Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190525:14:52:00
Defined thom. defied them by saying i don't ca care. i'm going to fire my secretary of war. they went to impeach him. they say he escaped a trial by one vote. that was 1868. that was an election year he could not be nominated for another term as president. >> does the impeachment sanction withstand acquittal. if you're acquitted are you still impeached and what does that do in terms of the way they historians view a president? >> it really depends on the case. in the richard nixon case as you said he never even made it to a house vote on impeachment before after nixon quit to avoid impeachment...