Impeachment: 2021 - Day Four: The View from Trump Country
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4.0 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Mike Isikoff and Dan Klaidman are again joined by Yahoo News reporter Jon Ward, as well as Gary Abernathy, a Trump apologist and occasional Washington Post columnist, to discuss the defense offered by Trump's legal team on Day 4 of his second impeachment trial. They discuss the political future of Trump — and of Trumpism — on the precipice of a possible second acquittal.
GUESTS:
- Gary Abernathy (@AbernathyGary), Contributing Columnist, Washington Post
- Jon Ward (@jonward11), Senior Political Correspondent, Yahoo News
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
RESOURCES:
- Impeachment audio, C-SPAN
- "Trump lawyers dismiss context of Jan. 6 insurrection to claim Trump's innocence" by Jon Ward, Yahoo News (Feb. 12, 2021)
- "You can disavow Trump without apologizing for his presidency" by Gary Abernathy, Washington Post (Feb. 2, 2021)
- "Nikki Haley's Time for Choosing" by Tim Alberta, Politico
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| 0:00.0 | Exactly when did President Trump learn of the breach of the Capitol and what specific actions did he take to bring the writing to an end and when did he take them? |
| 0:12.0 | Please be as detailed as possible. |
| 0:15.0 | To Ed V. With the rush to bring this impeachment there's been absolutely no investigation into that. And that's the problem with this entire proceeding. |
| 0:28.0 | The House managers did zero investigation and the American people deserve a lot better than coming in here with no evidence, hearsay on top of hearsay on top of reports that are of hearsay. |
| 0:44.0 | Do process is required here and that was denied. |
| 0:51.0 | It was undoubtedly the question most on the mind of many senators and a good chunk of the American public. |
| 0:58.0 | When did the President learn about the riot taking place by his supporters on January 6th and what exactly did he do about it? |
| 1:06.0 | But when given the chance Trump lawyer Michael Vanderbene ducked and never bothered to answer. It was the House's job to conduct an investigation and find out he claimed. |
| 1:16.0 | Never mind that Vanderbene could have asked his client. Never mind that the client the former President was offered due process. |
| 1:24.0 | A chance to testify and explain his actions that day and he chose not to do so. |
| 1:29.0 | So what may have been the single most important issue hanging over the proceeding. What Trump did or did not do to protect his own vice president and the members of Congress under attack from a violent mob may remain shrouded in mystery. |
| 1:44.0 | But will that make any difference when the Senate votes on Saturday? |
| 1:47.0 | We'll discuss with Yahoo News colleague John Ward and get the view from inside Trump country from veteran Ohio newspaper editor and columnist Gary Abernathy on this episode of Skull Duggery. |
| 2:00.0 | Hi, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States. |
| 2:08.0 | I will to the best of my building. |
| 2:10.0 | Reserve protect and defend Constitution of the United States. So help me God. So help me God. So help me God. |
| 2:19.0 | So help me God. |
| 2:21.0 | I'm Michael Isgop, Chief Investigator of correspondent for Yahoo News. |
| 2:25.0 | And I'm Dan Clydeman, Editor in Chief of Yahoo News. |
| 2:29.0 | And we are joined by our colleague John Ward and Gary Abernathy. |
| 2:35.0 | John welcome back and Gary welcome for the first time to Skull Duggery. |
| 2:40.0 | Thank you for having me. Great to be here. |
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