Rep. Crow: Trump Incited Insurrection, That’s Why We Have This Trial

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CROW: "Well, it's probably the first time I've heard of either a defense attorney or somebody else say in defense of somebody that was accused of a crime to say well, arrest them then. But that's not why we have impeachment. You know, the President of the United States has unique powers and unique capabilities. The president is somebody that is accountable to the United States Congress. That is the whole point of impeachment. That's why we have it. And if we're going to create exceptions to it, whether it be a January exception, a December exception, those exceptions would swallow the whole rule and we might as well just get rid of it altogether. But the framers of the Constitution knew that because the president had unique powers to maintain the checks and balances, we needed to have this ultimate escape valve in impeachment to hold the president accountable. That's why we're here because the president incited an insurrection, not just that resulted in the death of a police officer and others that day but attempted to specifically derail the electoral process and our democracy. This is the absolute reason why impeachment existed and exists to this day, and that's why we're having this trial."