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bruce fein the former us associate deputy attorney general good to have you inside i'm sure we'll be continuing to get more comment from bruce as the evening progresses thanks to your time for the moment it's get back to proceedings in the house of representatives where the debate continues on the democratic resolution calling on vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment to dismiss donald trump we expected to be passed though there is staunch opposition from republicans just listening pursuant to house resolution 38 the previous question is ordered on the resolution and on the preamble as amended the question this question is on adoption of the resolution those in favor say aye. those oppose no. knives at it have a resolution is agreed to as the speaker. and speaker and as for recorded are restored to section 3. of the house resolution 8 the yeas and nays are order members will record their votes by electronic device. so the house speaker it's right about what $1014.00 leaving washington d.c. is now taking an electronic vote of the resolution to invoke the 25th amendment
bruce fein the former us associate deputy attorney general good to have you inside i'm sure we'll be continuing to get more comment from bruce as the evening progresses thanks to your time for the moment it's get back to proceedings in the house of representatives where the debate continues on the democratic resolution calling on vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment to dismiss donald trump we expected to be passed though there is staunch opposition from republicans just...
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well bruce fein is a constitutional lawyer and former us associate deputy attorney general and joins says also from washington d.c. creates have you with us on the news hour you're a constitutional lawyer i'm not so it's no immediately clear to me that where the law is just spell it out what did you hear on that call that points to any american laws being broken. well there are at least 2. 1 his threat to criminally prosecute mr raffensperger if he did not hold true to the vote that is exercise his official powers in particular way is extraordinary and under federal law the crime of extortion also his incitement to mr raffensperger to find 100000 votes or 10000 are many to shift the outcome because he was a good republican is the crime of incitement he's encouraging someone else to commit a crime namely to falsify the results of an election so their crew criminal violations that i believe are flagrant open dettori is an undisputable in that conversation i also believe that these these efforts here are exactly what alexander hamilton described as impeachable offenses in federalist 65
well bruce fein is a constitutional lawyer and former us associate deputy attorney general and joins says also from washington d.c. creates have you with us on the news hour you're a constitutional lawyer i'm not so it's no immediately clear to me that where the law is just spell it out what did you hear on that call that points to any american laws being broken. well there are at least 2. 1 his threat to criminally prosecute mr raffensperger if he did not hold true to the vote that is exercise...
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i want to bring in bruce fein he's a constitutional lawyer and he's joining us from washington d.c. by skype birds good as always to have you on all does iraq talk us through the time line for this because if i understand it correctly all of the articles are presented on monday that doesn't technically mean that the trial starts then what is the kind of timescale we're looking at. well ordinarily the under existing senate rules that can change by majority vote and the democrats have majority now with camilla harris casting the deciding vote the rules would have the senate take up the articles of impeachment here there's just one article the following day. and with the president as an incumbent the chief justice is summoned to preside now we have this unique situation where the defendant is not the president anymore and it's unclear whether the president will whether chief justice john roberts will be the presiding officer i think his presence certainly offers and justified air of gravity and solemnity to the decision really this impeachment trial is about whether mr trump will run f
i want to bring in bruce fein he's a constitutional lawyer and he's joining us from washington d.c. by skype birds good as always to have you on all does iraq talk us through the time line for this because if i understand it correctly all of the articles are presented on monday that doesn't technically mean that the trial starts then what is the kind of timescale we're looking at. well ordinarily the under existing senate rules that can change by majority vote and the democrats have majority...
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bruce fein a constitutional lawyer in reston virginia rina shah a political strategist and in birmingham in the u.k. scott lucas professor of international politics at the university of birmingham welcome to you all really let me start with you today what surprised you were that there were 10 republican representatives in the house who broke with the president and voted to impeach john will trump or that despite the assault on the capital more republicans didn't vote to impeach donald trump. well it was certainly the latter for me i thought this was a line that was crossed last wednesday and i felt that more republicans may have the moral courage to finally step up and speak their truth and to really what more than anything could be considered as a denunciation of donald trump and what he's done to the republican party by remaking in his own image that loud boisterous no holds barred really nasty side of him that often comes out at rallies it is a part that people liked at 1st in 2015 and to $16.00 and i would say over the years the private whispers that i've heard from members of congre
bruce fein a constitutional lawyer in reston virginia rina shah a political strategist and in birmingham in the u.k. scott lucas professor of international politics at the university of birmingham welcome to you all really let me start with you today what surprised you were that there were 10 republican representatives in the house who broke with the president and voted to impeach john will trump or that despite the assault on the capital more republicans didn't vote to impeach donald trump....
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bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general and author of constitutional peril the life and death struggle for our constitution and democracy and he's joining us live from washington d.c. via skype good to have you with us again bruce might was just referring to the fact that by the time this hearing comes in front of the senate the senate could actually look very different because those 2 democrat senators may well be in place how much of a bearing is that going to have on what happens when if and when the trial happens . we don't know how sympathetic mr mcconnell if he remains in a majority leader for the remaining a period and trying to set rules of evidence is for mr trump because a my belief is that mr mcconnell wants mr trump convicted and also precluded is part of the sentence for close from running for president $242024.00 would be a nightmare for mitch mcconnell so even though he's not overtly supporting impeachment i think behind the scenes he is because that would rip the republican
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bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general he says the president must be held accountable for the crimes committed. i think that the tide is turning against mr trump and his crowd he certainly does have supporters but i think it will dwindle substantially when he loses the power of the presidency. because he no longer has the ability to threaten or to offer rewards and to his supporters outside the white house no pardons no money no vetoes of bills no executive orders all of that vanishes. and the additional element that i believe is critical in some sense of having the republican party move on is holding president accountable to the criminal law and that would be the final nail in the coffin there still be a few heart injures and call even a jury verdict beyond a reasonable doubt is another which one but he has committed virtually scores of felonies well he's been in office and just one would be sufficient i think to end his political career and the republican party then could start to move f
bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general he says the president must be held accountable for the crimes committed. i think that the tide is turning against mr trump and his crowd he certainly does have supporters but i think it will dwindle substantially when he loses the power of the presidency. because he no longer has the ability to threaten or to offer rewards and to his supporters outside the white house no pardons no money no vetoes of bills no executive orders all of...
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impeached and was 0 as mike hanna reporting live from washington for a moment mike many thanks indeed bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy it. any general at all thought of constitutional power old the life and death struggle of our constitution and the mock recy he joins us now live from washington via skype good to have you with us once again bruce do you agree with vice president pence that invoking the 25th amendment would set a terrible precedent. no i think it's the obvious that declining to invoke the 25th amendment would set a terrible precedent it's republicans and their judges who focus on the clear and plain meaning of the words of the document for its interpretation not hidden or covert meetings and the 25th amendment nowhere and language suggests that an inability to discharge the duties of the office are limited to physical disability perhaps the greatest disability is a complete inability to enforce the obligation to take care that the laws be faithfully executed rather than sabotaged and that the president defend and uphold and sustain the constitution rather than taking
impeached and was 0 as mike hanna reporting live from washington for a moment mike many thanks indeed bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy it. any general at all thought of constitutional power old the life and death struggle of our constitution and the mock recy he joins us now live from washington via skype good to have you with us once again bruce do you agree with vice president pence that invoking the 25th amendment would set a terrible precedent. no i think it's the obvious that...
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amendment we're monitoring that through the day we continue to watch the pictures let's bring in bruce fein a former us associate deputy attorney general author of the constitutional peril life and death struggle of our constitutional democracy be with us through the evening from washington d.c. and joins us again bruce always good to get your importer and good to have you monitoring what's going on in the house right now the debate is very divisive where we're hearing both democrats and republicans state their case the 25th amendment itself will get voted on we assume wholeheartedly from the house the question is where does it go from here and can it really move forward in the senate. well i do not think that the resolution would move forward in the senate because it is a futile exercise mr pence's already declared he is not going to invoke the 25th amendment of the senate needs to be prepared for an impeachment trial. i believe that there is utility in the 25th amendment in so far as it can remove mr trump from office immediately upon a letter from the vice president supported by a majori
amendment we're monitoring that through the day we continue to watch the pictures let's bring in bruce fein a former us associate deputy attorney general author of the constitutional peril life and death struggle of our constitutional democracy be with us through the evening from washington d.c. and joins us again bruce always good to get your importer and good to have you monitoring what's going on in the house right now the debate is very divisive where we're hearing both democrats and...
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president gets his powers back unless 2 thirds of both the house and the senate agree to his removal bruce fein is a former us associate deputy attorney general and constitutional lawyer he says that there are grounds for using the 25th amendment to remove trump action that would ultimately benefit vice president mike pence. mr trump has shown that he is mentally incapable of discharging the duties of his office which include faithfully executing the laws in upholding in defending the constitution of the united states this is a man who yesterday incited sedition against the united states' plane courage and violence to prohibit the houston of the process by which we count electoral votes and that surely satisfy its least mental inability. to discharge the duties of his office i believe that this certainly is feasible mr pense certainly would have an incentive to undertake that path because mr trump basic plea has called him a coward denigrated him humiliated him in every which way imaginable because mr punch pence stuck to the constitution and said he could only count the votes not decide which
president gets his powers back unless 2 thirds of both the house and the senate agree to his removal bruce fein is a former us associate deputy attorney general and constitutional lawyer he says that there are grounds for using the 25th amendment to remove trump action that would ultimately benefit vice president mike pence. mr trump has shown that he is mentally incapable of discharging the duties of his office which include faithfully executing the laws in upholding in defending the...
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ralph nader and bruce fein have drawn up a list of 12 real impeachable offenses, not just a shakedown, but of course, i did the democratic party has been complicit in this administration. they could have impeached trump the first week, jumped on the emoluments clause alone. perpetuation of nine wars, if you count yemen, that were never declared by congress. but they did not do it because they saw trump as a fund-raising tool. the media has made tons of money off of trump. as was pointed out, the digital platforms love trump as essentially keeping people on their platforms. again, profit-driven. and now we have ended up in the final week of the trump administration with people attempting to respond to the deterioration of the american political system and the judiciary and the checks and balances and everything else. think, clearly, if we coldly read what trump said to his supporters, he called for people -- he did not call for people to break into the capitol and take people hostage. amy: certainly he and his family in the speeches alone at this rally come as he talked about he was wi
ralph nader and bruce fein have drawn up a list of 12 real impeachable offenses, not just a shakedown, but of course, i did the democratic party has been complicit in this administration. they could have impeached trump the first week, jumped on the emoluments clause alone. perpetuation of nine wars, if you count yemen, that were never declared by congress. but they did not do it because they saw trump as a fund-raising tool. the media has made tons of money off of trump. as was pointed out,...
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well bruce fein is a former us associate deputy attorney general and constitutional lawyer and he says there are grounds for using the 25th amendment to remove trump an action that would ultimately benefit the vice president mike pence mr trump has shown that he is mentally incapable of discharging the duties of his office which include faithfully executing the laws in upholding in defending the constitution of the united states this is a min who yesterday incited sedition against the united states' plane courage and violence to prohibit the fusion of the process by which we count electoral vote and that surely satisfy its least mental inability. to discharge the duties of his office i believe that this certainly is feasible mr pence certainly would have an incentive to undertake that path because mr trump basic cli has called him a coward denigrated him humiliated him in every which way imaginable because mr punch pence stuck to the constitution and said he could only count the votes not decide which ones were valid or not. may be more problematic to get a majority of the cabinet to g
well bruce fein is a former us associate deputy attorney general and constitutional lawyer and he says there are grounds for using the 25th amendment to remove trump an action that would ultimately benefit the vice president mike pence mr trump has shown that he is mentally incapable of discharging the duties of his office which include faithfully executing the laws in upholding in defending the constitution of the united states this is a min who yesterday incited sedition against the united...
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thirds of both the house and the senate agree to his removal let's talk about this option with bruce fein who's a former us associate deputy attorney general and a constitutional lawyer he's joining us from washington d.c. thanks for your time with us on the al-jazeera news hour so this idea of invoking the 25th amendment in your opinion how much traction is it gaining at this point after the events of the past 24 hours and can it actually be used in this particular circumstance it certainly could be used in this circumstance i think mr trump has shown that he's mentally incapable of discharging the duties of his office which include really executing the laws in upholding in defending the constitution of the united states this is a man who yesterday incited sedition against the united states' plane courage in violence to prohibit. the fusion of the process by which we count electoral votes and that surely satisfy its least a mental inability. to discharge the duties of his office and. i believe that this certainly is feasible mr pense certainly would have an incentive to undertake that pa
thirds of both the house and the senate agree to his removal let's talk about this option with bruce fein who's a former us associate deputy attorney general and a constitutional lawyer he's joining us from washington d.c. thanks for your time with us on the al-jazeera news hour so this idea of invoking the 25th amendment in your opinion how much traction is it gaining at this point after the events of the past 24 hours and can it actually be used in this particular circumstance it certainly...
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that incident and so did your custer bring yourself today from capitol hill heidi thank you all bruce fein is a us constitutional lawyer and he explains how the impeachment trial is likely to be playing odd since trump is no longer in office. we have this unique situation where the defendant is not the president anymore and it's unclear whether the president will whether chief justice john roberts will be the presiding officer i think his presence certainly offers and justified air of gravity and solemnity to the decision really this impeachment trial is about whether mr trump will run for president again in $22041.00 of the punishments authorized by the constitution for conviction on pietschmann is disqualification from holding future office and that's a momentous decision to be made and ought to be made with the solemnity of gravity but really it's up to the senate now to decide by majority vote you know how swiftly to proceed amidst mcconnell the former majority leader said he wants 21 days it's because mr trump is so desperate and he doesn't have real lawyers to defend him the trial wi
that incident and so did your custer bring yourself today from capitol hill heidi thank you all bruce fein is a us constitutional lawyer and he explains how the impeachment trial is likely to be playing odd since trump is no longer in office. we have this unique situation where the defendant is not the president anymore and it's unclear whether the president will whether chief justice john roberts will be the presiding officer i think his presence certainly offers and justified air of gravity...
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be convicted and that potentially prevents him from ever running for office again let's speak to bruce fein who's a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general joins us now from washington d.c. mr fine thanks for joining us here on al-jazeera we'll come to those numbers in a 2nd but 1st trumpet as lawyers what do you think is behind the parting of the ways i think the explanation is rather straightforward. mr trump wanted to lawyers to regurgitate the discredited view that the election was stolen from him by massive electoral fraud by democrats. that allegation has been discredited in over 60 court cases by his former attorney general william barr by his cybersecurity chief by democrats and republicans all around the country who occupy positions in state legislators and governorships it has gotten no traction in the u.s. supreme court and the lawyers basically said we cannot make such a representation of massive electoral fraud when we have no good faith belief that it's true indeed it's precisely that misrepresentation that caused me and several others to write a letter to the new york b
be convicted and that potentially prevents him from ever running for office again let's speak to bruce fein who's a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general joins us now from washington d.c. mr fine thanks for joining us here on al-jazeera we'll come to those numbers in a 2nd but 1st trumpet as lawyers what do you think is behind the parting of the ways i think the explanation is rather straightforward. mr trump wanted to lawyers to regurgitate the discredited view that the election was...
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odds are as mike hanna reporting live from washington mike many thanks indeed bruce fein is a former us associate deputy attorney general and author of constitutional peril the life and death struggle for a constitutional democracy joins us now live from washington via skype because have you with us once again what are your thoughts on this letter of mike pence assent to one house speaker nancy pelosi other birds can you hear me yes i can very very thank you sorry bruce what are your thoughts on this letter that pence a cent to nancy pelosi. well i think it shows he buckled i think it's entirely a historical if he remembers what happened when president ricks richard nixon was pardoned by president ford i mean former president nixon mr ford said it would heal the country and it did the opposite it underscored we have 2 systems of justice one for the powerful and one for everybody else and that's not to be the case in the united states where everyone even the highest official in the land is subject to the law so in mr penn says to hold an impeachment proceeding to try and convict mr tr
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last pictures of donald trump holding any form of public office mike hanna al-jazeera washington bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general he joins us now live via skype from washington d.c. proust good to have you back with assume the senate will convene to decide upon the rules of the trial once the articles of impeachment been handed over what might those rules look like. first of all they have to set a time for beginning the trial which at least tentatively seems to be february 8th an agreement hammered out between majority leader schumer and mitch mcconnell the former majority leader now when you go for the the actual details of the trial one of the 1st issues that has to be confronted is whether chief justice john roberts will preside as he did at the prior impeachment trial when the president was still in office of the constitution is silent on who presides when you would are hammering articles of impeachment against someone who is no longer the president of the united states by own view is that the chief justice should preside because the important new gravity of
last pictures of donald trump holding any form of public office mike hanna al-jazeera washington bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general he joins us now live via skype from washington d.c. proust good to have you back with assume the senate will convene to decide upon the rules of the trial once the articles of impeachment been handed over what might those rules look like. first of all they have to set a time for beginning the trial which at least tentatively seems to be...
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democrats for trying to be convicted and that could prevent him from ever running for office again bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general and he says that donald trump will have a hard time finding legal representation. mr trump wanted just lawyers to recur to tate the discredited view that the election was stolen from him by massive electoral fraud by democrats. that allegation has been discredited in over 60 court cases by his former attorney general william barr by his cybersecurity chief by democrats and republicans all around the country who occupy positions in state legislators and governorships it has gotten no traction in the u.s. supreme court and the lawyers basically said we cannot make such a representation of massive electoral fraud when we have no good faith belief that it's true indeed it's precisely that misrepresentation that caused me and several others to write a letter to the new york bar association only last week asking that an investigation be opened to disbar mr giuliani because as a matter of legal ethics you are forbidden from advancing a legal
democrats for trying to be convicted and that could prevent him from ever running for office again bruce fein is a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general and he says that donald trump will have a hard time finding legal representation. mr trump wanted just lawyers to recur to tate the discredited view that the election was stolen from him by massive electoral fraud by democrats. that allegation has been discredited in over 60 court cases by his former attorney general william barr by his...