>> MUCH CEREMONY, POMP, ANDÑi CIRCUMSTANCE.

IT'S ALL PART OF WHAT'S LAID OUT IN VERY EXTENSIVE DOCUMENTS, IN

A VERY FORMAL PROCESS.

>> STAND BY FOR THAT HISTORIC MOMENT.

>> LET'S GO DOw CONGRESSIONAL FLOOR FOR THIS

HISTORIC DAY.

AND THERE IS CONGRESSMAN ZEUS FROM THE GREAT STATE OF OLYMPUS.

LET'S LISTEN IN.

>> CONGRESSMEN, IT IS TIME.

RELEASE THE ARTICLES!

>> AND NOW, AS IS PER CUSTOM, THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT ARE

RISING OUT OF THE SEA.

IT SHOULD BE AN OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE...

AND, UH-OH!

THERE'S PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH MCCONNELL-DUSA.

THE ARTICLES TURN TO STONE, AND DEMOCRACY CRUMBLES INTO THE SEA.

MAYBE NEXT CRIME.

>> THAT SUCKS.

>> ANNOUNCER: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT.