CNN Laura Coates Live June 4, 2024 08:05:00
There was a five-day trial. there were 15 witnesses. there were thousands of pages of documents. there were hours of video. there was extensive argument from top lawyers on all sides. there was a great deal of process. and this idea of not having a conviction is really a red herring. over 150 years courts have on eight occasions, most of them after the civil war but one of them last year, held people disqualified under the 14th amendment. not a single one was convicted of or even charged with insurrection. it's a separate thing. this is a qualification. it's not a criminal punishment. it has a...