Rigged: The Acquittal of Donald J Trump

Deconstructed

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🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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As predicted, the Republican-controlled Senate voted on Wednesday to find President Donald J. Trump not guilty on both articles of impeachment brought by the House of Representatives. It was a party-line vote, with one notable exception: Utah Senator Mitt Romney became the first Senator in U.S. history to vote to remove a president of his own party. Democratic Senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Brian Schatz of Hawaii, who both voted to remove the President, joined Mehdi Hasan by phone shortly after the vote to discuss the implications of Trump’s acquittal for the future of the Senate.

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Mairi Hussain, a quick announcement before we start the show today.
0:04.0	If you're in LA this coming Monday, February 10th, we're recording a special episode of
0:08.5	Deconstructed on the massive issue of criminal justice reform and mass incarceration and racism
0:14.1	in front of a live audience at the writers' guild theatre and with special, oh very special
0:19.8	guests.
0:20.8	John Legend, yeah, that John Legend, and back lives matter co-founder Patrice Colors.
0:26.5	Go to the intercept website or to my Twitter feed for details on how to buy tickets before
0:31.4	they're all gone.
0:32.4	And if you're not in LA, well, make sure you tell your friends and family in LA about
0:36.9	it.
0:37.9	You do not want to miss this show.
0:39.2	Now, onto the show.
0:40.9	I don't believe you can truly be acquitted if you haven't had a fair and full trial.
0:47.0	This is the first time in the history of the United States of America that the majority
0:51.2	leader conspired to ensure there was not a fair trial.
1:01.8	Welcome to a special early edition of Deconstructed at the end of the Senate impeachment trial.
1:07.5	I'm Mairi Hussain.
1:09.0	Donald Trump is in the clear.
1:11.3	He may be an impeached president, only the third in American history, but he wasn't convicted
1:16.3	or removed from office on Wednesday.
1:18.3	Nope.
1:19.3	He was acquitted by the United States Senate, or I should say, by every single Republican
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