ALLIES OF THE PRESIDENT SAY IT’S
TIME TO MOVE ON.
THEY SAY IT WILL DURTHER DIVIDE
AN ALREADY DIVIDED NATION.
LET’S CONTINUE NOW WITH STACY
PLASSKET AS AN IMPEACHMENT
MANAGER IN THE UP COMING TRIAL.
GOOD EVENING.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGY FOR
WINNING?
WHAT IS THE ONE MOST IMPORTANT
THING THAT YOU THINK SECURING A
CONVICTION IN THE TRIAL WILL
DEPEND ON?
>> I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE TRAGEDYSTRATEGY ON WHAT THE
IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS ARE WORKING
ON.
JUST SUFFICE IT TO SAY WE HAVE
RA PHENOMENAL GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS THAT SPEAKER PELOSI,
WE HAVE BEEN HUMBLED TO BE A
PART OF AND AMAZING STAFF THAT
ARE WORKING ON THIS.
WE HAVE IN FACT A CASE OF A
PRESIDENT WHO HAS DONE WHAT THE
FOUNDERS ANTICIPATED.
THAT IS AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO
GRIP ON TO POWER AND UTILIZING A
MOB THAT TRY TO DESTROY OUR
DEMCYDEM
DEMOCRACY TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE ALL BEEN WITNESSES TO
THAT, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL
HAIR IN THE TRIAL.
>> JOHN ADAMS ONCE SAID THE JAWS
OF POWER ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO
DEVOUR, AND ONE OF THE
INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THIS, A
LOT HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT THE HE
HESITANCE OF SOME REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKER THEY HAVE POWER, AND
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE
TO GET OVER THE HUNGER FOR
POWER?
THE HUNGER TO NOT LOSE IT ON THE
PART OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS AS
OPPOSED TO JUST APPEALING TO
SHARED AMERICAN VALUES,
PROTECTING THE DEMOCRACY AND SO
ON?
>> WELL, I BELIEVE THE JOB OF
THE IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS IS IN
FACT TO TRY A CASE, CORRECT?
AND WE ARE BEING ENTRUSTED WITH
PRESENTING THE ARTICLE OF
IMPEACHMENT, WHICH SAYS WHAT THE
PRESIDENT DID.
I BELIEVE ALL THE SENATORS ARE
THERE AND KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED
AND IT WILL BE OUR JOB TO TELL
THAT STORY AGAIN, AND I HAVE
GREAT CONFIDENCE IN ALL 100 OF
THOSE SENATORS.
I’M NOT GOING TO BE JUST
SPEAKING TO A SELECT GROUP.
WE TRY TO BRING ONE SIDE TO THE
OTHERS AND THEY ARE WORKING
TOGETHER, TO TRY TO FRIEND A
CASE TO THOSE SENATORS, THOSE
JURORS, THE WITNESSES OF THE
CRIME THAT THE PRESIDENT PERM
PERPETRATED AND HAS BEEN
PERPETRATING FOR A PERIOD OF
TIME AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
AND AGAINST OUR DEMOCRACY.
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
COUNTERARGUMENTS THAT HAVE COME
UP ALREADY ON THE FLOOR WITH THE
VOTES TO APPROVE THE ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT AND THE
DELIBERATIONS OVER THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE VOTES.
ONE OF IS THIS IS DEMOCRATS
GOING AFTER THE PRESIDENT AGAIN.
IF YOU SAY TO A JAYWALKER, HE IS
GOING TO JAYWALK, AND HE
JAYWALKS, AND I WAS RIGHT ALL
ALONG.
AND THE CAUSEAL CONNECTION TO
WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID AND WHAT
THE CROWD DID.
SOME ARE SAYING THAT YOU ARE
MAKE A FIRST AMENDMENT ARGUMENT
THAT COULD ADEMNIFY THAT.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE AN
ARGUMENT THAT EXONERATES THE
PRESIDENT?
>> THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE
WHATEVER ARGUMENT THEY ARE GOING
TO MAKE.
IT’S WHETHER OR NOT THE ARGUMENT IS VALID.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS NOT A --
>> GOOD NGS,NESS, I THINK WE LOS
CONGRESSWOMAN.
SHE WILL BE ONE OF THE
IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS WHO TRIES
THE CASE AGAINST PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
LET’S SEE IF WE GOT THE
CONNECTION CLEAN.
CONGRESSWOMAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> GOOD, RIGHT WHEN IT WAS THE
QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK.
LET ME ASK YOU TO START IT ONE
MORE TIME.
FIRST AMENDMENT ARGUMENT AND ITS
POTENTIAL TO EXONERATE PRESIDENT
TRUMP?
>> SURE.
WE NAILED IT.
ALL SPEECH IS NOT FREE.
YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY
WHATEVER SPEECH YOU WANT.
ONE EXAMPLE THAT IS ALWAYS PUT
FORWARD, YOU CANNOT CRY FIRE IN
A CROWDED MOVIE, CORRECT?
AND IN THE SAME WAY, THE
PRESIDENT IN PARTICULAR CANNOT
SAY THE THINGS HE DID.
KNOWING WHAT WAS OUT THERE,
KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN, AND TO DO THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE KNOW THIS
PRESIDENT -- NUMEROUS PEOPLE
REQUESTED THAT THE PRESIDENT SAY
SOMETHING TO STOP THE CROWD.
WELL, AFTER HE WAS AWARE OF WHAT
HAD HAPPENED, THE CAPITOL HAD
BEEN BREACHED, HE DID NOTHING.
HE KNEW THAT JANUARY 6th THE
CONGRESS WOULD BE CONVENING TO
CARRY OUT THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
DUTY TO CERTIFY THE ELECTION AND
HE CHOSE THAT DATE TO HAVE HIS