Legal analyst Danny Cevallos and former U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance discuss the Senate impeachment trial. Aired on 1/24/20.
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The Biggest Senate Moments From Thursday | Morning Joe | MSNBC
“I had a bigger crowd than Beto” DJT, after a mass shooting, with an orphaned baby in the room, in a hospital, where people lay wounded and dying. You don’t need to know any more than that.
David Mc alright brain washy washy guy … get a coke and a smile ..off u go .. go on! Shuu
@Honest Business Trump is a sociopath, narcissisist, grifter, dullard, & traitor. I am not a democrat, I am an American! I still see that chesire cat grin holding a wounded orphaned baby for a photo op while over 20 people lay dead. Gotta be a cultist to not be revolted by this man. History will not be kind to him or his psychophantic cult.
Idylchatter Indeed! The person is unfeeling, insensitive, selfish, infantile and deluded… by apparent grandeur 😐
They should be left outside not allowed to vote. Showing disrespect playing hooky during trial is unacceptable.
@Jim Hower they had three witness dear Clinton impeachment hearing and no witness now common
@Judith Aldridge i saw it live a one went screaming out like schizophrenia patience
You need stop the salad tosser all of trump poopie joes
To all the GOP senators playing hooky because they don’t want to hear the evidence, stop complaining. It’s the job you were hired by the American people to do and as much money as you people make this is unacceptable. Even if you’ve already made your mind up, the least you could do is pretend to do your job and stop cheating the american people. Term limits needed for these stuck up politicians.
They are a disgrace
It’s sickening… and it just came out that Trump sought to nullify the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by executive order … HE HAS NOT INTEREST IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION.
Peter Mogensen he, if you mean POTUS 45, can’t justify one thing he has done. Those that support him only do it blind to the facts of his corrupt, incompetent behavior.
@James Hutchins … I’m seriously afraid that they are not “blind” to it.
I fear they actually want to live in an autocracy. Maybe even a religious one.
The phrase “American Taleban” might not be so far off.
Peter Mogensen don’t give up or in to that thought. Americans are way too diverse to desire any form of government tied to any religion or religious group. We are a strongly independent people who sometimes stray from the center political but always come back.
@James Hutchins
Hmm.. been following US politics for 10 years now… those days seem to be over.
Peter Mogensen my first experience in politics was as a 10 year old from my father a regional vice chair of the LA Democrat Central Committee during the JFK campaign. I got hooked then and tracked activities since. Since then I have seen very high and deep troughs but never one like we face now as Americans. This POTUS is so mobbed up he doesn’t or can’t conceive of the position he is putting our country in. I had thought RMNixon was the worst but at least he surrounded himself with competent people and listened. This man has no idea of listening or intellectually working through consequences of his words and actions.
IMPEACHED TRUMP 👍
AND IMPEACHED CLINTON. FOR LIFE. He also lost his license to practice law.
@Happy 2 B Rodz X Wife Can’t wait 4 Trump’s failure to get re-elected also.
Forever 😊
@David R You got a long wait Davey
@Dan McFarland Only Racists Republicans & Idiots support Trump Danny
When trump open his mouth the threat level goes up
He has dementia
@Zach Addington foot in mouth disease
Every time Trumpsky opens his shithole mouth he becomes an even “clearer and immediate danger“ to the USA.
It wont matter because the Republicans are living in a separate reality
@esj8341 What part of a Violation of the Constitution do you not understand?? Abuse of Office is the main Reason that Impeachment was put into the Constitution. It could have been written specifically for A Person like Trump!
Impeachment Process Explained:
Impeachment is a long and drawn-out process.
It all revolves around Article I Sections 2 and 3 of the Constitution, and rules in the House and the Senate implementing those provisions.- following the LAW as established in the Constitution.
Step 1.
It starts in the House Judiciary Committee, when a majority of the members OF THAT COMMITTEE* vote in favor
of what’s called an “inquiry of impeachment” resolution.
*NOT THE FULL HOUSE, ONLY THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE!
Step 2.
That resolution goes to the full House of Representatives where a majority has to vote
in favor.
And then votes to authorize and fund a full investigation by the Judiciary Committee into whether sufficient grounds exist for impeachment.
Step 3.
The House Judiciary Committee investigates.
That investigation doesn’t have to be from scratch.
It can rely on data and conclusions of other investigations undertaken by, say, the FBI. – This also includes other investigations, like the Special Counsel investigation.
(Mueller Report)
Step 4: A majority of the Judiciary Committee members decides there are sufficient grounds for impeachment, and the Committee issues a “Resolution of Impeachment,” setting forth specific allegations of misconduct in one or more “articles of impeachment”.- individual Charges.
Step 5:* The full House then considers that Resolution and votes in favor of it – as a whole or on each article/charge separately.
The full House isn’t bound by the Committee’s work.
The House may vote to impeach even if the Committee doesn’t recommend impeachment.
Step 6: The matter then goes to the Senate for a trial.
The House’s Resolution of Impeachment becomes in effect THE CHARGES IN THIS TRIAL.
Step 7: The Senate ISSUES A SUMMONS TO THE PRESIDENT, who is now effectively the defendant, informing him of the charges and the date by which HE HAS TO ANSWER THEM.
If the president chooses not to answer or appear, it’s as if he entered a “not guilty” plea.
Step 8 is the trial in the Senate.
In that trial, those who are representing the House – that is, the prosecution – and counsel for the president, both make opening arguments.
THEY THEN INTRODUCE EVIDENCE AND PUT ON WITNESSES AS IN ANY TRIAL.
WITNESSES ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION AND CROSS-EXAMINATION. THIS IS DONE BY ANY MEMBERS, INCLUDING BOTH “PARTIES”
The trial is presided over by the chief justice of the Supreme Court – who has the authority to rule on evidentiary questions or may put such questions to a vote of the Senate.
The House managers and counsel for the president then make closing arguments.
Step 9: The Senate meets in closed session to deliberate.
Step 10: The Senate returns in open session to vote on whether to convict the president on the articles of impeachment. (the CHARGES)
Conviction requires a two-thirds vote of the MEMBERS PRESENT in/by the Senate.
Conviction on one or more articles of impeachment results in removal from office.
Such a conviction also disqualifies the now former president from holding any other public office.
AND IT DOESN’T BAR ADDITIONAL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THAT FORMER PRESIDENT, AND PUNISHMENT FOR ANY CRIMES COMMITTED.
So, there you have it–the 10 steps that must all take place to impeach the president.
*IN THE CASE OF AN IMPEACHMENT THE HOUSE IS LIKE A GRAND JURY, DURING THE INQUIRY ALL HEARINGS, TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE IS PRESENTED IN PRIVATE; ONLY AFTER THERE ARE FORMAL CHARGES (ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT) IS A VOTE TAKEN OF THE ENTIRE HOUSE.
If you still don’t understand here is a video that explains it:
https://youtu.be/h_qtRhe6zkA
If after the written and video explanations, you still don’t understand, please find a 5th grader to explain it to you.
This knowledge may come in handy.
If for no other reason than to keep you from looking/acting like a fool!
Bless your Hearts!💖😁
@Barry Sutton are you going to support the vile last 3 years of trump when he’s gone?
@Nancy Stowell Agreed! After Democrats were nearly three years and thirty million dollars on the special counsel investigation alone, the Democrats suddenly abandoned Collusion (Conspiracy), then moved to Bribery but just as suddenly dropped and now they are going with two Constitutional violations that are so vague that they could be applied by any majority in the House against any opposing party President. The whole sham will end in acquittal. What a waste of time and money. But, the worst part is the damage the Democrats wrought by lowering the crime element from the impeachment standard, and by impeaching the President over policy differences pose a dangerous president for America’s system of government going forward.
@Barry Sutton What is the Impeached President going to win again? I forget.
We all know already enough even without docs,secret server info,witnesses and taxreturns…can you imagine what we will know if all of that sees the daylight?
@Rafiki Excellent point! Why didn’t the House call more witnesses? Why didn’t they at least attempt to enforce the subpoenas? It really seems silly for them to demand the Senate do what they did not.
@esj8341 Whoosh!
@esj8341 they did call more witnesses, but got stonewalled.
Why you guys like to lie so much?
The case is ongoing
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-subpoena-case-gets-mixed-reaction-from-court-panel-11578072754
@esj8341 like Obama did, right?
Nobody believes in your fantasies
@Rafiki Did Obama call for the abolishment of ICE?
Republicans choose super packs over patriotism!! 🇺🇸 #RIGHTMATTERS
The informed American patriots support the President.
Maharajji NKB
You mean the willful ignorant right?
@Maharajji NKB LOL, Do you mean the ill-informed? And do you even live in the USA? Probably not..
Fascinating. So do Democrats, even Alexandria Cortez.
“Here, right matters and if right doesn’t matter then we are lost.” Amen to that Mr Schiff…A-MEN!! Republicans are afraid to admit the truth because that will not allow them to continue with their lies and their house of cards will crumble.
the grand old party is the party of (t)reason
GOP=group of Putin puppets
Give GOP an early, early retirement in November and they can sleep all they want.
We need a revolution. We need a leader to take us there. Put McConnell’s, Graham’s, and Trump’s head on a stake on the White House yard.
Robin Johnson I’m afraid We Might, Putin, Xi, an haif the world will wait like Wolves, to pounce upon our American Soil. This president has pit brother against his own brother. Seems like we’ve done this once before, Deja Vu.??
Why desecrate the white house that way.? Get em to da ghetto!
That’s actually not an unreasonable idea.👍🏾
@lentruthbtold riv Really! Treason is other countries is punishable by death nothing is to extreme when it comes to the fatman and his crimes
I am starting a prayer group to pray for honest good people. To save our world. EVIL MUST BE REMOVED GOP AND TRUMP.
@Shawn Corbin HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA FUNNIER. PATHOLOGICAL Q. GET OFF THE WHITETRASH WHITEY DRUGS.
@Shawn Corbin You are a Nutjob Sir.
@Jane Doe You are a Pelosi puppet that took it up the schiff hole and enjoyed it.
Pray for God to remove the evil demon rats. Liars one and all.
The USA Senate must be in Oz as the Radical Repubs keep going out on a break constantly in their itty bitty Cloak Room to get buzzed and in general `waltzing matilda to get out of there.
No doubt smoking that trump chronic!
@Raymond Tucker Jr Why don`t those Repubs just go to their cloakroom and smoke it up with enough joints get high, go to their homes, get so blizzed that Trumpsky could start WWIII “and the rockets red glare bursting in air…“ while Putin`s Rocketeers try to really blast the USA. Bolshoi spacuba Gaspadin President Trumpsky!!!
We need a revolution towards the republicans to send a message and vote everyone of them out, they are not taking their oath seriously. They are a joke!
God bless our nation of “Colorless” Patriots – Together We Stand -United Under God!! Black, brown, yellow, red, white and blue!!! Patriots All!!
NO GOD NONSENSE.
The jurors decided that they don’t want to enter documents or call the actual players involved. The GOP is corrupt to the core.
They’re SO corrupt, they don’t KNOW they’re corrupt. Spiked kool-aid will do it every time!
The Light of truth will pierce the darkness of their evil, the world will see for themselves, what we knew all along.
Nothing stops what’s coming, and no one escapes Justice.
NO ONE
I SECOND THAT EMPHATICALLY!
FAKE X-TIAN REPUBLICAN FASCISTS ARE FINALLY FACING CONSEQUENCES.
I AM IN IRELAND.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY THE BROADCASTS FROM THE IMPEACHMENT, BUT FOR THE INFORMATIVE PANELS THAT YOU PRESENT TO US DURING THIS HEARING.
A THOUSAND THANK YOUS.
EDWARD