OF THESE PEOPLE GET UP AND SPEAK

TODAY, THEY SAY YOU HAVE

VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION.

WELL WHAT HAS HE DONE WRONG?

WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY CRIME.

I'M THE FIRST PERSON TO EVER GET

IMPEACHED AND THERE'S NO CRIME.

LIKE I FEEL GUILTY.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CALL IT?

IMPEACHMENT LIGHT.

STEVE: HE WAS ACTUALLY THE

THIRD PRESIDENT IMPEACHED BY THE

HOUSE LET'S TALK TO TEXAS

SENATOR TED CRUZ A MEMBER OF THE

SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, HE'S

BEEN WATCHING IT ALL, HE'S ON

CAPITOL HILL.

SENATOR, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.

AINSLEY: GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING, GOOD TO BE

WITH YOU.

STEVE: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF

NANCY PELOSI YESTERDAY LATE IN

THE DAY AFTER THE VOTE FLOATING

THE IDEA SHE MIGHT ACTUALLY NOT

SEND THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT

OVER TO THE SENATE BECAUSE THE

SENATE MIGHT NOT BE FAIR BECAUSE

THEY ARE A BUNCH OF MEAN

REPUBLICANS RUNNING IT?

>> I THINK THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN

A TOTAL PANIC.

YESTERDAY WAS A VERY VERY BAD

DAY FOR DEMOCRATS AND IT WAS A

BAD DAY FOR THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES AND FOR THE

COUNTRY, WHEN IT COMES TO

POLITICAL, HER THREAT IS REALLY

QUITE REMARKABLE.

HER THREAT TO THE SENATE IS DO

EXACTLY WHAT I WANT, OR I'M NOT

GOING TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT.

I'M NOT GOING TO SEND OVER THE

IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES.

MY ATTITUDE IS OKAY, THROW US IN

THAT BRIAR PATCH.

DON'T SEND THEM THAT'S ALL RIGHT

WE ACTUALLY HAVE WORK TO DO.

SOME OF US ARE SHOWING UP

FIGHTING FOR MORE JOBS, FOR

HIGHER WAGES, FOR THE WORKING

MEN AND WOMEN WHO ELECTED US,

AND IT'S ACTUALLY IF NANCY WANTS

TO DELAY DELIVERING THE ARTICLES

I HAVE A DATE, A DELIVERY DATE.

HOW ABOUT NOVEMBER 2, 2020?

THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THEN

THAT ACTUALLY SHOULD RESOLVE

THIS QUESTION.

ANSWER SENATOR THE PRESIDENT IS

TWEETING THAT I GOT IMPEACHED

LAST NIGHT, WITH THE DO NOTHING

DEMS ON THEIR CONTINUATION OF

THE GREATEST WITCH HUNT IN

AMERICAN HISTORY.

HE SAYS NOW, THE DO-NOTHING

PARTY WANTS TO DO NOTHING THE

ARTICLES AND NOT DELIVER THEM TO

THE SENATE, BUT IT'S THE SENATE

'S CALL.

>> WELL LISTEN THE DEMOCRATS

ARE IN A PANIC BECAUSE IN THE

LAST MONTH THEIR CASE COLLAPSED.

REWIND BACK TO A MONTH AGO.

A MONTH AGO EVERY DEMOCRAT WAS

SAYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN,

BRIBERY REMEMBER THAT WAS THEIR

TALKING POINT?

THE REASON WAS THE DEMOCRATIC

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, THEY POLLED

THAT AND THEIR FOCUS GROUPS TOLD

THEM THAT BRIBERY IS BAD.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T LIKE

BRIBERY SO IN ONE DAY EVERY

DEMOCRAT BEGAN SAYING BRIBERY

AND HERE IS THE PROBLEM.

THE FACTS THE ACTUAL EVIDENCE

DOESN'T SUPPORT BRIBERY AS THEY

HEARD THE EVIDENCE AND THEY'VE

NOW BACKED AWAY FROM BRIBERY

FROM THE QUID PRO QUO THAT WAS

THEIR FAVORITE PHRASE.

AINSLEY: AND THEN THERE WAS

EXTORTION.

>> AND THEY'VE NOW TAKEN THE

POSITION THEY CAN IMPEACH THE

PRESIDENT WITHOUT ALLEGING HE

VIOLATED ANY CRIMINAL LAW

WHATSOEVER, WITHOUT ALLEGING HE

VIOLATED ANY FEDERAL LAW, NOT

EVEN A SPEEDING TICKET, THAT IS

A REMARKABLE POSITION, IT'S AN

EXTREME POSITION, YOU PLAYED

A CLIP FROM THE PRESIDENT A

MOMENT AGO WHERE HE SAID HE'S

THE FIRST PRESIDENT IMPEACHED

WITHOUT ALLEGING A CRIME.

HE'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE

HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY.

THE PRIOR IMPEACHMENTS EVERY ONE

OF THEM THE ARTICLES ALLEGED A

FEDERAL CRIME.

THIS ONE DOESN'T.

IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY WEAK AND IT

DOESN'T MEET THE CONSTITUTIONAL

STANDARD FOR HIGH CRIMES AND

MISDEMEANORS AND THAT'S WHY

PELOSI KNOWS WHEN IT GOES TO THE

SENATE THERE'S GOING TO BE A

FAIR TRIAL IN THE SENATE BUT

THIS IS NOT GOING TO SUCCEED

BECAUSE THE HOUSE HASN'T PROVEN

ITS CASE.

PETE: IT'S THE FIRST FULLY

PARTISAN IMPEACHMENT AS WELL AND

THEY SAID MONTHS AGO, WE WOULD

NEVER DO IT UNLESS IT'S

BIPARTISAN BUT SENATOR LET'S

JUST SAY IN AN IMAGINARY WORLD

THAT NANCY PELOSI ACTUALLY MOVES

THE BILLS OVER TO THE SENATE.

WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON HOW IT

SHOULD PLAY OUT IN THE SENATE?

>> WELL I THINK WE'RE LIKELY TO

SEE A TRIAL THAT WILL START IN

JANUARY.

IF I WERE TO GUESS A DATE I'D

GUESS JANUARY 6 WHICH IS THE

FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY AND THE

VERY FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED

IS ALL 100 SENATORS ARE SWORN IN

TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE WILL

ADMINISTER THE OTHER AND WE SIT

AS JURORS.

THEN WHAT HAPPENS, THE HOUSE

MANAGERS WILL PRESENT THEIR CASE

, AND THAT WILL LAST LIKELY

SEVERAL DAYS, THEY WILL PRESENT

WHATEVER EVIDENCE THEY HAVE AND

WHATEVER ARGUMENTS THEY HAVE AND

WE'RE GOING TO DO SUBSTANTIALLY

BETTER THAN THE HOUSE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A FAIR FORUM

AND THAT MEANS BOTH SIDES CAN

PRESENT THEIR CASE, WE'LL

RESPECT DUE PROCESS AND LISTEN

TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY SO THE

MANAGERS WILL PRESENT THEIR CASE

BUT THEN UNLIKE THE HOUSE THE

PRESIDENT GETS TO PRESENT HIS

CASE, HIS TEAM GETS TO DEFEND

HIM, WE'LL LISTEN TO THOSE

OPENING ARGUMENTS, LISTEN TO THE

PRESIDENT'S TEAM LAYOUT EVIDENCE

, AND THE NEXT STAGE

WILL BE SENATORS ASKING

QUESTIONS.

NOW THIS IS NOT GOING TO FEATURE

SAY ELIZABETH WARREN AND ME

GOING 15 ROUNDS ASKING QUESTIONS

, BECAUSE THE SENATE

RULES DON'T LET SENATORS SPEAK

IN OPEN SESSION.

WHICH MEANS WE'RE ALL SITTING AT

OUR DESK BUT NOT ALLOWED TO

SPEAK WHILE THE CAMERAS ARE ON

OUR QUESTIONS HAVE TO BE WRITTEN

SO WE WRITE OUR QUESTIONS SUBMIT

THEM TO THE CHAIR AND THE CHIEF

JUSTICE WILL ASK THE QUESTIONS.

PETE: WOW.

>> AT THAT POINT, I THINK

THERE'S GOING TO BE A DEBATE

ABOUT WHETHER TO SHIFT TO A

SECOND STAGE OF THE TRIAL, OF

BRINGING IN WITNESSES.

I IMAGINE THE WHITE HOUSE IS

GOING TO HAVE TO ASSESS AS A

LEGAL MATTER DO THEY WANT

WITNESSES, AND MY VIEW IS THAT

IF THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO CALL

WITNESSES, IF THE PRESIDENT WANT

S TO CALL WITNESSES LIKE

HUNTER BIDEN OR LIKE THE

WHISTLEBLOWER, THE PRESIDENT IS

ENTITLED TO DO SO AND THE SENATE

SHOULD ALLOW HIM TO DO SO BUT

THAT'S THE QUESTION FOR THE

WHITE HOUSE LEGAL TEAM TO MAKE.

STEVE: AND OF COURSE IT ALL

DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT NANCY

PELOSI SENDS THE ARTICLE AND