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Abscam. there was little doubt what he did and facts showed what he did. he still implored his colleagues in the house to standby him and even talked about a, quote lynch mob. >> i hope they will not let the pressures force them into joining a lunch mob because thats exactly what i think it is. i know what it feels like now to sit on death row when you vote to expel. it will have the same effect as hitting the button if i was strapped in an electric chair in this well. >> here is why that moment...

Its pretty damning. myers is the first congressman convicted in abscam. there is little doubt about what he did and what the facts showed. he then implored his house colleagues to still stand by him. he invoked even a, quote, lynch mob attack. >> i hope that the members will not let the political pressures of the vote force them in joining a lynching mob, because thats exactly what i think it is. i know what it feels like now to sit on death row when you vote to expel. it will have the same effe...

Bribery and conspiracy. >> the house voted overwhelmingly to approve of myers taking a bribe in the abscam investigation was expelled. a moment in history. >> a moment in history. the house standing together in that bipartisan rebuke of bribery. most of fellow democrats voted to expel him along with most republicans who had the same problem in the same scandal with richard kelley, a florida republican. >> my way of thinking is there is only two people involved, you and i. >> okay. >> if thats al...

>> how am i ruining america? >> thats because you want to be a big shot, get a promotion. >> the dialogue is realistic because the plot was very real, right down to the tense moments when a politicians handlers get in that place, that moment before a bribe where everyone knows something pretty legally dangerous is going down. >> excuse me, excuse me, ill handle that for the mayor. >> no, its for the mayor. it would be a sign of disrespect to the chic sheik if the mayor t take it. its for you, ma...

Theyre just not going to play along with that. and theyre going to proceed. >> yeah, and then the other part of this, jeremy, as you know, if there is an impeachment vote and it goes to a senate trial, sooner or later in that process someones got to come down there and present the presidents case. we were looking at history as we often do. ill show you one of the "time" magazine coffers of the nixon lawyer at the time defending nixon. james st. clare, and "the new york times" today has an intere...

Right? >> i think thats right, ari. and of course that will be much more friendly terrain, because mitch mcconnell will fundamentally be controlling the process. and i think something to watch for over the next couple of weeks as this moves inexorably towards a senate trial to what extent republicans will try to dictate witnesses can be called and how much time each side can have, and to what extent chief roberts who will be presiding over the trial will be promulgating those rules. i dont think...

Articles of impeachment, he is hereby removed from office and he is hereby forever disqualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states. >> thats what post impeachment conviction looks like in the senate. that trial impeaching a federal judge is actually only one of nine impeachment trials in the last century. it was led, however,ed by bidid you know this? a pretty familiar figure from the current impeachment saga, congressman adam schiff, who is of course ...