today is an important day because today
is the day to transmit the articles of
impeachment to the Senate and with those
words for just the third time in US
history the House speaker began the next
phase of the impeachment process the
trial in the Senate that could just
could lead to the removal of President
Donald J Trump this is as serious as it
gets for any of us
only the vote to declare war would be
something more serious than this come to
order
minutes later the House voted on strict
party lines to send the articles of
impeachment to the Senate it was on
December the 18th that Donald Trump was
impeached accused of abusing the power
of his office by trying to pressure
President zalenski of Ukraine to
interfere in the upcoming election by
investigating his political rival Joe
Biden and then obstructing Congress by
blocking access to key documents and
witnesses requested by the Democrats as
part of their investigation access that
the White House and the Republicans
running the trial in the Senate have
still denied the American people know
that in a trial you permit witnesses you
present the evidence if the Senate
doesn't permit the introduction of all
relevant witnesses and of all documents
that the house wants to introduce then
the Senate is engaging in an
unconstitutional and disgusting cover-up
overnight evidence emerged that the
Democrats believe will pile more
pressure on the president in one
scribbled note an associate of Donald
Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani
makes clear the ultimate aim get
zalenski to announce that the Biden case
will be investigated while other text
messages suggested that the then
ambassador to Ukraine Murray Ivanovich
under surveillance by individuals linked
to mr. Giuliani remember she's the one
who president Trump was accused of
trying to intimidate by tweeting about
her in real time as she gave evidence to
the inquiry it's very intimidating time
designed
intimidate is it not I mean I can't
speak to what the president is trying to
do but I think the effect is to be
intimidating they have a hoax going on
over there let's take care of it as the
drama unfolded the president tried to
seize the spotlight dragging out a press
conference for the signing of a trade
deal with China by painstakingly
introducing almost every person in the
room and by the way some of the
congressman may have a vote and I know
it's on the impeachment hoax so if you
want you go out and vote I'd rather have
frankly it's not gonna matter cuz it's
go very well but I'd rather have you
voting than sitting here listening to me
introduce you okay with the vote now
pass the formal ceremony can begin one
that was last witnessed more than 20
years ago have the impeachment of
President Clinton when the articles
printed on parchment are physically
walked across the Capitol and presented
to the Senate no matter what unfolds
next the House Speaker took a moment to
remind everyone of this he will be held
accountable he has been held accountable
he has been impeached he has been
impeached forever
they can never erase that she's right
but this truth also remains that no
president has ever been removed from
office for being impeached and given the
near cult-like Republican support for
Donald Trump it's even less likely that
he will be either