THAT’S THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT’S "ANGLE"."

"ANGLE"." THEY NEVER CONSIDERED HIM A

THEY NEVER CONSIDERED HIM A LEGITIMATE PRECEDENT.

LEGITIMATE PRECEDENT. THEY COULDN’T ALLOW THEMSELVES

THEY COULDN’T ALLOW THEMSELVES TO.

TO. AFTER ALL, IF A MAN WITH ZERO

AFTER ALL, IF A MAN WITH ZERO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE COULD TAKE

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE COULD TAKE DOWN THE CLINTONS, THE OBAMA’S,

DOWN THE CLINTONS, THE OBAMA’S, THE BUSHES, THE ENTIRE MEDIA

THE BUSHES, THE ENTIRE MEDIA ESTABLISHMENT, IN A LEGITIMATE

ESTABLISHMENT, IN A LEGITIMATE ELECTION, WELL, WHAT WOULD THAT

ELECTION, WELL, WHAT WOULD THAT HAVE SET UP AT THE DEMOCRATIC

HAVE SET UP AT THE DEMOCRATIC BRAND?

BRAND? EARLY ON, LEFT-WING ACTIVISTS,

EARLY ON, LEFT-WING ACTIVISTS, THE DEEP STATE, AND THE D.C.

THE DEEP STATE, AND THE D.C. SWAMP DECIDED TO DEVOTE ALL OF

SWAMP DECIDED TO DEVOTE ALL OF THEIR WAKING HOURS TO A SMEAR

THEIR WAKING HOURS TO A SMEAR AND SLASH CAMPAIGN WITH THE GOAL

AND SLASH CAMPAIGN WITH THE GOAL OF CONVINCING YOU THAT THIS

OF CONVINCING YOU THAT THIS TRUMP PRESIDENCY WAS INVALID.

TRUMP PRESIDENCY WAS INVALID. >> I DON’T SEE THIS

>> I DON’T SEE THIS PRESIDENT-ELECT IS A LEGITIMATE

PRESIDENT-ELECT IS A LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT. >> THERE IS A CLOUD OF

>> THERE IS A CLOUD OF ILLEGITIMACY HANGING OVER THE

ILLEGITIMACY HANGING OVER THE WHITE HOUSE.

WHITE HOUSE. >> AND ILLEGITIMATE AND CRIMINAL

>> AND ILLEGITIMATE AND CRIMINAL REGIME IN THE AMERICAN

REGIME IN THE AMERICAN WHITE HOUSE.

WHITE HOUSE. >> HE IS AN ILLEGITIMATE

>> HE IS AN ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT, IN MY MIND.

PRESIDENT, IN MY MIND. >> LOOK, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.

>> LOOK, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. >> HE KNOWS HE IS AN

>> HE KNOWS HE IS AN ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT.

ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT. >> Laura: AND THREE YEARS

>> Laura: AND THREE YEARS LATER, UNDETERRED BY THE MUELLER

LATER, UNDETERRED BY THE MUELLER FLAMEOUT, THE DEMOCRATS ARE AT

FLAMEOUT, THE DEMOCRATS ARE AT IT AGAIN.

IT AGAIN. THIS TIME, THEIR OUTLANDISH

THIS TIME, THEIR OUTLANDISH CLAIM EMERGES FROM THE

CLAIM EMERGES FROM THE IMPEACHMENT CIRCUS ITSELF.

IMPEACHMENT CIRCUS ITSELF. WE ALL KNOW, UNLESS SOMETHING

WE ALL KNOW, UNLESS SOMETHING REALLY BIZARRE HAPPENS, THE NEXT

REALLY BIZARRE HAPPENS, THE NEXT 24 HOURS, PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL

24 HOURS, PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL SURELY BE ACQUITTED BY THE

SURELY BE ACQUITTED BY THE SENATE.

SENATE. AND THAT SHOULD BE THE LAST WORD

AND THAT SHOULD BE THE LAST WORD ON IT, RIGHT?

ON IT, RIGHT? WRONG.

WRONG. >> HE WILL NOT BE ACQUITTED.

>> HE WILL NOT BE ACQUITTED. YOU CANNOT BE ACQUITTED IF YOU

YOU CANNOT BE ACQUITTED IF YOU DON’T HAVE A TRIAL.

DON’T HAVE A TRIAL. >> NO TRIAL, NO VINDICATION.

>> NO TRIAL, NO VINDICATION. NO VINDICATION FOR THE

NO VINDICATION FOR THE PRESIDENT, OR ANYONE ELSE.

PRESIDENT, OR ANYONE ELSE. >> IT CANNOT BE A TRUE ACQUITTAL

>> IT CANNOT BE A TRUE ACQUITTAL IF IT’S NOT A FAIR TRIAL.

IF IT’S NOT A FAIR TRIAL. >> A TRIAL WITHOUT TRUTH,

>> A TRIAL WITHOUT TRUTH, WITHOUT KEY EVIDENCE, WITNESSES,

WITHOUT KEY EVIDENCE, WITNESSES, DOCUMENTS, WOULD RENDER THE

DOCUMENTS, WOULD RENDER THE PRESIDENT’S ACQUITTAL MEETING

PRESIDENT’S ACQUITTAL MEETING LES.

LES. >> Laura: [LAUGHS]

>> Laura: [LAUGHS] THAT THEY KEEP STRICT.

THAT THEY KEEP STRICT. SO THE DEMOCRAT POSITION, JUSTLY

SO THE DEMOCRAT POSITION, JUSTLY UNDERSTAND, IS ANY ACQUITTAL IN

UNDERSTAND, IS ANY ACQUITTAL IN A TRIAL WHERE THEY DIDN’T GET

A TRIAL WHERE THEY DIDN’T GET THEIR WAY IS ILLEGITIMATE.

THEIR WAY IS ILLEGITIMATE. IT’S A CLASSIC HEADS I WIN AND

IT’S A CLASSIC HEADS I WIN AND TAILS YOU LOSE SCENARIO, SO

TAILS YOU LOSE SCENARIO, SO PREDICTABLE.

PREDICTABLE. DON’T BUY FOR A SECOND THE

DON’T BUY FOR A SECOND THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT

ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT WITNESSES OR DOCUMENTS.

WITNESSES OR DOCUMENTS. IT’S NOT!

IT’S NOT! THIS IS ABOUT POWER.

THIS IS ABOUT POWER. IF TWO OR THREE OR TEN WITNESSES

IF TWO OR THREE OR TEN WITNESSES WERE FOLLOWED BY AN ACQUITTAL OF

WERE FOLLOWED BY AN ACQUITTAL OF TRUMP, YOU WOULD STILL HEAR

TRUMP, YOU WOULD STILL HEAR NANCY AND KAMALA CHALLENGING THE

NANCY AND KAMALA CHALLENGING THE OUTCOME.

OUTCOME. THIS IS HOW THE DEMOCRATS ALWAYS

THIS IS HOW THE DEMOCRATS ALWAYS PLAY THE GAME.

PLAY THE GAME. REMEMBER, TO THIS DAY, THEY

REMEMBER, TO THIS DAY, THEY DON’T CONSIDER BRETT KAVANAUGH A

DON’T CONSIDER BRETT KAVANAUGH A LEGITIMATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

LEGITIMATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JUSTICE.

JUSTICE. >> THE VERY FACT THAT HE IS

>> THE VERY FACT THAT HE IS THERE, THAT HE WAS CONFIRMED,

THERE, THAT HE WAS CONFIRMED, MAKES HIM AN ILLEGITIMATE

MAKES HIM AN ILLEGITIMATE JUSTICE.

JUSTICE. >> HE’S GOING TO BE ON THE

>> HE’S GOING TO BE ON THE SUPREME COURT, WITH A HUGE TAINT

SUPREME COURT, WITH A HUGE TAINT AND A BIG ASTERISK AFTER HIS

AND A BIG ASTERISK AFTER HIS NAME.

NAME. >> THERE WILL BE A CLOUD AND A

>> THERE WILL BE A CLOUD AND A TAINT HOVERING OVER HIM AND ANY

TAINT HOVERING OVER HIM AND ANY OPINION HE ISSUES.

OPINION HE ISSUES. >> Laura: THEY ARE EVEN THE

>> Laura: THEY ARE EVEN THE SAME PEOPLE, SAME STUFF.

SAME PEOPLE, SAME STUFF. THEY DON’T CONSIDER ANY

THEY DON’T CONSIDER ANY SUCCESSES OF THIS PRESIDENCY TO

SUCCESSES OF THIS PRESIDENCY TO BE LEGITIMATE VICTORIES FOR HIM.

BE LEGITIMATE VICTORIES FOR HIM. EVEN ON ISSUES OF A AGREE WITH

EVEN ON ISSUES OF A AGREE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP ON, THAT’S THE

PRESIDENT TRUMP ON, THAT’S THE AMAZING THING HERE.

AMAZING THING HERE. WHILE BEING HUNTED AND TRACKED

WHILE BEING HUNTED AND TRACKED LIKE WILD GAME ON THE SERENGETI,

LIKE WILD GAME ON THE SERENGETI, THE PRESIDENT HAS THE DELIVERED

THE PRESIDENT HAS THE DELIVERED SUSTAINED PEACE AND

SUSTAINED PEACE AND UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY TO THIS

UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY TO THIS COUNTRY.

COUNTRY. COURSE, MAJOR TRADE DEALS,

COURSE, MAJOR TRADE DEALS, MASSIVE ECONOMIC SUCCESS,

MASSIVE ECONOMIC SUCCESS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, VA

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, VA REFORM, DECLINING OPIOID DEATHS.

REFORM, DECLINING OPIOID DEATHS. BUT THE PELOSI, SCHIFF, SCHUMER,

BUT THE PELOSI, SCHIFF, SCHUMER, NADLER -- THESE ARE JUST FLUKES.

NADLER -- THESE ARE JUST FLUKES. TO PUT IT A DIFFERENT WAY, THE

TO PUT IT A DIFFERENT WAY, THE ROOTS OF A POISONOUS,

ROOTS OF A POISONOUS, ILLEGITIMATE, PRESIDENTIAL TREE.

ILLEGITIMATE, PRESIDENTIAL TREE. HOW IRONIC THAT THIS ODIOUS

HOW IRONIC THAT THIS ODIOUS IMPEACHMENT ODYSSEY IS, ITSELF,

IMPEACHMENT ODYSSEY IS, ITSELF, THE EPITOME OF AN ILLEGITIMATE

THE EPITOME OF AN ILLEGITIMATE UNDERTAKING.

UNDERTAKING. >> THIS ENTIRE PROCEEDING HERE

>> THIS ENTIRE PROCEEDING HERE IS NOT A FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS

IS NOT A FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE.

TREE. IT IS THE FRUIT OF A PROCEEDING

IT IS THE FRUIT OF A PROCEEDING THAT WAS FATALLY DEFICIENT IN

THAT WAS FATALLY DEFICIENT IN DUE PROCESS FROM THE START TO

DUE PROCESS FROM THE START TO THE BEGINNING, AND AS A RESULT

THE BEGINNING, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, IT PRODUCED A RECORD

OF THAT, IT PRODUCED A RECORD THAT IS TOTALLY UNRELIABLE,

THAT IS TOTALLY UNRELIABLE, CAN’T BE RELIED ON HERE FOR ANY

CAN’T BE RELIED ON HERE FOR ANY CONCLUSION OTHER THAN ACQUITTING

CONCLUSION OTHER THAN ACQUITTING THE PRESIDENT.

THE PRESIDENT. >> Laura: IF ANYTHING IS

>> Laura: IF ANYTHING IS ILLEGITIMATE, IT IS WHAT

ILLEGITIMATE, IT IS WHAT ADAM SCHIFF, NADLER, THE WHOLE

ADAM SCHIFF, NADLER, THE WHOLE CREW DID IN THE HOUSE OF

CREW DID IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COURTESY OF A

REPRESENTATIVES, COURTESY OF A WHISTLE-BLOWER NO ONE CAN

WHISTLE-BLOWER NO ONE CAN QUESTION AND IN IG WHOSE

QUESTION AND IN IG WHOSE TRANSCRIPT NO ONE CAN READ.

TRANSCRIPT NO ONE CAN READ. AND ONE MORE POINT OF IRONY HERE

AND ONE MORE POINT OF IRONY HERE HERE.

HERE. AFTER IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT

AFTER IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT BASED ON THE UKRAINE ACTIONS

BASED ON THE UKRAINE ACTIONS THAT THEY CLAIM WERE POLITICALLY

THAT THEY CLAIM WERE POLITICALLY AND PERSONALLY MOTIVATED, TWO OF

AND PERSONALLY MOTIVATED, TWO OF THE TOP HOUSE MANAGERS MAY BE

THE TOP HOUSE MANAGERS MAY BE DRIVING THIS AGONIZING EPISODE

DRIVING THIS AGONIZING EPISODE IN LARGE PART TO BOLSTER THEIR

IN LARGE PART TO BOLSTER THEIR OWN POLITICAL FUTURE, THAT’S

OWN POLITICAL FUTURE, THAT’S RIGHT, SCHIFF AND

RIGHT, SCHIFF AND HAKEEM JEFFRIES ARE NOW DUBBED

HAKEEM JEFFRIES ARE NOW DUBBED THE TWO SUPERSTARS OF THE

THE TWO SUPERSTARS OF THE IMPEACHMENT DRAMA.

IMPEACHMENT DRAMA. GIVE ME A BREAK.

GIVE ME A BREAK. "DANCING WITH THE STARS" IS

"DANCING WITH THE STARS" IS ABOUT AS HIGH AS THESE TWO WILL

ABOUT AS HIGH AS THESE TWO WILL EVER ARISE.

EVER ARISE. WELL, ANYONE AND EVERYONE KNOWS

WELL, ANYONE AND EVERYONE KNOWS HOW THIS MOVIE ENDS.

HOW THIS MOVIE ENDS. THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT BE

THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE, AND THE

REMOVED FROM OFFICE, AND THE DEMOCRATS WILL CONTINUE WASTING

DEMOCRATS WILL CONTINUE WASTING PRECIOUS TIME AND OUR MONEY

PRECIOUS TIME AND OUR MONEY ATTEMPTING TO ENTRAP HIM, OR

ATTEMPTING TO ENTRAP HIM, OR JUST SMEAR HIM UNTIL THE

JUST SMEAR HIM UNTIL THE ELECTION.

ELECTION. IN CALLING TRUMP AND HIS

IN CALLING TRUMP AND HIS FORTHCOMING ACQUITTAL

FORTHCOMING ACQUITTAL ILLEGITIMATE, THE DEMOCRATS ARE

ILLEGITIMATE, THE DEMOCRATS ARE KETTLES CALLING THE POT BLACK.

KETTLES CALLING THE POT BLACK. WITH EACH CRAZY UTTERANCE, THEY

WITH EACH CRAZY UTTERANCE, THEY DEMEAN THEIR DIMINISHED

DEMEAN THEIR DIMINISHED CREDIBILITY AND EXPOSE THEIR OWN

CREDIBILITY AND EXPOSE THEIR OWN ABUSE OF POWER.

ABUSE OF POWER. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE AMERICAN

THE GOOD NEWS IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN END THE DEMOCRATS

PEOPLE CAN END THE DEMOCRATS REIGN OF TERROR AND THE HATEFUL

REIGN OF TERROR AND THE HATEFUL CYCLE THEY HAVE TRAPPED US ALL

CYCLE THEY HAVE TRAPPED US ALL IN.

IN. DELIVERANCE IS JUST AROUND THE