Anatomy of an Impeachment Trial

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🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

We’re on day two of the Senate’s second impeachment trial of Donald Trump and our hosts are here for the breakdown. On Tuesday, the House impeachment managers released a video montage of January 6 in an effort to tie former President Trump’s rhetoric and words to the storming of the Capitol. “[The video] had in many ways the effect that displaying a crime scene photograph has on a criminal trial,” David explains. “It tried to make it real again.” Tune in to hear Sarah and the guys chat about the constitutionality of impeachment, the mechanics of the trial, and the persuasiveness of Trump’s defense team. Stick around to hear our hosts chat about what National Pizza Day means to them. Show Notes: -Senate Impeachment Trial: House Managers’ January 6 Video Montage. -French Press: “The Impeachment Trial Vote Will Set a Precedent. Make It the Right One.” by David French in The Dispatch. -Brandenburg v. Ohio -“McConnell Signals Trump Conviction Is a GOP Conscience Vote” by Jennifer Jacobs in Bloomberg. -“The Constitution Doesn’t Bar Trump’s Impeachment Trial” by Chuck Cooper in the Wall Street Journal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast.
0:02.0	I'm your host Sarah Isger joined by Steve Hayes,
0:04.8	Jonah Goldberg and David French.
0:07.1	This episode, we are going to dive into both the merits
0:10.5	and the politics of the second impeachment trial
0:15.0	for former president Donald Trump.
0:18.4	Lots to discuss.
0:19.3	The conversation, I think, takes some nice twists and turns,
0:23.3	stays pretty interesting.
0:24.4	And then, of course, we will end
0:26.3	with some national pizza date discussion.
0:29.3	Let's dive right in.
0:35.3	Obviously, we're starting with impeachment.
0:46.3	We'll dedicate two of our segments to this,
0:49.3	but we'll divide them up, guys, into the merits
0:53.3	of the impeachment case and the politics of the impeachment case.
0:58.3	So David, starting with the merits and the cases,
1:01.3	the impeachment managers presented yesterday,
1:03.3	and then Trump's defense attorneys presented yesterday,
1:06.3	why don't you give us a brief overview
1:09.3	of how the day went?
1:12.3	Well, it was an attorney mismatch,
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