he said the president was a racist, a con-man and a cheat. and my reaction was, tell us something we don't know. (laughing) so, you know, i'm basically looking at him like a renegade refugee from a organized crime family and he's gonna tell us sort of the internal dynamics of the trump operation. (people chattering) jamie raskin: the big story in my mind is that we have a president who has turned the government of the united states of america into a money-making operation for himself, for his family, for his business, and for his friends. and so, we wanna try to get the best, most fine-grained portrait we can of what's taking place within the trump operation. and then we've got to start to ask the question about whether this is a president who is an actual threat to the character of our republic.
it's a totally phony argument. (car engine revving) ♪ ♪ goodbye, donnie ♪ ♪ well, goodbye, donnie ♪ ♪ it's so nice ♪ ♪ you'll soon be right ♪ ♪ where you belong ♪ ♪ writing memoirs, donnie ♪ ♪ behind bars, donnie ♪ reporter: about the jurisdictional issue about the constitutionality of trying a former president. the house managers are going to argue that yes, there is jurisdiction, and they're going to cite lots of constitutional scholarship, and the president's lawyers are going to say, no, there's no jurisdiction. let's listen. jamie raskin: my name is jamie raskin. because i have been a professor of constitutional law
by the radicalism of this new chapter, i felt it was completely consistent with everything we knew about donald trump. he's been betraying the office. he's been betraying the constitution. he's been betraying national security from day one. thank you so much. great to see you. american elections belong to the american people. they don't belong to the president, and they don't belong to a president working in league with foreign powers against us. that's what the framers were afraid of. ♪ i used to have like a bunch of these witches, i'm down to like one witch (chuckles) oh, my god, are these guys already trick or treating? are you guys already trick or treating? man: we are already trick or treating. jamie raskin: well can you give me a few minutes? man: we'll come back. jamie raskin: come back 'cause i'm getting my decorations. i've been a little busy. but you guys promise to come back? man: we will. we definitely will. jamie raskin: all right. all right. child: yes, we have to come back to watch. jamie raskin: all right. happy halloween you guys!
for three decades, i know there are a lot of people who are dreading endless lectures about the federalist papers here. please breathe easy, okay. i remember well w.h. auden's line that a professor is someone who speaks while other people are sleeping. you will not be hearing extended lectures from me because our case is based on cold, hard facts. it's all about the facts. woman: oh, here they go with the video. president trump: we will stop the steal. (crowd cheering) we won this election, and we won it by a landslide. this was not a close election. and after this we're gonna walk down, and i'll be there with you, we're going to walk down... (crowd cheering) we're gonna walk down to the capitol. crowd: yeah. let's take the capitol. man: take it. man: take the capitol. man: we are going to the capitol, where our problems are.
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it turned out that those marches were very important, because trump was able to attract to washington that hard core element that was willing to engage in violence. (crowd shouting) crowd: stop the steal. stop the steal. jamie raskin: we obviously didn't take seriously enough an organized attack on the u.s. government and on our constitution and on our election. man: we love trump. we love trump. crowd: we love trump. we love trump. tommy raskin: dad? jamie raskin: yes? tommy raskin: do you care if i jump off shortly thereafter? jamie raskin: i think that's what everybody's going to do, they're going to ask their questions and then get out of town. yeah, that's cool. aaron: thank you all so much for joining us. now, without further ado, i will give it over to congressman raskin, as i know time is limited. jamie raskin: thank you guys all for indulging me
♪ i overslept. ♪ (footsteps pattering) can i use your phone to call julie? carter: of course. jamie raskin: you're not going to want to film this. you've found me on the one in a thousand days when i'm really, really angry. because my phone doesn't work, i also don't know my schedule. so if there's anything on my schedule, i'm blowing people off. and i'm taking the dogs for a walk because i got up late, because my alarm didn't work, because my phone died, because we didn't get me a new phone. hey john. john: this is quiet. jamie raskin: how's it going? john: good morning. (dog growls) (dog barking) jamie raskin: oh, potter. john: there goes the quiet. (woman laughing) jamie raskin: here, will you take this? potter, you stop that attitude. good to see you. i am so upset right now. the president was engaged in all kinds of corruption, and he just gave the finger to the separation of powers and congress's oversight role.
(both laughing) julie: hello? i'm sitting right next to him. biden wants to talk to you. ♪ jamie raskin: hello? oh, mr. president. ♪ voltaire said, "anyone who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." president trump declared his conduct totally appropriate, so if he gets back into office and it happens again, we'll have no one to blame but ourselves.
but it was not enough. leahy: the senate, having tried donald john trump, former president of the united states, by one article of impeachment... jamie raskin: i've had every possible emotion about it. i think i was crestfallen at the moment i first heard it. leahy: the acting sergeant at arms will escort the house managers out of the senate chamber. jamie raskin: i really thought we might have a 100 to zero verdict. i really thought that we had created such an overwhelming cascade of facts that the wiser republicans might say, this is our chance to save our party, this is our chance to get out from under the thumb of donald trump. and seven of them did the right thing. we needed 10 more. and so we might see a replay in 2024 of the 2020 election. (crowd chattering) i think we convicted him in the court of public opinion, and i think we convicted him in the eyes of history. so he's been turned into a pariah,
it's not because of his smashing good looks, though he has that to recommend him as well. it's because he has deep and abiding moral convictions and he is fighting the trump administration every step along the way, ensuring that our democratic values remain safe. (audience applauding) jamie raskin: thank you, tommy. thank you. (audience cheering) ♪ all right. (audience cheering) (audience cheering and whistling) thank you 8th congressional district! thank you for the honor of allowing me to represent you for another term. i will give it my all. i will give it my all. (audience cheering) it was an amazing feeling to be in the majority. we were gonna have the chance to investigate a lot of the corruption and misfeasance of the trump administration.