Day for house impeachment managers to make their case against President Trump. Tomorrow the defense gets its first crack at the case. Good morning, everyone. Im sandra smith. Ed im ed henry. One week in the books. Lets keep on going. Democrats laid out their case for abuse of power yesterday, arguing President Trump violated his oath of office like no other president in history, calling his conduct worse even than that of president nixon. The president s team sharply disagrees and will soon launch their official defense. Sandra meanwhile, democrats hoping to convince g. O. P. Senators and joining them to call for new witnesses. So far Many Republicans are unconvinced. You cant trust this president to do whats right for this country. You can trust he will do whats right for donald trump. Everybody wants to convict the president of the United States, and i might add, disenfranchise voters across the country. Because my democratic colleagues think there will is more important than the wil
President , kim strassel, and columnist and manhattan senior fellow jason riley, what do you expect to happen in this trial . Well, what we are going to have is the an Opening Statement where people put forth outlines for and against and questions about votes, youll also have the house impeachment managers going first and presenting evidence that they collected if the course of this investigation trying to convince senators that it is enough to go forward with conviction and in theory that would be by the president s defense. Paul is there a possibility that youll hear from impeachment managers and if the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says you know what, i think we have enough votes to acquit here right now that they could hold a vote after that those original arguments . This is something more and more republicans are thinking about. You know there, had been a thought of having emotion to dismiss up front but it was clear that a lot of republicans werent willing to go there. Paul ri
That is that would be called obstruction of justice in courts. Thats obstruction of congress here and obstructing his own impeachment investigation and he just may not be smart enough to realize thats something he keeps inside his head. I dont think so. That was bad. You know, on sunday, adam schiff suggested the administration was withholding documents. On a wednesday, President Trump said, pretty much, yep. Good morning. Its thursday, january 23rd, this is morning joe. Along with us, National Security expert and author of the book the death of expertise, tom nichols and former u. S. Attorney and contributor Barbara Mcquade is with us. In a moment, well show you key moments of adam schiffs opening arguments. By most accounts a virtuoso performance that drew praise from all sides yesterday, even senator Lindsey Graham. It was a stunning recitation of the that weave together Donald Trumps abuses of power and obstruction of congress. That in a bit. Why dont we see what the American Peopl
Good morning, everybody. Its wednesday, january 22nd, im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside Ayman Mohyeldin after 13 hours of debate the senate has passedmen mcconnell resolution laying out the ground rules for President Trumps impeachment trial. Senate republicans rejected 11 amendments most of which were seeking subpoenas from documents to the Trump Administration. Last minute changes to mcconnells proposed rules came earlier in the day. Republicans reversed their original plan for arguments to take place over two days. Now each side will have 24 hours to speak over the course of three days. Several republicans have voiced concern about the original schedule including senator collins of maine, rob portland of ohio and Lisa Murkowski of alaska. Mcconnell could have changed the provision that would have barred impeachment inquiry. And shortly after midnight, house prosecutor jerry nadler took to the floor over the eighth amendment, to subpoena john bolton. What happened neck was a heated exp
Obsession with impeaching the president began the day he was inaugurated and continues to this day. The articles of impeachment are constitutionally invalid on their face. Well have more from that report. I literally took it off the printer, but here is tonights headline, see no evil, hear no evil. There they were one by one, every United States senator, say for one, democrat and republican on the senate floor on thursday signing an oath to uphold, quote, impartial justice before President Trumps impeachment trial begins this week. Only republican james inhofe of oklahoma missed the signing for a family medical issue. What exactly does the senators swear to when they signed this document . Quote, that in all things pertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, the president of the United States now pending, you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws so help you god. Thats interesting because most republicans who have publicly weighed in