witnesses and documents from the house and from the american people on phony complaints about the house process. what is his excuse now?" minutes later president trump, who is waiting for the senate trial to vindicate him, tweeted this. "pelosi gives us the most unfair trial in the history of the u.s. congress and now she is crying for fairness in the senate and breaking all rules while doing so. she lost congress once. she will do it again." leading off our discussion tonight is jonathan alter, columnist for the daily beast and an msnbc political analyst. jill wine-banks, former watergate assistant special prosecutor and an msnbc legal analyst. and bina venkatraman, editorial page editor for the "boston globe" whose recent editorial urges all senators and chief justice john roberts to take more of an active role in the senate impeachment trial. let me start with you, if i can, bina, and ask you about that argument you're making about the