HOUSE
HOUSE MANAGER
.
. THE
. THE CLERK WILL READ IT AND FOLLOWING OUR PROCEDURE, THE
HOUSE MANAGERS WILL
GO
GO FIRST.
>>
>> THE
>> THE HOUSE PROSECUTORS HAVE STATED OVER AND
OVER
OVER AGAIN THAT
PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS PERPETRATING A BIG LIE
WHEN
WHEN HE
REPEATEDLY CLAIMED THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN
FROM
FROM HIM
AND
AND THAT
AND THAT HE ACTUALLY WON THE ELECTION BY A LANDSLIDE.
ARE THE
ARE THE
PROSECUTORS RIGHT WHEN
THEY
THEY CLAIMED THAT TRUMP WAS TELLING A
TELLING A
BIG
BIG LIE
BIG LIE OR IN YOUR
JUDGMENT,
JUDGMENT, DID TRUMP ACTUALLY WIN
WIN
THE
THE ELECTION?
>>
>> THE
>> THE HOUSE MANAGERS HAVE UP TO 2
TO 2
1/2
MINUTES.
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MRS.
MRS. PLASKETT: AS WE ALL
>>
>> AS
>> AS WE
ALL
ALL KNOW,
ALL KNOW, PRESIDENT
TRUMP
TRUMP DID
TRUMP DID LOSE
THE
THE ELECTION BY
7
MILLION
MILLION VOTES, 306
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ELECTORAL
VOTES.
VOTES. BY
VOTES. BY THE TIME OF THE JANUARY 6
ATTACK,
ATTACK, THE COURTS, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ALL 50
STATES
ACROSS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AGREES THAT THE VOTES
THE VOTES
WERE
WERE COUNTED, THE
PEOPLE
HAD
HAD SPOKEN AND IT
WAS
TIME
TIME FOR
TIME FOR THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER
OF
OF POWER.
OF POWER. AS
AS
OUR
CONSTITUTION AND THE
RULE
RULE OF
LAW
LAW DEMANDS.
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61
61 COURTS, 61 COURTS THE PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT
WENT
WENT TO.
THAT
THAT IS
FINE,
FINE, APPROPRIATE.
HE
HE LOST.
HE
HE LOST.
HE LOST. HE LOST
HE LOST
THE
THE ELECTION, HE LOST
THE
THE COURT
CASE.
AS
AS LEADER
AS LEADER McCONNELL RECOGNIZED THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTOR
CERTIFIED THE VOTES ON DECEMBER
14, HE
14, HE
SAID
SAID QUOTE MANY MILLIONS
OF
OF US
OF US HAD
OF US HAD HOPED THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WOULD
YIELD A
YIELD A
DIFFERENT
DIFFERENT RESULT, BUT
OUR
OUR SYSTEM
OF
OF GOVERNMENT HAS
PROCESSES
PROCESSES TO DETERMINE WHO WILL BE SWORN IN ON
JANUARY
JANUARY 20.
THE
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
HAS
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SPOKEN.
SPOKEN. PATRIOTISM.
PATRIOTISM. SOMETIMES THERE IS A REASON TO
DISPUTE AN ELECTION.
SOMETIMES
SOMETIMES THE -- IS CLOSED, SOMETIMES WE ASK FOR
A
A RECOUNT
SO
SO THE
SO THE COURTS, ALL OF THAT IS APPROPRIATE.
APPROPRIATE. I LOST MY
I LOST MY
FIRST
FIRST ELECTION AND
STAYED
STAYED IN
STAYED IN BED FOR THREE DAYS. WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WE
MOVE ON.
MOVE ON.
MOVE ON. THIS WAS
THIS WAS
NOT
NOT THAT.
WHEN
WHEN ALL
WHEN ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE
CONFIRMED
CONFIRMED THAT DONALD TRUMP HAD
LOST,
LOST, WHEN
THE
THE COURTS, HIS
DEPARTMENT
OF
OF JUSTICE, STATE
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OFFICIALS, CONGRESS, HIS VICE PRESIDENT WERE READY TO COMMIT
TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF
POWER, THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER
OF
POWER,
POWER, DONALD TRUMP WAS
NOT
READY.
READY. SO
READY. SO WE ARE
SO WE ARE
ALL
ALL HERE
ALL HERE BECAUSE HE
WAS
NOT
NOT READY.
DAY
DAY AFTER
DAY AFTER DAY, HE TOLD
HIS
SUPPORTERS FALSE OUTLANDISH CLAIMS OF WHY THIS ELECTION
WAS
RIGGED.
RIGGED. LET'S BE CLEAR.
PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD ABSOLUTELY NO SUPPORT OF
THESE
THESE CLAIMS.
THAT
THAT WASN'T THE POINT OF WHAT HE
HE
WAS
WAS DOING.
HE
HE DID
HE DID IT
TO
TO MAKE
TO MAKE HIS
SUPPORTERS FRUSTRATED, TO MAKE
THEM
THEM ANGRY. >> TIME
>> TIME
HAS
HAS EXPIRED.
COUNSEL
COUNSEL FOR THE
FORMER
PRESIDENT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR TWO AND HALF MINUTES.
>>
>>
THANK
THANK YOU
THANK YOU --
>>
>> OF
>> OF COURSE,
THE
THE CLERK
THE CLERK WILL
READ
READ THE
QUESTION
QUESTION AGAIN.
>>
>> THE
>> THE HOUSE PROSECUTORS HAVE STATED OVER AND
OVER
OVER AGAIN THAT
PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS PERPETRATING A
PERPETRATING A
BIG
BIG LIE
BIG LIE WHEN HE
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REPEATEDLY CLAIMED THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN
FROM
FROM HIM
AND
AND THAT
AND THAT HE ACTUALLY WON THE
ELECTION
ELECTION BY A LANDSLIDE. ARE THE
ARE THE
PROSECUTORS RIGHT WHEN
THEY
THEY CLAIM THAT TRUMP WAS TELLING A
TELLING A
BIG
LIE
LIE OR
LIE OR IN
LIE OR IN YOUR
JUDGMENT,
JUDGMENT, DID TRUMP ACTUALLY WIN
WIN
THE
THE ELECTION?
>>
>> THE
>> THE COUNSEL FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS 2
1/2
1/2 MINUTES.
>>
>> MY
JUDGMENT?
>>
>> WHO
>> WHO ASKED
THAT?
>>
>> MY
>> MY JUDGMENT IS IRRELEVANT AND
AND
THIS
THIS PROCEEDING.
WHAT
WHAT IS
WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IS THE ARTICLE OF
IMPEACHMENT --
>>
>> THE
>> THE SENATES WILL BE
IN
ORDER.
THE
THE SENATORS UNDER THE -- CANNOT CHALLENGE THE CONTENT OF
THE
THE RESPONSE. THE COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE.
>> MAY I HAD THE QUESTION RIGHT
AGAIN
AGAIN PLEASE?
>>
>> THE
>> THE HOUSE PROSECUTORS HAVE STATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS
PERPETRATING A BIG LIE WHEN HE
REPEATEDLY CLAIMED THAT THE
ELECTION WAS STOLEN
FROM
FROM HIM
AND
AND THAT
AND THAT HE ACTUALLY WON THE ELECTION BY
ELECTION BY
A
A LANDSLIDE.
ARE
ARE THE
ARE THE PROSECUTORS RIGHT WHEN THEY CLAIMED THAT TRUMP WAS
TELLING A
TELLING A
BIG
BIG LIE
BIG LIE OR IN YOUR
JUDGMENT,
JUDGMENT, DID TRUMP ACTUALLY WIN
WIN
THE
THE ELECTION?
>>
>> IN
>> IN MY
>> IN MY JUDGMENT, IT IS IRRELEVANT TO THE QUESTION
BEFORE
BEFORE
THIS
THIS BODY.
WHAT
WHAT IS
WHAT IS RELEVANT IN THIS
IMPEACHMENT ARTICLE IS WERE MR.
TRUMPS
TRUMPS WORDS INSIGHTFUL TO THE POINT OF VIOLENCE
AND
AND RIOT?
THAT
THAT IS
THAT IS THE CHARGE, THAT IS THE QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. THE ANSWER
THE ANSWER
IS
IS NO.
HE
HE DID
HE DID NOT
HAVE
HAVE SPEECH
THAT
THAT WAS
INSIGHTFUL TO VIOLENCE
OR
OR RIOT.
WHAT
WHAT IS
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
HERE
HERE IS
HERE IS THE HOUSE MANAGERS HAVE COMPLETELY FROM THE BEGINNING
OF THIS CASE UNTIL
RIGHT
RIGHT NOW
DONE
DONE EVERYTHING EXCEPT ANSWER
THAT
THAT QUESTION. THE QUESTION THEY BROUGHT
BEFORE
BEFORE YOU, THE QUESTION THEY WANT MY CLIENT TO BE
PUNISHED
BY.
BY. THAT
BY. THAT IS THE QUESTIONS THAT
SHOULD BE
SHOULD BE
GETTING
GETTING ASKED.
THE
ANSWER
ANSWER IS
ANSWER IS HE ADVOCATED
FOR
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PEACEFUL
PATRIOTIC
PATRIOTIC PROTESTS.
THOSE
THOSE WERE HIS WORDS. THE HOUSE MANAGERS HAVE SHOWED
ZERO,
ZERO,
ZERO
ZERO EVIDENCE THAT HIS
WORDS
WORDS DID
ANYTHING
ANYTHING ELSE.
REMEMBER,
REMEMBER, ALL OF THE
EVIDENCE
IS
IS THIS
WAS
PREMEDITATED.
THE
THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL
WAS
PREPLANNED. IT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH MR. TRUMP IN
ANY
ANY WAY,
ANY WAY, WHAT
HE
HE SAID
HE SAID ON THAT DAY
ON
ON JANUARY
6
6 AT
6 AT THAT&.
THAT
THAT IS
THAT IS THE ISSUE BEFORE
THE
SENATE.
SENATE. NOW ON THE ISSUE
OF
OF CONTESTING
ELECTIONS
ELECTIONS AND
THE
THE RESULTS,
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THE
DEMOCRATS
DEMOCRATS HAD A LONG LONG HISTORY OF JUST
DOING
DOING THAT.
I
I HOPE
I HOPE EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO SEE THE VIDEO
EARLIER
EARLIER TODAY
OVER
OVER AND
OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT HAS
BEEN
BEEN CONTESTED. WHEN MR. TRUMP WAS
ELECTED
PRESIDENT, WE