. TRUMP WAS
SPEAKING FIGURATIVELY WHEN HE
SAID THIS MINUTES BEFORE THE
INSURRECTION BEGAN.
>> IF YOU DON’T FIGHT LIKE HELL,
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
COUNTRY ANYMORE.
>> THAT WASN’T METAPHORICAL.
IT WASN’T RHETORICAL.
HE’D ALREADY MADE IT PERFECTLY
CLEAR THAT WHEN HE SAID FIGHT,
HE MEANT IT.
>> Reporter: POINTING TO THE
FORMER PRESIDENT’S INFLAMMATORY
RHETORIC FROM CAMPAIGN
RALLIES --
>> KNOCK THE CRAP OUT OF THEM,
WOULD YOU?
KNOCK THE HELL -- I PROMISE YOU,
I WILL PAY FOR THE LEGAL FEES.
>> Reporter: -- TO HIS COMMENTS
AFTER THE 2017 WHITE SUPREMACIST
RALLY IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.
>> YOU HAD VERY BAD PEOPLE IN
THAT GROUP, BUT YOU ALSO HAD
PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY FINE
PEOPLE, ON BOTH SIDES.
>> Reporter: IMPEACHMENT
MANAGERS ALSO ARGUED THE FORMER
PRESIDENT HAS NOT EXPRESSED ANY
REMORSE
REMORSE, PLAYING THESE COMMENTS
FROM SIX DAYS AFTER THE
INSURRECTION.
>> MY SPEECH AND MY WORDS AND MY
FINAL PARAGRAPH, MY FINAL
SENTENCE, AND EVERYBODY TO THE
TEE THOUGHT IT WAS TOTALLY
APPROPRIATE.
>> HE KNEW THAT PEOPLE DIED, AND
HIS MESSAGE TO ALL OF US WAS
THAT HIS CONDUCT WAS TOTALLY
APPROPRIATE.
>> Reporter: NBC NEWS CAPTURED
VIDEO OF MR. TRUMP GOLFING IN
FLORIDA DURING THE PROCEEDINGS,
AS HIS REPUBLICAN ALLIES BLASTED
THE ENTIRE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS.
>> IT IS TOTALLY
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND IT IS
INCREDIBLY SELFISH ON THE PART
OF THE DEMOCRATS, WHO ARE
PURSUING THEIR OWN PERSONAL
POLITICAL VENDETTAS HERE.
>> Reporter: ON THURSDAY,
PRESIDENT BIDEN WEIGHING IN ON
THE TRIAL FOR THE FIRST TIME,
WHEN PRESSED BY NBC NEWS ABOUT
THOSE NEWLY RELEASED VIDEOS OF
THE CAPITOL RIOT.
DID YOU SEE THE VIDEO YESTERDAY
DURING THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL,
AND WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION, MR.
PRESIDENT?
>> I, LIKE OTHER AMERICANS,
WATCHED THE NEWS.
I THINK THE SENATE HAS A VERY
IMPORTANT JOB TO COMPLETE, AND I
THINK MY GUESS IS, SOME MINDS
MAY HAVE BEEN CHANGED.
BUT I DON’T KNOW.
>> Reporter: NOW, PRESIDENT
BIDEN STILL WOULD NOT SAY
WHETHER HIS PREDECESSOR SHOULD
BE CONVICTED AFTER I PRESSED HIM
THERE IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
HIS PRESS SECRETARY SAID
MR. BIDEN FOUND THE VIDEOS
HARROWING AND DEEPLY DISTURBING.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WE DID CAPTURE THAT VIDEO OF HIM
ON HIS GOLF COURSE YESTERDAY,
REALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT WE
HAVE SEEN HIM THIS WEEK, AS
THESE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
HAVE GOTTEN UNDER WAY.
AS FOR HIS ATTORNEYS, THEY WILL
HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE THEIR
CASE, BUT THEY’RE NOT EXPECTED
TO TAKE UP ALL 16 HOURS THAT ARE
ALLOTTED TO THEM, WHICH MEANS