The second full day of President Trump's impeachment trial has just concluded,

and Senator Ted Cruz has come straight from the Capitol to our studio here

to help give us all a behind-the-scenes look into what this means for the President and the country.

This is Verdict with Ted Cruz.

Welcome back to Verdict with Ted Cruz.

I'm Michael Knowles.

I am joined by the senator himself.

Clearly a glutton for punishment, not sleeping at all this week,

going straight from the impeachment trial to the studio, right back to the Capitol.

Well, Michael, I'm thrilled that it's at least 11 p.m. and not three in the morning like

it was last night.

This is an early night.

It's been 22 hours now of the impeachment trial, and we've still got a distance to go,

but we're making progress.

You know what I want to do? Before we get into what

happened today, because I think some significant things happened today, we're 22 hours in.

I think the vast majority of Americans have completely tuned out this impeachment. They are simply

not paying attention. What is it that the House Democrats are accusing President Trump of having done? What is at the

core of this whole impeachment trial?

So the House Democrats voted out two articles of impeachment. The first one is something

they're calling abuse of power. The second one they're calling obstruction of Congress. Neither one of those is a crime.

Neither one of those, I believe, is an impeachable offense. But what do those refer to specifically?

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