criminal-justice system in our own senate committees. and i will continue to urge my colleagues to oppose this extraneous layer, when the time comes, for the senate to vote. >> extraneous. you know, it made me think of his explanation for not voting to convict former-president trump, after his second-impeachment trial. remember this? >> president trump is, still, liable for everything he did while he was in office. as an ordinary citizen. unless the statute of limitations is run, still, liable for everything he did while he's in office. didn't get away with anything, yet. yet. we have a criminal-justice system, in this country. we have civil litigation. and former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one. >> it always seems to be someone else's problem to solve. let someone else deal with it, right?