Trump Impeached: An Act of Constitutional Fidelity

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Mary Gay Scanlon, Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Committee, joins Joyce Vance, Maya Wiley, and Harry Litman on the week in which the House of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment against President Trump, making him only the 3rd president impeached in U.S. history. The congresswoman adds to the group’s analysis the account of how it felt on the floor of the House as the Articles moved toward passage, and the sentiments within the Democratic Caucus. The Feds all analyze the possibility the impeachment could backfire, the Democratic strategy of holding back on the Articles to try to force the Senate to agree to witnesses, and the prospect of additional future investigations in the House post-impeachment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If we do not act now, we would be derelict in our duty.
0:04.0	It is tragic that the President's reckless actions make impeachment necessary.
0:09.3	He gave us no choice.
0:18.5	Welcome to a historic week and historic episode of Talking Feds, a roundtable that brings
0:24.4	together prominent former and current federal officials.
0:28.1	For a dynamic discussion of the most important legal issues of the day.
0:33.5	On Wednesday, December 12, 2019 at 8.27 pm, President Donald John Trump became the third
0:42.5	U.S. President to be impeached, accused by the House of Representatives of Abuse of Power
0:48.3	and Instruction of Congress.
0:50.9	About ten short weeks after the release of a whistleblower complaint, detailing Trump's
0:56.2	hold-up of Ukraine President Zelensky to muscle him into announcing an investigation of
1:02.5	former Vice President Biden, the House returned the two articles along nearly straight party
1:08.1	lines.
1:09.1	I'm Harry Littman.
1:10.7	I'm a former United States Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General and a current
1:14.9	Washington Post columnist.
1:17.0	I'm joined today by two of the most prominent commentators in the country and a member
1:22.2	of the House of Representatives that just impeached the President.
1:26.1	First, joining us from Birmingham, Joyce Vance, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District
1:32.0	of Alabama, longtime Assistant United States Attorney for that District, distinguished professor
1:37.9	of the Practice of Law at the University of Alabama, Culver House School of Law, and
1:42.7	not least Charter Talking Feds.
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