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Impeachment: 2021 - Day Two: "Is this America?"

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

4.02K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Mike Isikoff and Dan Klaidman are joined by legal analysts Matthew Miller and Sol Wisenberg to discuss the presentation by House managers on Day 2 of Trump's second impeachment trial. They examine the impressive case made by the evidence, and discuss the possibilities that it will move a critical mass of Republican Senators toward a potential conviction.


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  • Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
  • Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News


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0:00.0

Just after 210, an hour after President Trump ended his speech, the insurrectionist mob

0:09.4

overwhelmed Capitol Security and made it inside the halls of Congress.

0:16.3

Because the truth is, this attack never would have happened but for Donald Trump.

0:24.0

And so they came, draped in Trump's flag and used our flag, the American flag, to

0:35.1

batter and to bludgeon.

0:38.9

And at 230, I heard that terrifying banging on House Chamber doors.

0:45.5

For the first time in more than 200 years, the seat of our government was ransacked on

0:55.0

our watch.

0:57.2

That was Congresswoman Madeline D. Choking up as she spelled out how a mob incited by Donald

1:03.1

Trump stormed the Capitol, assaulting police officers and threatening the lives of members

1:09.0

of Congress and most prominently, Vice President Mike Pence.

1:13.4

It was a day filled with emotional moments, including the airing of gut wrenching videos,

1:19.1

some never before seen in public.

1:21.5

Showing the mob armed with metal baseball bats and bear spray, breaking through police

1:26.0

barricades and moroting through the Capitol, looking for Pence and speaker Nancy Pelosi.

1:31.0

It was a powerful and harrowing presentation.

1:34.5

But will it make a difference?

1:36.3

We'll discuss with two legal analysts, former Justice Department official Matt Miller and

1:40.3

former federal prosecutors Saul Weisenberg, on this episode of Skull Duggery.

1:45.4

Hi, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United

1:53.2

States.

1:54.2

I will to the best of my building.

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