AND JONATHAN TURLEY, THE
DEMOCRAT APPEARED ON BEHALF OF
THE REPUBLICANS.
NOAH FELDMAN, FROM THE HARVARD
LAW SCHOOL, APPEARED BEFORE THE
HOUSE ON DECEMBER 4.
REMEMBER HIM?
WELL HE HAS WRITTEN, GERALDO, IN
BLOOMBERG TODAY, THAT BECAUSE
NANCY PELOSI HAS NOT PASSED THE
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO THE
SENATE, THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT
BEEN IMPEACHED.
HE WRITES, MR. FELDMAN, IF THE
HOUSE DOES NOT COMMUNICATE IT'S
IMPEACHMENT TO THE SENATE, IT
HASN'T ACTUALLY IMPEACHED THE
PRESIDENT.
IF THE ARTICLES ARE NOT TRANSMIT
TED, TRUMP COULD
LEGITIMATELY SAY THAT HE WASN'T
TRULY IMPEACHED AT ALL.
SO, UNTIL NANCY PELOSI HITS "
SEND" HE'S NOT IMPEACHED
ACCORDING TO NOAH.
>> GERALDO: WELL PROFESSOR FEL
DMAN'S ARTICLE, IT'S IN THE
NEW YORK TIMES AS WELL AND BEING
WIDELY CIRCULATED AND IT REALLY
DOES APPEAR READING ARTICLE ONE
AND TWO IN CONJUNCTION, YOU KNOW
THE PROVISIONS HAVING TO DO WITH
IMPEACHMENT, THAT IMPEACHMENT IS
NOT YET RIGHT.
IT'S NOT IMPEACHMENT UNLESS AND
UNTIL THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AFTER THE VOTE
WHO WE HAVE HAD AFTER THE VOTE
BY A MAJORITY PASSES THE
ARTICLES ON TO THE SENATE, CARR
IED BY THE MANAGERS OF THE
PROPOSED PERSPECTIVE TRIAL IN
THE SENATE.
IN OTHER WORDS HERE YOU HAVE
IMPEACHMENT WHICH IS LIKE AN
INDICTMENT BUT AN INDICTMENT
NEVER DELIVERED TO THE SUSPECT,
OR TO THE TRIBUNAL, THAT IS
GOING TO LITIGATE IT, SO IT IS,
I BELIEVE, THAT PROFESSOR FELD
MAN IS RIGHT AND IT'S NOT
IMPEACHMENT YET.
NANCY PELOSI, WHO HAS BEEN
RUTHLESS AND BRILLIANT IN HER
RUTHLESSNESS IN MANAGING THIS
IMPEACHMENT WITH NO REPUBLICAN
VOTES WHATSOEVER, SHE RESISTED
IT BECAUSE SHE KNEW HOW TOUGH IT
WOULD BE, FINALLY SHE YIELDED TO
THE MOST RADICAL ELEMENTS IN HER
CAUCUS, SHE HAD THE VOTES, SHE
KEPT HER CAUCUS MORE OR LESS
TOGETHER, AND THAT I WAS VERY, I
WAS ADMIRING OF THAT.
SHE'S THE REAL TOUGH LADY AND
HIGHLY SKILLED AS A POLITICIAN,
BUT NOW THE PROCESS HAS TRAPPED
HER.
SHE WAS TRYING TO NEGOTIATE A
FULL BLOWN TRIAL WITH WITNESSES.
SHE WANTED TO DO HER BEST TO
UNDO THE APPARENT INEVITIBILITY
OF AN ACQUITTAL BY THE
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE
SENATE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE
JURORS SO NANCY PELOSI TRYING
HER BEST TO GUM IT UP AND MAKE
IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE
PRESIDENT, WHO NOW APPEARS TO
HAVE AN EASY PATH TO ACQUITTAL
IN A REPUBLICAN-DOMINATED SENATE
SO SHE'S TRIED TO WITHHOLD,
SHE'S TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THE
TERMS, HAVE WITNESSES, CALL THE
PRESIDENT, THIS OR THAT, BUT THE
PROCESS AS PROFESSOR FELDMAN HAS