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Senate sole power tore try. and they envisioned the senate would be impartial. he did not see the senate or the house working hand in glove with the president. after all, the whole purpose is to judge whether the president abused powers of his office and should be removed. once the senate moves itself into the presidents camp, and is just an agent for the president, they violated their own oaths of office. thats the thing thats important to remember. senators like members of the house and the pr...

Impeachment trial, we are going to look at the facts, the senators will be all impartial, make up their minds, and we are all going to protect the democracy that we love. >> house speaker nancy pelosi is withholding the impeachment articles to try to force senate republicans to allow witnesses in any impeachment trial. republican senator lisa murkowski of alaska just told a local television station that she was disturbed when she heard majority leader mitch mcconnell was in total coordination wi...

United states senate. i think that the managers that i have a great deal of respect for the minority leader and try to cause chaos but we have to stop causing chaos in everything that we do. our democracy is threatened by this daily confrontation, chaos, spreading fear and hatred and i hope we all find a way that as we go into the impeachment trial to look at the facts, the senators will be all impartial, make up their minds and were going to call protect the democracy we love and that this coun...

Look at the facts and these senators will be all impartial and make up their mind and we are all going to protect the democracy that we love. >> house speaker nancy pelosi is withholding the impeachment articles to try to force senate republicans to allow witnesses and any impeachment trials. republican senator lisa murkowski of alaska just told a local television station that she was disturbed when she heard majority leader mitch mcconnell was in total coordination with the white house on the s...

But its interesting to hear that from him considering that he said that hes not trying to be a fair juror from someone like senator lindsey graham and the same goes with mcconnell. what are you thinking about the notion of having this fair trial if you have at least two senators already who are saying, this is not going to be a fair process? theyre still asking for so-called due process to play out. >> theres a big difference between being impartial and having an opinion. i think many members of...

Process? theyre still asking for so-called due process to play out. >> theres a big difference between being impartial and having an opinion. i think many members of the senate have opinions. many jurors, as you know, laura, and as harry knows, when they come in, they have opinions about cases. but theyre asked whether they can be impartial. well, its extraordinary that two leaders in the senate have said they cant be impartial. that means that they cannot look at the evidence fairly and render ...

Historian. also happens to be co-author of the book "impeachment: an american history," the timeliest of his many works. also barbara mcquade. and counsel coloor, id like tot with you. when you read a figure lightning that in "the washington post" that 37 republican senators have said, yeah, were going to acquit, what does that mean for the world "impartial" in the oath they are all going to raise their hands and take when the senate chamber in effect becomes a trial court? >> it is disappointin...

Trial. she at erin fox firm currently. i want to get your sense of this because things were very different in the clinton impeachment trial. there was broad agreement between republicans and democrats. not on the outcome. not on whether or not bill clinton should have been impeached. but on the rules of the trial that would move forward. we dont have that today. >> no, we dont have it at all and the "wall street journal" editorial that you responded or you mentioned talks about trivializing the ...

That we treat trump the same way we treated clinton. >> dana: one of the problems in all of this is the language is the same. youve tried cases in courtrooms where the trial looks very different from what a senate trial would look like. >> i wish this were a judicial proceeding but keep in mind if it were, adam schiff would not of been leading the investigation. 60 house democrats wouldnt have made up their minds for the first syllable of the mueller report. eric swalwell investigating the presi...

At the same time. >> and heres another look at mitch mcconnell going rogue the day before the president was impeached by the house. >> im not an impartial juror. this is a political process. theres nothing judicial about it. impeachment is a political decision. the house made a partisan political decision to impeach. i would anticipate we will have a largely partisan outcome in the senate. im not impartial about this at all. >> and here are the words of the oath that mitch mcconnell will take as...