Laurence Tribe: Trump’s ‘Trying To Hold the Country Hostage By Threatening Riots, Threatening Violence’ If Impeachment Is Carried Out

RUSH EXCERPT:

TRIBE: “I think he doesn’t know what he’s talking about and he’s he’s obviously flailing around because he feels the walls closing in. The fact is that the Constitution makes very clear that the president of the united States shall be removed from office if he is impeached and convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors, including treason and bribery. That’s unambiguous. And when the president says, “I did nothing wrong,” his opinion doesn’t matter. What matters is whether he’s committed a high crime or misdemeanor, whether it’s something the house decides to charge him with. One of the thing he said is people will revolt if a guy as terrific as me who has done so much for you is removed from office. That’s really trying to hold the country hostage by threatening riots, threatening violence in the event that the Constitution is carried out. We can’t accept that. We have to let him say what he wants but then proceed in an orderly fashion.”