NYPD THE NEW PHASE OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND THE

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND THE RESPONSE TO THE REDACTED MUELLER

RESPONSE TO THE REDACTED MUELLER REPORT BEGAN THIS AFTERNOON AT

REPORT BEGAN THIS AFTERNOON AT 4:5 P.M. EASTERN

4:5 P.M. EASTERN THIS WAS A SURPRISE.

THIS WAS A SURPRISE. THE MUELLER REPORT LAYS OUT

THE MUELLER REPORT LAYS OUT FACTS SHOWING THAT A HOSTILE

FACTS SHOWING THAT A HOSTILE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ATTACKED OUR

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ATTACKED OUR 2016 ELECTION TO HELP DONALD

2016 ELECTION TO HELP DONALD TRUMP AND DONALD TRUMP WELCOMED

TRUMP AND DONALD TRUMP WELCOMED THAT HELP.

THAT HELP. ONCE ELECTED, DONALD TRUMP

ONCE ELECTED, DONALD TRUMP OBSTRUCTED THE INVESTIGATION

OBSTRUCTED THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ATTACK.

INTO THE ATTACK. MUELLER PUT THE NEXT STEP IN THE

MUELLER PUT THE NEXT STEP IN THE HANDS OF CONGRESS.

HANDS OF CONGRESS. CONGRESS HAS AUTHORITY TO

CONGRESS HAS AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT A PRESIDENT’S CORRUPT

PROHIBIT A PRESIDENT’S CORRUPT USE OF HIS AUTHORITY IN ORDER TO

USE OF HIS AUTHORITY IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE

PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. THE NEXT STEP IS IMPEACHMENT

THE NEXT STEP IS IMPEACHMENT IT WOULD INFLICT GREAT AND

IT WOULD INFLICT GREAT AND LASTING DAMAGE ON THIS COUNTRY

LASTING DAMAGE ON THIS COUNTRY AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT BOTH

AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT BOTH THE CURRENT AND FUTURE

THE CURRENT AND FUTURE PRESIDENTS WOULD BE FREE TO

PRESIDENTS WOULD BE FREE TO ABUSE THEIR POWER.

ABUSE THEIR POWER. IT DEMANDS THAT ELECTED

IT DEMANDS THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS IN BOTH PARTIES SET

OFFICIALS IN BOTH PARTIES SET ASIDE POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS

ASIDE POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND DO THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL

AND DO THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY

DUTY THAT MEANS THE HOUSE SHOULD

THAT MEANS THE HOUSE SHOULD INITIATE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS

INITIATE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF THE

AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

UNITED STATES. SIGNED -- ELIZABETH WARREN

SIGNED -- ELIZABETH WARREN SENATOR OF MASSACHUSETTS

SENATOR OF MASSACHUSETTS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN THE

CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY JOINING US NOW, ELIZABETH WARREN

JOINING US NOW, ELIZABETH WARREN WHO AS OF TONIGHT IS CALLING FOR

WHO AS OF TONIGHT IS CALLING FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE

THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE I KNOW YOU MADE TIME FOR US ON

I KNOW YOU MADE TIME FOR US ON SHORT NOTICE

SHORT NOTICE SO YOU ARE THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC

SO YOU ARE THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE CALLING FOR THE START

CANDIDATE CALLING FOR THE START OF IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS

OF IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SAYING IT’S

DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SAYING IT’S NOT WORTH THE POLITICAL COST

NOT WORTH THE POLITICAL COST NOT WORTH THE CIVIC COST OR,

NOT WORTH THE CIVIC COST OR, IT’S ARGUABLY JUST TOO SOON.

IT’S ARGUABLY JUST TOO SOON. WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO TAKE

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO TAKE THIS STEP TODAY?

THIS STEP TODAY? >> WELL, I READ THE REPORT

>> WELL, I READ THE REPORT I WAS ON AN AIRPLANE YESTERDAY

I WAS ON AN AIRPLANE YESTERDAY AND STARTED READING IT

AND STARTED READING IT I READ IT WAY INTO THE NIGHT

I READ IT WAY INTO THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT AND I GOT TO THE END

LAST NIGHT AND I GOT TO THE END AND REALIZED

AND REALIZED THIS IS ABOUT PRINCIPLE.

THIS IS ABOUT PRINCIPLE. THE REPORT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR

THE REPORT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT

THAT A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ATTACKED OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM TO

ATTACKED OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM TO HELP DONALD TRUMP.

HELP DONALD TRUMP. HE WELCOMED THAT HELP AND THEN

HE WELCOMED THAT HELP AND THEN WHEN IT WAS INVESTIGATED BY OUR

WHEN IT WAS INVESTIGATED BY OUR OWN FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, DONALD

OWN FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, DONALD TRUMP TOOK MULTIPLE STEPS TO TRY

TRUMP TOOK MULTIPLE STEPS TO TRY TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE.

TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHEN I GET IT.

WHEN I GET IT. THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK

THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK POLITICALLY, NO, IT WILL BE TOO

POLITICALLY, NO, IT WILL BE TOO HARD TO DO THIS.

HARD TO DO THIS. THIS ISN’T ABOUT POLITICS.

THIS ISN’T ABOUT POLITICS. THIS ISN’T EVEN SPECIFICALLY

THIS ISN’T EVEN SPECIFICALLY ABOUT DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF

ABOUT DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF IT IS ABOUT WHAT A PRESIDENT OF

IT IS ABOUT WHAT A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE ABLE

THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO AND WHAT THE ROLE OF

TO DO AND WHAT THE ROLE OF CONGRESS IS IN SAYING, NO, A

CONGRESS IS IN SAYING, NO, A PRESIDENT DOES NOT GET TO COME

PRESIDENT DOES NOT GET TO COME IN AND STOP AN INVESTIGATION

IN AND STOP AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT A FOREIGN POWER THAT

ABOUT A FOREIGN POWER THAT ATTACKED THIS COUNTRY.

ATTACKED THIS COUNTRY. OR AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT HIS

OR AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT HIS OWN WRONGDOING

OWN WRONGDOING EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW.

EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW AND THAT

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW AND THAT INCLUDES THE PRESIDENT OF THE

INCLUDES THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

UNITED STATES. IT IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL

IT IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CONGRESS TO

RESPONSIBILITY OF CONGRESS TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT

FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT >> IF YOU HAD A CRYSTAL BALL AND

>> IF YOU HAD A CRYSTAL BALL AND YOU COULD SEE INTO THE FUTURE

YOU COULD SEE INTO THE FUTURE AND YOU COULD SEE IF THE

AND YOU COULD SEE IF THE ARGUMENT YOU’RE MAKING CARRIED

ARGUMENT YOU’RE MAKING CARRIED THE DAY IN THE HOUSE AND

THE DAY IN THE HOUSE AND IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS BEGAN IN

IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS BEGAN IN THE HOUSE, AN INVESTIGATION IN

THE HOUSE, AN INVESTIGATION IN THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, THEY

THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, THEY REFERRED ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT

REFERRED ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE VOTED

TO THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE VOTED ESSENTIALLY TO INDICT THE

ESSENTIALLY TO INDICT THE PRESIDENT, AND THEN THE SENATE

PRESIDENT, AND THEN THE SENATE DIDN’T ACT, OR THE SENATE VOTED

DIDN’T ACT, OR THE SENATE VOTED AND DECIDED THAT THE PRESIDENT

AND DECIDED THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM

SHOULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE ON THE BASIS OF THOSE

OFFICE ON THE BASIS OF THOSE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, IF YOU

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, IF YOU COULD SEE INTO THE FUTURE AND

COULD SEE INTO THE FUTURE AND THAT’S HOW IT WOULD GO

THAT’S HOW IT WOULD GO THE HOUSE SAYS YES

THE HOUSE SAYS YES THE SENATE SAYS NO

THE SENATE SAYS NO WOULD YOU STILL THINK IT WAS THE

WOULD YOU STILL THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE

RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE COUNTRY AND IT WAS A WORTHY USE

COUNTRY AND IT WAS A WORTHY USE OF RESOURCES AND TIME?

OF RESOURCES AND TIME? >> YES, IT WOULD

>> YES, IT WOULD EACH PERSON HAS TO STAND UP AND

EACH PERSON HAS TO STAND UP AND BE ACCOUNTED IN A DEMOCRACY.

BE ACCOUNTED IN A DEMOCRACY. THAT’S WHY WE’RE ELECTED INTO

THAT’S WHY WE’RE ELECTED INTO THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE

THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE THERE ARE TIMES IT BEYOND

THERE ARE TIMES IT BEYOND POLITICS

POLITICS WHEN IT IS A POINT OF PRINCIPLE

WHEN IT IS A POINT OF PRINCIPLE TO STAND UP AND SAY, NO

TO STAND UP AND SAY, NO PRESIDENT CAN DO THIS.

PRESIDENT CAN DO THIS. BECAUSE IT MATTERS

BECAUSE IT MATTERS NOT JUST FORGOT PRESIDENT.

NOT JUST FORGOT PRESIDENT. IT MATTERS FOR THE NEXT

IT MATTERS FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT

PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT AFTER THAT AND THE PRESIDENT

AFTER THAT AND THE PRESIDENT AFTER THAT

AFTER THAT I GET IT

I GET IT IN DICTATORSHIPS, THE GOVERNMENT

IN DICTATORSHIPS, THE GOVERNMENT COALESCES AROUND THE ONE PERSON

COALESCES AROUND THE ONE PERSON IN THE MIDDLE AND DOES

IN THE MIDDLE AND DOES EVERYTHING TO PROTECT THAT ONE

EVERYTHING TO PROTECT THAT ONE PERSON

PERSON BUT THAT’S NOT WHERE WE LIVE

BUT THAT’S NOT WHERE WE LIVE WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY AND IT IS

WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY AND IT IS CONTROLLED BY A CONSTITUTION

CONTROLLED BY A CONSTITUTION AND THE WAY WE MAKE THAT

AND THE WAY WE MAKE THAT DEMOCRACY WORK IS WITH CHECKS

DEMOCRACY WORK IS WITH CHECKS AND BALANCES

AND BALANCES AND A PRESIDENT WHO SAYS I DON’T

AND A PRESIDENT WHO SAYS I DON’T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW, AND

HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW, AND NOBODY CAN TOUCH ME ON CRIMINAL

NOBODY CAN TOUCH ME ON CRIMINAL ACTS, THAT’S NOT RIGHT

ACTS, THAT’S NOT RIGHT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT THE

THE CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE CAN DO

HOUSE AND THE SENATE CAN DO THIS

THIS AND LOOK

AND LOOK THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO DO

DO THAT’S NOT THE POINT

THAT’S NOT THE POINT IT IS A POINT OF PRINCIPLE AND

IT IS A POINT OF PRINCIPLE AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE HOUSE AND

EVERY MEMBER OF THE HOUSE AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE SENATE

EVERY MEMBER OF THE SENATE SHOULD BE CALLED ON TO VOTE.

SHOULD BE CALLED ON TO VOTE. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THAT

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THAT CONSTITUTES AN IMPEACHABLE

CONSTITUTES AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE?

OFFENSE? I DO BELIEVE THAT THE EVIDENCE

I DO BELIEVE THAT THE EVIDENCE IS JUST OVERWHELMING

IS JUST OVERWHELMING THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS COMMITTED

THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS COMMITTED THESE OFFENSES

THESE OFFENSES AND THAT MEANS WE SHOULD OPEN

AND THAT MEANS WE SHOULD OPEN PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE

PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE AND THEN THE HOUSE CAN TAKE A

AND THEN THE HOUSE CAN TAKE A VOTE

VOTE >> SENATOR, I FEEL LIKE I’VE

>> SENATOR, I FEEL LIKE I’VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR CAMPAIGN

BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR CAMPAIGN CLOSELY ENOUGH THAT I FEEL

CLOSELY ENOUGH THAT I FEEL SOMEWHAT CONFIDENT IN SAYING

SOMEWHAT CONFIDENT IN SAYING THAT YOU DID NOT PLAN TO BE

THAT YOU DID NOT PLAN TO BE CALLING FOR DONALD TRUMP’S

CALLING FOR DONALD TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF

IMPEACHMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

YOUR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IT’S NOT THE STYLE THAT YOU’VE

IT’S NOT THE STYLE THAT YOU’VE BEEN, THAT YOU’VE TAKEN TO THIS

BEEN, THAT YOU’VE TAKEN TO THIS CAMPAIGN THUS FAR.

CAMPAIGN THUS FAR. IT IS NOT THE SORT OF THING THAT

IT IS NOT THE SORT OF THING THAT YOU SEEM TO BE BUILDING AROUND

YOU SEEM TO BE BUILDING AROUND BUT I TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD THAT

BUT I TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD THAT YOU WERE STRUCK BY READING THE

YOU WERE STRUCK BY READING THE REPORT

REPORT YOU WERE MOVED BY THE EVIDENCE

YOU WERE MOVED BY THE EVIDENCE I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVEN’T

I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVEN’T THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT IMPEACHMENT

THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT IMPEACHMENT AT ALL

AT ALL I’VE BEEN WATCHING THE DEMOCRATS

I’VE BEEN WATCHING THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE FOR ONE SAY THAT

IN THE HOUSE FOR ONE SAY THAT THE ONES IN LEADERSHIP

THE ONES IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, WHO HAVE A SAY SAYING

POSITIONS, WHO HAVE A SAY SAYING NO, NO, THEY DON’T WANT TO DO IT

NO, NO, THEY DON’T WANT TO DO IT OR NOT ANY TIME SOON

OR NOT ANY TIME SOON WHEN I READ THE REPORT, THE ONE

WHEN I READ THE REPORT, THE ONE THING I MADE SURE TO WATCH ON

THING I MADE SURE TO WATCH ON TV

TV I TOOK A BREAK TO WATCH

I TOOK A BREAK TO WATCH SOUTHEASTERLY WHAT JERRY NADLER

SOUTHEASTERLY WHAT JERRY NADLER WOULD SAY.

WOULD SAY. I HAD READ ENOUGH OF THE REPORT.

I HAD READ ENOUGH OF THE REPORT. I WAS 1,000% SURE THAT WHAT HE

I WAS 1,000% SURE THAT WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS GETTING IN FRONT

WAS DOING WAS GETTING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS TO ANNOUNCE HE

OF THE CAMERAS TO ANNOUNCE HE WAS OPENING AN INQUIRY

WAS OPENING AN INQUIRY I WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED.

I WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED. THAT I WONDER IF YOU THINK MORE

THAT I WONDER IF YOU THINK MORE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES THAN PEOPLE

OF YOUR COLLEAGUES THAN PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING MIGHT COME AROUND

ARE EXPECTING MIGHT COME AROUND TO THIS.

TO THIS. THIS REPORT MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY

THIS REPORT MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY JARRED SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY

JARRED SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY LOOSE COMPARED TO HOW PEOPLE

LOOSE COMPARED TO HOW PEOPLE FELT WITH THIS ISSUE BEFORE.

FELT WITH THIS ISSUE BEFORE. >> I THINK THAT’S A GOOD POINT