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Laurence Tribe: Trump Must Be Impeached Because ‘He Regards Himself as Above the Law’
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WTLV/WJXX-TV (NBC/ABC 12 First Coast News; Jacksonville, Fla.)
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This Week with George Stephanopoulos
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George Stephanopoulos
, Laurence Tribe
Name: George Stephanopoulos
Employment: ABC News
Position: Anchor
Name: Laurence Tribe
Employment: Professor Emeritus
Position: Harvard University
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New York, N.Y.
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05/14/2017 11:13 pm
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STEPHANOPOULOS Official Washington consumed ░░░░░░░░ the President Trump s ░░░░░░░░ of James Comey this ░░░░░░░░ You see Vice President ░░░░░░░░ right there The big ░░░░░░░░ now what is going ░░░░░░░░ happen next And we ░░░░░░░░ joined now by two ░░░░░░░░ America s top lawyers ░░░░░░░░ Tribe constitutional law professor ░░░░░░░░ Harvard and Ken Starr ░░░░░░░░ course he was the ░░░░░░░░ prosecutor of Bill Clinton ░░░░░░░░ in the 1990s Gentlemen ░░░░░░░░ you for joining us ░░░░░░░░ us right now And ░░░░░░░░ Tribe Professor Tribe let ░░░░░░░░ begin with you You ░░░░░░░░ a piece in the ░░░░░░░░ Post this morning President ░░░░░░░░ must be impeached here ░░░░░░░░ why Why LAURENCE TRIBE ░░░░░░░░ LAW Because he has ░░░░░░░░ no respect for the ░░░░░░░░ of law He regards ░░░░░░░░ as above the law ░░░░░░░░ thinks it s appropriate ░░░░░░░░ essentially have a job ░░░░░░░░ with the FBI director ░░░░░░░░ we now know the ░░░░░░░░ director wanted to be ░░░░░░░░ and the president essentially ░░░░░░░░ him well we ll ░░░░░░░░ It depends Will you ░░░░░░░░ loyalty to me Well ░░░░░░░░ and monarchs and dictators ░░░░░░░░ that kind of loyalty ░░░░░░░░ essentially said if you ░░░░░░░░ me that this meddlesome ░░░░░░░░ investigation will go away ░░░░░░░░ I ll keep you ░░░░░░░░ That s obstruction of ░░░░░░░░ even within the technical ░░░░░░░░ of the criminal code ░░░░░░░░ they re not relevant ░░░░░░░░ most relevant thing because ░░░░░░░░ is our system s ░░░░░░░░ resort for someone who ░░░░░░░░ himself or herself as ░░░░░░░░ the law the most ░░░░░░░░ thing is whether this ░░░░░░░░ by his recent course ░░░░░░░░ action on top of ░░░░░░░░ violations of the foreign ░░░░░░░░ or emoluments clause this ░░░░░░░░ has shone that he ░░░░░░░░ be trusted to remain ░░░░░░░░ the law and our ░░░░░░░░ s last resort for ░░░░░░░░ of that kind is ░░░░░░░░ get the person out ░░░░░░░░ office STEPHANOPOULOS Let me ░░░░░░░░ you right there because ░░░░░░░░ president also said in ░░░░░░░░ same interview that he ░░░░░░░░ the investigation to be ░░░░░░░░ properly And he does ░░░░░░░░ the right to fire ░░░░░░░░ FBI director doesn t ░░░░░░░░ TRIBE Sure The right ░░░░░░░░ fire does not include ░░░░░░░░ right to fire in ░░░░░░░░ context of what amounts ░░░░░░░░ a bribe That is ░░░░░░░░ say I can fire ░░░░░░░░ you know but I ░░░░░░░░ t if you do ░░░░░░░░ I have no right ░░░░░░░░ ask you to do ░░░░░░░░ that s to lay ░░░░░░░░ And of course the ░░░░░░░░ said he wants to ░░░░░░░░ to the truth He ░░░░░░░░ says that But I ░░░░░░░░ we all know that ░░░░░░░░ words do not speak ░░░░░░░░ loudly as his actions
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