Name: Trump Lawyer Alan Dershowitz Shocks at the Impeachment Trial | The Daily Show
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This is where senators say the same thing

but this time, in the form of a question.

senators have been in a listen-only mode.

Senators have to write their questions down on these cards.

who will read them out loud to the House managers,

and also to the president's defense team.

This is a process that will last 16 hours over two days.

That sounds like every road trip I take with my little nephew.

"I don't know. 'Cause someone invented them."

And I'll take them away if you don't shut up."

That's right. I'm a horrible babysitter. That's right.

senators get to ask questions to the lawyers.

But because senators are not allowed to speak,

they have to write their questions down on a card.

It can be anything they want as long as they write it down.

"When did Ukraine learn that the aid was frozen?"

"Does impeachment require a criminal violation?"

And Ted Cruz asked, "Does this look infected to you?"

Oh, and... and writing the questions down

to being the most elaborate part of this process,

they have to pass it forward to the parliamentarian,

who then has to pass it to Chief Justice Roberts,

And if you think that process sounds slow,

Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk.

The senators communicating through note-passing

"Senator McConnell has a question for Adam Schiff.

Or if Chief Justice is gonna have to read it out,

I mean, then he should at least have to do an impression

Yeah, then it would be more interesting. He was like,

"This next question is from Senator Sanders from Vermont."

(imitating Sanders): "Why don't all shoes close with Velcro?

Now, I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie.

For most of the day, senators just asked questions

to their own side that gave them another chance

Democrats asked, "Donald Trump is guilty, isn't he?"

that makes Donald Trump so innocent and handsome?"

But there was one moment, there was one moment

from the trial that caught everyone's attention,

and it came from Trump's attorney Alan Dershowitz.

MAN: This afternoon, in a stunning argument,

one of President Trump's top lawyers claimed

any president has almost unlimited power,

that his election is in the public interest,

and so, he said, Trump cannot be impeached.

Every public official that I know believes

that his election is in the public interest.

which he believes will help him get elected

Ladies and gentlemen, we have finally arrived.

First, it was, "There was no quid pro quo."

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