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>> now as we cut to the truth, two of your colleagues, the majority leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell, and lindsey graham of south carolina, have already said they are not going to be impartial in these deliberations. do you think they should recuse themselves, and would you call on them to recuse themselves? >> well, theres going to come a moment where they swear an oath. there is literally a special oath for impeachment written out in our constitution which goes rights to the ideal of impa...

You already have your list made in these various scenarios? so you know once those rules roll out, heres what weve got? here are my managers. >> many are called, few are chosen. i think the list of people among my house democratic colleagues who would like to participate in this is longer than my arm. and oh, by the way, im not among them. i think she has to sort through quite a bit. and i think she is waiting to see this settle down a little bit in terms of what is it the senate is going to do....

He said we shouldnt refer to the senate as the jury. in fact, what they do here is they act as the trier of law and fact. that makes their impartiality even more important. its not just a juror conspiring with a defense team, its the person who makes the decisions on what the law is and the facts. if the american people understand that, id like to think the pressure for at least four senators, which is what it would take, would force mitch mcconnell to do the right thing, bring on these document...

Because he abused his power, he broke federal appropriations law by withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in vital foreign aid that was needed by ukraine in order try to pressure the ukranian president into investigating his political rival and interfere in the 2020 presidential election. and now he is essentially coordinating with the majority leader, mitch mcconnell in the senate, to try to rig the outcome of a trial in which every single united states senator will raise their hand, swea...

Judiciary committee produce. so its a little hard to determine who it is you want to send over there until you know how its going to be conducted. >> well, but you can -- but to your point you know what each of those scenarios would entail. so if youre speaker pelosi, arent the odds pretty good that you already have your list made in these various scenarios? so you know once those rules roll out, heres what weve got? here are my managers. >> many are called, few are chosen. i think the list of p...

Hometown of kentucky, who were applauding what i was saying. im hardened by this. i think kentuckyians take it seriously. and my hope is that this op-ed will encourage mitch mcconnell to be the impartial judge and juror he is required to be in the constitution. >> will it come down to kentuckyians picking up the phone and saying to mitch mcconnell, hey, we need you to be fair or is there legal recourse that can ensure impartiality? >> some thought that the chief justice may weigh in on this. the...

All right. time for tonights last word. mitch mcconnell has said he will not be an impartial juror in the impeachment of donald trump, even going as far to say he is working in total coordination with the white house counsel. the majority leader is about to violate not one, but two oaths of office, the courier journal says. kent greenfield writes mcconnells loyalty to trump should not overwhelm his loyalty to the constitution. all senators should take their obligation of faithful impartiality se...

Mcconnells loyalty to trump should not overwhelm his loyalty to the constitution. all senators should take their obligation of faithful impartiality seriously, especially mcconnell. history is watching, and it will be a harsh judge. joining us now is kent greenfield, author of that op-ed and professor at boston college. great to talk to you again. let me follow up on our conversation earlier. i want to get your thoughts, what is the core argument youre making? what are the two oaths of office th...

Prohibiting, let me try that again, the senate is prohibited from doing from what it doesnt really want to do unless we do it in a way that she approves of. and i find that very odd. i dont know why the senator is taking that position, or rather why the speaker is taking that position, it is as if she has gone from folly to farce. >> meanwhile mcconnell is being called out in an op-ed published in his hometown journal, the louisville courier journal, donald trump has violated his oath, mitch mcc...

Im curious to get the reaction to how your op-ed has landed both in kentucky and, you know, among your legal pieers. >> ive gotten a lot of positive responses today, many more than i anticipated i would get. i got texts from folks in my hometown of kentucky, who were applauding what i was saying. im hardened by this. i think kentuckyians take it seriously. and my hope is that this op-ed will encourage mitch mcconnell to be the impartial judge and juror he is required to be in the constitution. >...