PRESIDENT TRUMP: YOU WATCH SOME
OF THESE PEOPLE GET UP AND SPEAK
TODAY, THEY SAY YOU HAVE
VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION.
WELL WHAT HAS HE DONE WRONG?
WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY CRIME.
I'M THE FIRST PERSON TO EVER GET
IMPEACHED AND THERE'S NO CRIME.
LIKE I FEEL GUILTY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CALL IT?
IMPEACHMENT LIGHT.
STEVE: HE WAS ACTUALLY THE
THIRD PRESIDENT IMPEACHED BY THE
HOUSE LET'S TALK TO TEXAS
SENATOR TED CRUZ A MEMBER OF THE
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, HE'S
BEEN WATCHING IT ALL, HE'S ON
CAPITOL HILL.
SENATOR, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
AINSLEY: GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, GOOD TO BE
WITH YOU.
STEVE: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
NANCY PELOSI YESTERDAY LATE IN
THE DAY AFTER THE VOTE FLOATING
THE IDEA SHE MIGHT ACTUALLY NOT
SEND THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
OVER TO THE SENATE BECAUSE THE
SENATE MIGHT NOT BE FAIR BECAUSE
THEY ARE A BUNCH OF MEAN
REPUBLICANS RUNNING IT?
>> I THINK THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN
A TOTAL PANIC.
YESTERDAY WAS A VERY VERY BAD
DAY FOR DEMOCRATS AND IT WAS A
BAD DAY FOR THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND FOR THE
COUNTRY, WHEN IT COMES TO
POLITICAL, HER THREAT IS REALLY
QUITE REMARKABLE.
HER THREAT TO THE SENATE IS DO
EXACTLY WHAT I WANT, OR I'M NOT
GOING TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT.
I'M NOT GOING TO SEND OVER THE
IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES.
MY ATTITUDE IS OKAY, THROW US IN
THAT BRIAR PATCH.
DON'T SEND THEM THAT'S ALL RIGHT
WE ACTUALLY HAVE WORK TO DO.
SOME OF US ARE SHOWING UP
FIGHTING FOR MORE JOBS, FOR
HIGHER WAGES, FOR THE WORKING
MEN AND WOMEN WHO ELECTED US,
AND IT'S ACTUALLY IF NANCY WANTS
TO DELAY DELIVERING THE ARTICLES
I HAVE A DATE, A DELIVERY DATE.
HOW ABOUT NOVEMBER 2, 2020?
THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THEN
THAT ACTUALLY SHOULD RESOLVE
THIS QUESTION.
ANSWER SENATOR THE PRESIDENT IS
TWEETING THAT I GOT IMPEACHED
LAST NIGHT, WITH THE DO NOTHING
DEMS ON THEIR CONTINUATION OF
THE GREATEST WITCH HUNT IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
HE SAYS NOW, THE DO-NOTHING
PARTY WANTS TO DO NOTHING THE
ARTICLES AND NOT DELIVER THEM TO
THE SENATE, BUT IT'S THE SENATE
'S CALL.
>> WELL LISTEN THE DEMOCRATS
ARE IN A PANIC BECAUSE IN THE
LAST MONTH THEIR CASE COLLAPSED.
REWIND BACK TO A MONTH AGO.
A MONTH AGO EVERY DEMOCRAT WAS
SAYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
BRIBERY REMEMBER THAT WAS THEIR
TALKING POINT?
THE REASON WAS THE DEMOCRATIC
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, THEY POLLED
THAT AND THEIR FOCUS GROUPS TOLD
THEM THAT BRIBERY IS BAD.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T LIKE
BRIBERY SO IN ONE DAY EVERY
DEMOCRAT BEGAN SAYING BRIBERY
AND HERE IS THE PROBLEM.
THE FACTS THE ACTUAL EVIDENCE
DOESN'T SUPPORT BRIBERY AS THEY
HEARD THE EVIDENCE AND THEY'VE
NOW BACKED AWAY FROM BRIBERY
FROM THE QUID PRO QUO THAT WAS
THEIR FAVORITE PHRASE.
AINSLEY: AND THEN THERE WAS
EXTORTION.
>> AND THEY'VE NOW TAKEN THE
POSITION THEY CAN IMPEACH THE
PRESIDENT WITHOUT ALLEGING HE
VIOLATED ANY CRIMINAL LAW
WHATSOEVER, WITHOUT ALLEGING HE
VIOLATED ANY FEDERAL LAW, NOT
EVEN A SPEEDING TICKET, THAT IS
A REMARKABLE POSITION, IT'S AN
EXTREME POSITION, YOU PLAYED
A CLIP FROM THE PRESIDENT A
MOMENT AGO WHERE HE SAID HE'S
THE FIRST PRESIDENT IMPEACHED
WITHOUT ALLEGING A CRIME.
HE'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE
HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY.
THE PRIOR IMPEACHMENTS EVERY ONE
OF THEM THE ARTICLES ALLEGED A
FEDERAL CRIME.
THIS ONE DOESN'T.
IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY WEAK AND IT
DOESN'T MEET THE CONSTITUTIONAL
STANDARD FOR HIGH CRIMES AND
MISDEMEANORS AND THAT'S WHY
PELOSI KNOWS WHEN IT GOES TO THE
SENATE THERE'S GOING TO BE A
FAIR TRIAL IN THE SENATE BUT
THIS IS NOT GOING TO SUCCEED
BECAUSE THE HOUSE HASN'T PROVEN
ITS CASE.
PETE: IT'S THE FIRST FULLY
PARTISAN IMPEACHMENT AS WELL AND
THEY SAID MONTHS AGO, WE WOULD
NEVER DO IT UNLESS IT'S
BIPARTISAN BUT SENATOR LET'S
JUST SAY IN AN IMAGINARY WORLD
THAT NANCY PELOSI ACTUALLY MOVES
THE BILLS OVER TO THE SENATE.
WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON HOW IT
SHOULD PLAY OUT IN THE SENATE?
>> WELL I THINK WE'RE LIKELY TO
SEE A TRIAL THAT WILL START IN
JANUARY.
IF I WERE TO GUESS A DATE I'D
GUESS JANUARY 6 WHICH IS THE
FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY AND THE
VERY FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED
IS ALL 100 SENATORS ARE SWORN IN
TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE WILL
ADMINISTER THE OTHER AND WE SIT
AS JURORS.
THEN WHAT HAPPENS, THE HOUSE
MANAGERS WILL PRESENT THEIR CASE
, AND THAT WILL LAST LIKELY
SEVERAL DAYS, THEY WILL PRESENT
WHATEVER EVIDENCE THEY HAVE AND
WHATEVER ARGUMENTS THEY HAVE AND
WE'RE GOING TO DO SUBSTANTIALLY
BETTER THAN THE HOUSE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A FAIR FORUM
AND THAT MEANS BOTH SIDES CAN
PRESENT THEIR CASE, WE'LL
RESPECT DUE PROCESS AND LISTEN
TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY SO THE
MANAGERS WILL PRESENT THEIR CASE
BUT THEN UNLIKE THE HOUSE THE
PRESIDENT GETS TO PRESENT HIS
CASE, HIS TEAM GETS TO DEFEND
HIM, WE'LL LISTEN TO THOSE
OPENING ARGUMENTS, LISTEN TO THE
PRESIDENT'S TEAM LAYOUT EVIDENCE
, AND THE NEXT STAGE
WILL BE SENATORS ASKING
QUESTIONS.
NOW THIS IS NOT GOING TO FEATURE
SAY ELIZABETH WARREN AND ME
GOING 15 ROUNDS ASKING QUESTIONS
, BECAUSE THE SENATE
RULES DON'T LET SENATORS SPEAK
IN OPEN SESSION.
WHICH MEANS WE'RE ALL SITTING AT
OUR DESK BUT NOT ALLOWED TO
SPEAK WHILE THE CAMERAS ARE ON
OUR QUESTIONS HAVE TO BE WRITTEN
SO WE WRITE OUR QUESTIONS SUBMIT
THEM TO THE CHAIR AND THE CHIEF
JUSTICE WILL ASK THE QUESTIONS.
PETE: WOW.
>> AT THAT POINT, I THINK
THERE'S GOING TO BE A DEBATE
ABOUT WHETHER TO SHIFT TO A
SECOND STAGE OF THE TRIAL, OF
BRINGING IN WITNESSES.
I IMAGINE THE WHITE HOUSE IS
GOING TO HAVE TO ASSESS AS A
LEGAL MATTER DO THEY WANT
WITNESSES, AND MY VIEW IS THAT
IF THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO CALL
WITNESSES, IF THE PRESIDENT WANT
S TO CALL WITNESSES LIKE
HUNTER BIDEN OR LIKE THE
WHISTLEBLOWER, THE PRESIDENT IS
ENTITLED TO DO SO AND THE SENATE
SHOULD ALLOW HIM TO DO SO BUT
THAT'S THE QUESTION FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE LEGAL TEAM TO MAKE.
STEVE: AND OF COURSE IT ALL
DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT NANCY
PELOSI SENDS THE ARTICLE AND