Adam Schiff's Closing Defense of Rule of Law at tRUmp's Impeachment Trial

Adam Schiff's closing argument at the totally rigged Senate Impeachment trial of tRUmp. A powerful speech for the ages and for history. 

“Saying Donald Trump has "betrayed our national security" and will do so again, Rep. Adam Schiff used his closing arguments in the president's impeachment trial on Monday [Feb 3, 2020] to urge the Senate to take a stand against "a man without character.” 

"We must say enough — enough! He has betrayed our national security, and he will do so again," Schiff, D-Calif., told the Senate. "He has compromised our elections, and he will do so again. You will not change him. You cannot constrain him. He is who he is. Truth matters little to him. What's right matters even less, and decency matters not at all.” "You are decent," he added. "He is not who you are.” 

Schiff, the lead House manager in the trial, said Trump has clearly abused his power and would continue to do so unless the Senate stands up to him. "Can we be confident that he will not continue to try to cheat in [this] very election? Can we be confident that Americans and not foreign powers will get to decide, and that the president will shun any further foreign interference in our Democratic affairs?" Schiff asked. "The short, plain, sad, incontestable answer is no, you can't. You can't trust this president to do the right thing. Not for one minute, not for one election, not for the sake of our country. You just can't. He will not change and you know it.” 

"What are the odds if left in office that he will continue trying to cheat? I will tell you: 100 percent," he said. "A man without character or ethical compass will never find his way.” Schiff acknowledged the House managers were unlikely to hit the high bar needed to convict the president, a supermajority of 67 senators. 


Republicans currently hold the majority with 53 members. Schiff urged them to be among "the Davids who took on Goliath.” "Every single vote, even a single vote by a single member can change the course of history. It is said that a single man or woman of courage makes a majority. Is there one among you who will say ‘enough!’?" Schiff asked. 

Another of the House managers, Rep. Jason Crow, warned that if the Senate didn't remove Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, it would "render him above the law.” "Impeachment is an extraordinary remedy," said Crow, D-Colo., but "it is in the Constitution for a reason.”  Raw Story, Feb. 6, 2020

House Managers, New Yorker, Illustration, Christina Couceiro; photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty photo

 House manager Val Demings, D-Fla., said another reason the Senate needs to take action is because the president has been "unapologetic and unrestrained," and will only be more so if the Senate closes his eyes to his misconduct. "President Trump's constitutional crimes, his crimes against the American people and the nation, remain in progress," Demings said. 

She was right on. Vile, vicious tRUmp got rid of  a real hero, Lt. Col Vindman, his twin brother, and Sondlund that Friday, in a Friday Night Massacre, and more witness retaliation on the agenda of this crazy idiot w/o morals, w/o decency. Attacking Romney viciously at a National Prayer breakfast, for god's sake, and later that day with his sycophants rising and applauding him. Outrageous. That was as sickening as anything else, as he continued to attack with glee those on his "Enemies List," which is long and terrifying. The helplessness of our govt in the face of this monster is beyond enraging. 

Postscript:
So Rs did as expected & voted to acquit on Wed. 5 February, 2020, a day that will live in infamy, and tRUmp gloated in his disgusting ways the day after, his evil soul exposed again and again and again.

Only Sen Romney had the guts to listen to his conscience and vote with the Ds to remove this vile Forever Impeached from office. Utah is thanking him. So are the majority of Americans.  One Republican Senator will moral courage.  Just one.

After listening to magnificent remarks from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the next day, I posted: Impeached Forever is toast, exposing his evil core, his vile vindictiveness, his vicious ignorance and lies, every damn day. Blasting "faith" at a Prayer Breakfast, for god's sake, to attack Romney.  Pelosi has spoken the truth. SOTU was full of blatant falsehoods, a manifesto of untruth. I share her outrage. McConnell and all Rs who voted to acquit have blood on their hands.They will pay for their crimes. https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/trumps-bitter-backlash-against-mitt-romney-has-exposed-the-ugly-core-of-his-cult-columnist/?fbclid=IwAR2NKNTj-

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/ukraine-us-arms-sales?fbclid=IwAR38sej2LOF-sydz_5oOkso4eEkGla2IeNBfKSmxUqz3ZdC7UQiiV9fqha4
Christopher Miller article on still withholding $30 million from Ukraine.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/democrats-investigate-profoundly-alarming-ukraine-texts-n1116666

https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1224907023990562816? good video ad on the tRUmp tyranny

Good story on the Prosecution effort, by Robert Baird, New Yorker, Feb 20, 2020. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/the-prosecution-of-president-donald-trump?l-