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This is our body politic.

I'm the creator and host Farai Chidea.

Today, I'm talking with Representative Val Deming's of Florida.

Before heading to Congress, Deming spent 27 years as a law enforcement officer, and she climbed the ranks to become Orlando's

first female chief of police in 2007. Last year, she continued making history, becoming one of the

first women and black Americans to prosecute a presidential impeachment before the U.S. Senate.

Representative Demings, great to have you with us.

It is great to be with you.

So you have had quite a season. We've had quite a season in America. And you have been out in front looking at questions of impeachment, the former president. How did you prepare to lead the impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump in 2020?

It was a get up early, go to bed late.

We spent days and weekends, as you can't imagine, preparing to make sure that we had all

of the information in a chronological order that we

were ready to present before the U.S. Senate. We made sure under the leadership of Adam Chiff

and Jerry Nadler that we were prepared. And, you know, I stayed very focused. It was about

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