Name: What's the Deal with Trump's Impeachment Lawyer?
Uploaded: 2021-02-10T20:11:40.000Z
Duration: 9 min 50 s
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LET'S JUMP INTO THE HEADLINES BECAUSE THERE'S NEWS TO TALK

OF COURSE, DONALD TRUMP'S SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL BEGAN TODAY,

AND IT STARTED OUT WITH A DEBATE OVER WHETHER OR NOT IMPEACHING A

IT FEELS LIKE THIS QUESTION COULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED WEEKS

AGO WITH A SIMPLE TEXT TO A COLLEGE PROFESSOR SOMEWHERE.

AS EXPECTED, THE SENATE PASSED THE VOTE SAYING THE

THE SENATE DOES HAVE JURISDICTION TO TRY A FORMER

NOW THAT IT HAS FAILED, HE'LL BE MOVING ON TO THE VAUNTED "IT

WASN'T ME" DEFENSE PIONEERED IN THE LANDMARK CASE, "SHAGGY V.

( LAUGHTER ) LEADING THE IMPEACHMENT DEFENSE

FOR TRUMP IS BRUCE CASTOR, A CONTROVERSIAL LAWYER WHO

SPECIALIZES IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND "PEOPLE FALSELY

YOU CAN SEE HIM IN THIS PHOTO HERE -- JUST BASED ON THAT

PICTURE ALONE, I CAN ALREADY TELL THIS IS NOT A NICE PERSON

>> James: YOU DON'T WANT TO HANG OUT WITH HIM BUT YOU WANT

ON THE SENATE FLOOR, ARGUING ON BEHALF OF TRUMP.

>> IF WE GO DOWN THE ROAD THAT MY VERY WORTHY ADVERSARY HERE

MR. RASKIN ASKS YOU TO GO DOWN, THE FLOODGATES WILL OPEN.

I WAS GOING TO SAY IT WILL -- INSTEAD OF FLOODGATES, I WAS

GOING TO SAY, ORIGINALLY, IT WILL RELEASE THE WHIRLWIND,

WHICH IS A POLITICAL -- A BIBLICAL REFERENCE, BUT I

SCWEBTLY LEARNED SINCE I GOT HERE THAT THAT PARTICULAR PHRASE

HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN, SO I FIGURED I BETTER CHANGE IT TO

I'LL ADMIT, I HAD HIGH HOPES WHEN HE SHOWED UP WEARING

( LAUGHTER ) YOU KNOW HE'S GOING TO GET HOME

TONIGHT AND BE LIKE, OH, I SHOULD'VE GONE WITH

SHOULDN'T HAVE MENTIONED THE WINDS AT ALL.

DID YOU SEE THE -- YEAH, THE FLOODGATES BIT, YEAH.

NOW, CASTOR ONLY HAD A WEEK TO PREPARE FOR THE TRIAL AND HAS

NEVER MET WITH TRUMP IN PERSON, WHICH IS HONESTLY A GOOD LEGAL

BUT HIS LACK OF PREPARATION WAS KIND OF OBVIOUS.

>> SENATOR DIRKSEN RECORDED A SERIES OF LECTURES THAT MY

PARENTS HAD ON A RECORD AND -- WE STILL KNOW WHAT RECORDS ARE,

THE THING YOU PUT THE NEEDLE DOWN ON AND YOU PLAY IT.

>> James: YEAH, AND WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BLOCKBUSTER VIDEOS?

YOU COULD GET A MOVIE AND A BOX OF GOOD-N-PLENTY AT THE SAME

YOU HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD CHUCK SCHUMER UNTIL YOU'VE HEARD

( LAUGHTER ) I ALSO WANT TO SAY, JUST BECAUSE

DOESN'T MEAN WE UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ELSE YOU'RE TRYING TO

WHETHER HE'S DOING A LIST WITH NUMBERS OR LETTERS.

>> BUT THERE ISN'T A SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO, A, DOESN'T CONSIDER

YOURSELF A PATRIOT OF THE UNITED STATES AND, TWO, THERE ISN'T A

SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO DOESN'T CONSIDER THE OTHER 99 TO BE

>> James: OH, IT WAS ALL GOING PERFECTLY UP UNTIL THAT POINT.

( LAUGHTER ) ONE BIG CHANGE IS TRUMP ISN'T

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE TRUMP GET CREATIVE THIS WEEK.

I KNOW HE CAN'T TWEET BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE CAN'T SHARE HIS

FEELINGS IN ANOTHER FORM LIKE SKY WRITING.

THREE SPACE CRAFTS LAUNCHED BY THREE DIFFERENT NATIONS ARE DUE

THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES'S PROBE REACHED MARS TODAY, CHINA'S

ARRIVES ON WEDNESDAY, AND NASA'S WILL TOUCH DOWN NEXT WEEK.

THREE DIFFERENT PROBES IN LESS THAN A WEEK.

( LAUGHTER ) >> Reggie: FAILURE TO LAUNCH.

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