Trump's Legal Team Insists That "Abuse Of Power" Is Not Impeachable

[@Lucius1958]

Next up in the defense arguments: *"What's so illegal about committing crimes?"*

[@ElTwOJaY]

😂😂 I laughed way too hard from this

[@s.t6058]

Q SAID WE MUST PROTEST THESE ATTACKS ON OUR PRESIDENT BY IMPREGNATING OUR SISTERS AND LIGHTING OURSELVES ON FIRE MAGA

[@couragekarnga8735]

Well, we had Giuliani with "truth isn't truth." After that, nothing surprises me.

[@jtm0071]

You mean like letting our people be tortured to death in Benghazi or wiping clean all your emails or shaking down the world for the Clinton foundation?

[@Lucius1958]

@@jtm0071 Sorry, troll: try again.

[@Opus313]

Donnie has not only abused his power, but also many women, the English language and the laws of nature!

[@hazmimosafeer286]

Good one

[@patsystone8114]

You said it all...

[@hitreset0291]

And golf.

[@Heavenzvoice]

Opus 313 and BBC McDonalds

[@FollowingUsernamesR]

And the self-tanner...

[@stephensimpson1761]

"Don't raise your hand...it may be dangerous", spoken like a true dictator.

[@smallbeanmusic2187]

It actually sounded like he was concerned there might be a fight

[@QemeH]

@@smallbeanmusic2187 Yeah, it was like saying "Any Redskins fans in here?" in a Dallas convention. Don't raise your hand, it might be dangerous... It's still a very revealing thing to say. Because it says that he thinks (and maybe expects) people to physically fight for him, and not even over important issues, just over "hey, that guy doesn't think the president did a great job on farming policy. let's fuck him up." It's fully in line with a lot of things he has said, where he doesn't directly encourage violence, but implies that there might be if A happens or B doesn't happen. And then when A happens and there is violence, he's like: I didn't say to do it. I just said there would be...

[@wagonstation3709]

QemeH He "conveniently" leaves his name off everything.... except buildings.

[@OhU81Two]

"A lie cannot live forever!" --Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

[@sv2697]

Trump and his party: Hold my beer!

[@hopeemch8511]

Kevin: Very true The lie in the White House will experience political death in November.

[@RmcBlueSky]

@@hopeemch8511 hopefully... Trumpanzee in full devotion, and I get the feeling that some ppl wants a certain candidate to win or they won't go out to vote. This ppl would rather see this country burn.

[@lrllrlrr5089]

Kevin.. It only takes a minute to tell the truth.... It takes a lifetime to tell a lie.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

@@lrllrlrr5089 some are apparently recruiting their children to carry on that legacy...

[@FollowingUsernamesR]

"Who are the 17%?" Any normal leader would want to win those people over. Nuh-uh, not this psychopath. For him, anyone who doesn't support him just gets threatened. Charming.

[@ellamone9998]

I think the farmers were there by force. Come... get help saving the family farm. So 17% had to show up. They didn't show their faces did they?

[@IAmSuzyQ]

Nope. Not Trump. Anyone who crosses or criticizes him is the enemy! No mystery to why President Z said he felt no pressure from Trump; he has a country of people he's trying to keep alive and needs our help, if he were to tell the truth, Trump would cut them off! President Z isn't stupid, he knows exactly who Trump is; a transactional, vindictive, apathetic, reckless, hateful, and wholly insecure little man who's ego is incredibly fragile. No way would he ever say he felt pressured, but we can see.thatbwas the case by his actions. If he didn't feel pressured to make that announcement on CNN, he wouldn't have immediately cancelled it the moment he found out Trump got busted and released the aid. That's all you need to know.

[@Theaikro]

Cult followers

[@paintinganimalsonrocks7633]

That's why he'll lose

[@highhorseofcourse]

Fake numbers. He can make up percentages of any amount to make himself important and loved by the American people. He's delusional.

[@jeffweiss848]

"Don't raise your hand, it may be dangerous" This is what someone who is completely innocent of abuse of power sounds like. Yep.

[@kellyberry4173]

Idiots.

[@beberivera7011]

That was my first reaction::blink, blink::😐

[@Aaron.Davis56]

Dictator

[@bravesirrobin5839]

He just admitted that his die hard supporters cant be trusted to use their big boi words.

[@kathyfranklund3787]

And just like when you’re a kid if you cross your fingers behind your back you can’t tell the truth!

[@223Drone]

Impeachment isn't an affront to the constitution because impeachment is a part of the constitution. "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." - US Constitution Article 2, Section 4 Anyone who says impeachment is an affront to the constitution either hasn't read the constitution and/or doesn't like dear leader Trump being held accountable.

[@GreenDragon11]

DeadlyMargiKarp223 Nailed It and I thank you sincerely!!

[@GreenDragon11]

DeadlyMargiKarp223 Nailed It and I thank you sincerely!!

[@intomusic7074]

But bullet pen peolsi said he is impeached for ever

[@AtomicPuffin]

@@intomusic7074 he is. Now whether he is removed from office is yet to be seen. But the impeachment cannot be removed from record. Just as the other 3 presidents before him, Trump will always be a president who was impeached during his presidency

[@intomusic7074]

@atomicpuffin well that is perfect then Suckered the dems into showing there hand Like you say it's for ever

[@josiahirondreads3211]

Acquitted or not, lets have a big turn out and vote!! don’t stay home, VOTE!!

[@hansvandijk1487]

Josiah Archangel I’m afraid he’ll not leave the White House, the Orange Utan.

[@jamesm2359]

Hans van Dijk oh totally. I’ve been saying that. If he’s voted out, he’ll claim widespread voter fraud, or that who knows what country “interfered.” Then he’ll call on his crazy white supremacist supports to bring their guns and stand in front of the White House to “defend” him. Scary times. Or maybe he’ll try to pull a Putin and change the rules for term limits.

[@lifeisreal11]

Even acquitted, Impeachment remains.

[@sharongamble9854]

Yes, I plan to vote for President Trump. Everyone has a choice.

[@lactoseintolerantgaming2711]

@@jamesm2359 I'm still expecting that Russia will purposely be caught doing something in the Democrat's favour so Trump can say the results were fraudulent and try to hold power.

[@strippinheat]

"Things happen" is also what a mobster's hired goon would say to a local business owner when trying to extort protection money.

[@SophiaAphrodite]

" Hey, I would never kill a man. But accidents happen. "

[@matthewkoch6937]

Yes, indeed. Very similar to "Life is full of accidents....and sometimes they can even be arranged."

[@chickensdone1]

“Things happen.” This is what the Republican’s defense of Trump has been reduced to...

[@ValerieJNorse]

As previewed by Mulvaney's, "We do it all the time. Get over it."

[@couragekarnga8735]

I mean, it's not even a matter of evidence at this point.

[@g0679]

spudnic88 That must be like Trump and McConnell’s entire lives.

[@doobiesoringes7131]

Pretty much a _shit happens_ legacy.

[@Michael_Howard59]

@Mats K When you have TDS, you hear what you want to hear.

[@vixceous]

Holy Frick!!!! Every time I hear donald trump do the trump talk I feel my insides wanting to spontaneously combust! Ugh that thing is disgusting.

[@australien6611]

That's a good description 😃 him sitting there staring at that map on the table tops the lot, It was hard to watch

[@enyotheios2613]

@Drake9Draconiangar No. It's definitely the hypocritical republicans that makes me sick. A party that follows "news" from publications that register as "entertainment" so they don't have to held accountable for lies and misinformation. A party that blindly repeats we're #1, then omits the reasons why. A party so far right that they call their own past policies socialist, and would hate Jesus of Nazareth if he was around today.

[@billpool1217]

"It's not about crimes. It's about cleansing the office " Lindsay Graham December 1998

[@tanyawest2017]

Bill Pool: This was Graham’s reasonable seeming explanation for why you, in approximately his words, “didn’t even have to have committed a crime to be impeached...because impeachment is not about punishment, it’s about cleansing the office.” Of course, he meant if you are a Democrat. His position on impeaching a Republican president is something like, nope.

[@klarastern5597]

well... in this case, it's also about actual crime though..

[@hellshade2]

@themetal you need more thumbs up for this comment! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@wagonstation3709]

Awwww, those were the good old days!

[@simemvkc2688]

NYC'S DERSHOWITZ IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MAN WITH NO SHAME WHATSOEVER.

[@EugeneAxe]

Derpowitz

[@FilmArtPhoto]

98% of Republican Party also... NO SHAME for their outright corruption and spinelessness...

[@ellamone9998]

Yeah stained soul stained underwear, he's one ugly little man the Dirtz.

[@randomjoe3941]

Dershowitz is arguing that cheating in the election and trying to undermine our democratic system is perfectly fine.

[@joeyjonesSoCal]

He’s a flaming turd.

[@christiandachy5980]

"Who the hell are the 17%?" ("So I can destroy them and their farm and everything, just in order to make America great again".... This is the president the republicans love....

[@jimmurdoch7745]

Looking at that close up of McConnell, you can clearly see his circumcision scar,.... just above his tie....

[@a.omoose8946]

whoa

[@travishimebaugh8381]

So basically this is arguing that this particular example of unethical conduct is so unprecedented that nobody can come up with the correct label for it, and therefore we should let it slide

[@Toocoolforunclesam]

Not just let it slide, they want this to be the new norm. Their raising their kids with this telling them its normal.

[@Wolfboss7]

Welcome to the world, as according to the Republican Party. No need for honesty, decency, or common sense, you don't need those things, just a cult-like obedience for the Orange Overlord.

[@OriginalCreatorSama]

This is like that Eddie Izzard bit where he says something like "You kill 20 people, you're a bad person. You kill 20,000 people and we almost have to give you a medal, it's such an absurd number!" That's what they're trying to do with Trump's abuse of power. It's such an absurdly massive example of it, that they can't defend it and don't know what else to do with it other than applaud the balls (or stupidity) of whoever is capable of it.

[@tjfromalaska4520]

@@OriginalCreatorSama That's exactly what I think!!

[@patrickweaver1105]

No it's like there wasn't any unethical conduct because you can't tell people what it was.

[@BubblewrapHighway]

He's so obsessed with approval. WHY ISN'T HE OBSESSED WITH IMPROVING OUR NATION?

[@telectronix1368]

Ha. That isn't why he took part in that 'popularity contest' in 2016.

[@mellymel6543]

because he doesn't care about anything or anyone if he doesn't personally benefit

[@Chunkboi]

Mel The Mom but he could. He’d get genuine positive press and adoration for things he actually did right, and that’s some serious ego stroking he wouldn’t need a rally for.

[@mellymel6543]

@@Chunkboi that would take too much work, and he's way too ego driven, and has been surrounded by sycophants for far too long...plus he wants the adoration he gets at rallies

[@TheLadyAmalthea84]

He never cared

[@klarastern5597]

Trump talking about 'spoiled brats' is rich... being one himself and having spawned additional ones..

[@CendaquentaBooks]

Yeeepppp... that line was pure projection. "Anyone else hate their awful kids? No? Just me?"

[@Toocoolforunclesam]

Imagine talking about your own kids like that on international TV

[@paulallen579]

Cendaquenta Books Good thing Fred Trump is already dead. ”Who else hates their awful kids? Dad, sit down!”

[@micahbell892]

Not like he was a successful businessman before he took office..

[@catdog605]

Per Ekholm 😂😂😂

[@camelsheit_on_the_walls446]

Sometime in the future a documentary will be made of the trump presidency, it will be titled: "The Big Fat Lie That Came Down The Escalator -and the creeps who defended it"

[@byLizee]

camelshit LMAOOOO

[@badlydrawnturtle8484]

Civil War 2: Civil Stupidity

[@Rhiannon011]

Hopefully those "creeps" will soon be going down a very very long Escalator to hell...or be voted out and live forever in the "hall of shame"!

[@jcspider7259]

There will be MANY documentaries made about this horrific time...........

[@Arahansannihilation]

Evil is more powerful than good in the last days. So yea, evil has evil minions. Satan rules this earth.

[@annanderson7]

This has been the longest 3 years in American history!

[@DoveAlexa]

Their distorted time bubble has grown to encompass the entire planet at this point.

[@scottwallace1098]

Another 5 to go! LOL

[@murderoustendencies]

I know what you mean but I'm pretty sure the great depression was worse ;)

[@Chunkboi]

Scott Wallace you think Trump’s criminal trials will last that long after he’s voted out of office?

[@beberivera7011]

Omg yes!!!

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Exactly how many farmers are wealthy enough to be affected by the Estate Tax? His supporters are so devouted, and so uninformed...

[@maggierezac5820]

@Tragoudistros.MPH, I know, the Corporate Farmers are the only ones with income this year. The REAL family farmers have been screwed over so badly by this abomination, the percentage is much more than 17%. Did anyone else notice that neither of the sounds that came from his word hole got ANY applause from his captives?

[@justsaying3729]

That's because they are Ignorant!! & Hero Worshipers!! They see an "Actor/Con Man" as a hero.

[@sharonmullins1957]

@@maggierezac5820 Yet, farming states elected him - hope they have enough sense to rethink that vote.

[@maggierezac5820]

@@sharonmullins1957 IKR I live in bloody red South Dakota, circa Sen John "Lurch" Thune & company! 'nuff said? I have given up hope for lent.

[@johncrowerdoe5527]

Depends what the assessed tax value of the farm is. Noting that if the farm has remained in the family since initial settlement, there is no actual sale price to base taxation on. A really bad approach is to assess the value as an arbitrary multiple of the farm dept.

[@kimjongfun5427]

Abuse of power is not a crime, war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.

[@MrZzstop]

"Truth is not the truth." - Ghouliani

[@TheAmazingHuman]

🙄....🤔....😂😂😂

[@adeer87]

Abuse is legal Truth is not truth Batman V Superman is a good movie

[@halosandhorns8]

Kill la kill vibes love It

[@7rob27]

Putin and Kim Jong-un are Americas best friends.

[@BronzeSilverGoldPlatinum]

“It may be dangerous.” This is scary 😧

[@dottypowers1653]

Anton Derbes proves what he is - a vindictive punitive sick in the mind old man. Not worthy of a leadership position.

[@matthewkoch6937]

It sounds like something a homicidal maniac would say: "Don't raise your hands or I will make sure it's the last thing you do!"

[@carbonunit6573]

Just when you thought he couldn’t get any more embarrassing he opens his mouth and......

[@mizzury54]

That farm speech was frighteningly demented .

[@fionaanderson5796]

@@mizzury54 and as egotistical as that one a while back where he was campaigning for some other repub (can't remember which one) by saying something like "you've got to vote for him, you can't let ME lose." and sobbing at the idea.

[@beesplaining1882]

I thought when he said the Chinese were paying hundreds of millions on the tariffs was excellent. And his minders all nodded!

[@slantos2668]

it's seriously cringe-worthy to watch...

[@AusJonny]

I just wanna disappear under my desk because I am so embarrassed for him... but then I say NO I am not, I wanna let him embarrass himself, so that the last dumb ass can finally see it...

[@kaivickers166]

I don’t even have to stop to think where I was when Trump was inaugurated. I was home crying.

[@SandraNelson063]

In Canada, we were smacking our heads on the furniture, moaning "Why?! Why?! Why!?"

[@MrFaDookie]

I wuz laffn.....

[@HereComesThePaine]

Were you laughing-crying because of the absurdity of it all or crying-crying because Trump actually won the damn thing?

[@earlenewallace8445]

So was I. And after three torturous years, I still am 😭

[@celeste1737]

Full Metal Onslaught Hell both! And drowning my sorrows in lots of wine and Jameson’s whiskey 🥃

[@alvaro4k]

Can we petition Colbert and the Late Show crew be added to the prosecution’s team? Would be hilarious at least

[@toadjiang7626]

"Alternative facts", "Truth isn't truth." "Abuse of power is not a crime." ""What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening." --- Welcome to 1984, America.

[@BioshockChar]

When do you think the book burnings escalate? You know they probably happen in America already.

[@brickdebrick2167]

Stop with these slanders !!! Trump has done nothing wrong, quite the contrary. He dedicated his life to protect our great nation. He became our guardian, the shield that protects the innocent. He doesn't do it for a crown, he doesn't do it for glory, no. He does it out of love for his country. A true patriot. What a humble man he is. And you? What are you doing? You accuse him of things he never did without the slightest evidence. If only you could see the thruth.

[@zeBorat420]

BrickDeBrick 21 lol

[@gamepapa1211]

@@brickdebrick2167 man you Russian bots used to be so covert and smooth with your subterfuge operations. What happened? Did Putin cut your fundings again?

[@billmurray7473]

Didn't we leave that party 36 years ago?

[@rgwak]

And according to Dershowitz, murder isn't a crime when it's done by an ex football running back named OJ.

[@albertortiz5277]

"A lie can run around the world while the truth puts its boots on." Lord deWord, The Truth -- Sir Terry Pratchett

[@telectronix1368]

Is that the correct attribution?

[@charliea9910]

Great use of the Discworld quote

[@marcopaderanga9123]

Great quote good sir

[@annellevincent9336]

Long live Sir Terry. Lord Vetinari, Commander Vimes, we miss you.

[@reesetorwad8346]

No. “A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.” C. H. Spurgeon, Gems from Spurgeon (1859). An earlier version appears in the Portland (Me.) Gazette, Sept. 5, 1820: “Falsehood will fly from Maine to Georgia, while truth is pulling her boots on.” Still earlier, Jonathan Swift wrote in The Examiner, Nov. 9, 1710: “Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.” So...Swift, anyone? Would anyone else like to stand on the shoulders of Swift and...maybe say something cool? While knowing whose shoulders you stand on?

[@UsernamesForDummies]

“Things happen, people do things...” WTF!

[@anhw3303]

Harvard should be ashamed of itself for having Alan Dershowitz on its faculty roster.

[@Gizzamano]

And a thousand more thumbs up to you sir.

[@jd7089]

An Hw I think Dershowitz time is limited at Harvard..

[@neildavies2276]

@@jd7089 especially as the Epstein investigation continues...

[@lisaproff8077]

He will be gone as soon as his Epstein ties come to light

[@MrPeanut624]

It's amazing how so many people who come from these big colleges turn out to be disgusting piles of shit.

[@christelheadington1136]

I watched Trump's inauguration, from my hospital bed, in a nursing home, while rehabbing/recovering from major surgery. It set me back a ways, but I made it.

[@harrymeepharry]

Don't forget to vote! 🇺🇸

[@camrenmugabe4166]

Agreed.

[@Valentinathevamp]

#BlueTsunami

[@TimeTheory2099]

Harry... Because of the outdated electoral college system, it's up to the independent voters in a few key swing states.

[@rgwak]

Why is t'rump's legal team straying from the "the call was PERFECT!" argument? I mean, that's pretty solid, right? 🤔😆😅

[@MrMaxxwellsHouse]

READ THE TRANSCRIPT! You know, the transcript that was edited by the white house, the one that clearly states a quid pro quo. READ IT

[@enyotheios2613]

@@MrMaxxwellsHouse haha! What's even worse is that phone call was just a PR stunt according to Sondland's testimony. It was *supposed* to be perfect, since Trump's lackey's were already in coordination within Ukraine, but as with everything, Trump f**ked it up.

[@jantruitt9241]

😂🤣😂🤣😂 Thank You Stephen! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@freda2758]

I'm from Tennessee and talk to a lot of Texans. They hate this clown.

[@ActuallyRocatex]

Can confirm, am Texan

[@emperorpicard7222]

Can confirm from San Antonio.

[@busoptr]

Everybody hates him. His base is imaginary.

[@ValerieJNorse]

@@busoptr -- No, sadly, they're not. They're a minority, but a large enough minority that they put Trump into office. They MUST be out-voted.

[@Treebard]

Some of my in-laws love Dear Leader and will always love him till the end of days.... with the same fervor that they hated Obama....

[@stevewalston7089]

Donnie has got to go. The Handmaid's Tale is right around the corner if he or Pence stay in office. Our country is falling apart.

[@Chunkboi]

Or “High Castle.”

[@judioregan4210]

Blessed be. 😟😟😟

[@downallyourstreets]

“OCCUPIED”, after Trump exits NATO, (Trump WILL abandon NATO if re-elected), Russia invades Norway.

[@blindedbylife5725]

You know someone is perfect to work for trump when you have a video of them debunking their own argument. Classic trump.

[@blindedbylife5725]

@Mr V fuck off, nazi

[@conniecrawford5231]

Look at who Trump’s lawyers are and who their past clients were!

[@GreenMachineHemp]

Yea trump will win again

[@TheMrVengeance]

Also look at how many of those previous lawyers are now in jail for the things they did for him. 😬

[@MrCalifornia1234]

I have a dream. Less than a year to go.

[@grmpEqweer]

Let's hope. And vote.

[@raefrater4172]

We can make it, come on guys!!🤞

[@snapdrag141]

Just add 4 years to that and try not to hold your breath

[@nadinadi8385]

“ People do thangs!” Thangs happen...” Like trump commits treason.

[@mercykachigunda9418]

they are so far gone

[@piotrstolarz2089]

People doing their thang and stuff like that.

[@sharongamble9854]

When did Trump commit treason? and what was the actual event or activity of treason. Where did it happen and when did it happen? I need to know. I plan to vote for him again.

[@sharongamble9854]

@@sarahsmile6581 Which foreign government (country) and on what day? What rights of yours did he ask to interfere with. I just want to know for the record. I plan to vote for Donald Trump again. I agree with his policies and what he is doing for America.

[@sharongamble9854]

@Thrasymachus Monk Because I disagree with you and what you believe does not mean I hate America. Nor, do I think you hate America. We just disagree. No harm done.

[@invadertak9351]

Trump: "Committing crimes isn't a crime."

[@visceratrocar]

Correction: It isn't criminal if Donald Trump does it.

[@carmejan9839]

No but If it was Obama it would have been

[@helenpatterson3858]

I think I remember hearing something like this in that Orwell story ANIMAL FARM.

[@tommyt1971]

It’s been his mantra since he first entered the public spotlight.

[@justalostlocal]

"War is peace Slavery is freedom"

[@rdh8452]

Good lord imagine what he will do if he gets elected again 🙄🙄🙄

[@tacticalgrace6456]

Doesn’t bear thinking about. Like Bernie says, it’s going to need massive voter turnout, probably on an even larger scale than the mid terms to counter GOP voter suppression. If Dem voters can turn up, unified, maybe.a monster can be kicked out of the WH (and hopefully into prison!) Here’s hoping the weather is good in November!

[@chrissiek8706]

@@tacticalgrace6456 don't forget, it will also gonna be not the last fight, other upcoming elections are not less important, Trump is just the bloated tip, more importantly, Mitch is up, though, i am keeping even less hope about Kentucky...

[@superschmolz]

I'm more concerned about what he will do if he doesn't win. Will he further undermine our democracy and scrap the results?

[@tacticalgrace6456]

superschmolz I think it’ll be ok. While in practice the GOP has no qualms about undermining the constitution, they and their supporters convince themselves they are the true defenders & supporters of it. It’s hypocritical but even their twisted world view would be messed up by something as blatant as that. The cognitive dissonance would be too much, even Kelly Ann Conway couldn’t spin an obvious collapse into dictatorship & I can’t see the SC, Congress, intelligence community or Pentagon going along with it. Also this impeachment is ultimately going to knock quite a bit of faith in Trump out of his supporters. They might let him shoot someone on 5th Avenue but I don’t think they’re quite ready to abandon their “constitutional republic” just yet.

[@Noduhdork]

@@superschmolz If there is any judicial fairness, Trump will be too busy defending himself in criminal court!

[@IAmSuzyQ]

“Arguing with a Trumper is like playing chess with a pigeon. They knock over the pieces, shit on the board, then strut around like they won.” -Anomonish (I'm still looking into the joke's oranges.)

[@placeofwarship5641]

Hope Trump brings you enough attention

[@sumeetsandhu9713]

looks like one just walked all over your comment ;)

[@bluemoon9530]

Suzy Q I like that analogy so much I borrowed it! I didn't remember it exactly right. Hope you don't mind!

[@kingdon1882]

@@placeofwarship5641 👌👈👍

[@phylliselliott4130]

Suzy Q BWAAAHAHAAA ! Best analogy ever

[@Pugetwitch]

The three stooges have more common sense and dignity than Trump's team of "legal" goons.

[@josuevaldez1737]

i really don't know how you guys do all of this ,but i admire your talents, my respect. Good job !!! Colbert team

[@seethrough2050]

Together we honor Dr. ML King, except for the president of the US...

[@ClubPenguinFan106]

Trump bad haha hAhAHahaha, get a grip of yourselves, Democrats will destroy this country with their collective Hive mind. KEEP AMERICA GREAT 2020

[@NewMessage]

The 'Framer's worst nightmare' was having Donnie's picture framed in the Oval Office at all.

[@martintaper7997]

Very good.

[@ellamone9998]

The farmers had it tough, Trump said he wanted to see hands of the 17%.. the whole room should've walked out. A guy with a big cowboy hat saying "Hold my Udder" as they left hahaha.

[@Arahansannihilation]

The bastard's mug will forever shame the WH hallway.

[@paintinganimalsonrocks7633]

It'll be taken down and burned.

[@celeste1737]

New Message This comment deserves more likes!

[@BFDT-4]

Prosecutor: Did you kill the USA in the middle of 5th Avenue? Dump: Welp, things happen.

[@bl00dhoney]

Shout to the band playing "We Shall Overcome" and the double bass!!

[@kelvynification]

“Things happen.” If it wasn’t so sad, it would be funny.

[@galazet]

Stephen, what an amazing band you have in your show!

[@dafttool]

Dershowitz: “If my fake legal argument doesn’t fit, you must acquit.” 😳

[@RoxanneM-]

The Dream Team 👐🧤

[@daviddadamo2290]

Dershowitz title at Harvard should be changec from Professor Emeritus to Professor Ignominius

[@thetruthisoutthere5230]

@Rocket Missile you lose just by using the word libtard. Do you not have any intelligence??🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@voldo3739]

@@thetruthisoutthere5230 childish insults are the best arguments of these people, don't bother

[@jamesfiegel9675]

Perv pervs the constitution too!!!

[@LerrinB]

Stephen Colbert = King of late night KZbin!

[@dianeowen5258]

"The most powerful man in the world"....give me a break.

[@chrissiek8706]

(insert creepy Vladimir's smile and beady little eyes)

[@Crazdor]

It's not a compliment, it's just a statement of fact. He is the President of the United States, that office holds a tremendous amount of power and influence and commands the greatest military in the world. Though in fairness, he's so inept that he's incapable of utilizing that power properly, so I guess he has the potential to be the most powerful person in the world, but he could never actually wield it.

[@CuriousCritter17]

Smileyrie James no not just Americans think that. The important part of it though is how dangerous he is

[@Noises]

What's he bench? 45 pounds on a good day? World's most bloviated draft dodging loan defaulting trust fund brat of a slum lord, is a more accurate description. I left out the part about what he want to do to his daughter because there's enough ammo to kill him without stooping as low as that for another round.

[@Most_Vile]

@Smileyrie James danger IS power

[@jhonshephard921]

0:40 PLEASE stop treating her as a victim, it was her choice to marry that monster.

[@ImNotNotAllCityChi]

Jhon Shephard tru to get a green card,wealth and secure her family’s entry into the states. She’s not a victim but she does have the good sense and curtesy to stay out of everything

[@Chunkboi]

Wait...what if she’s the whistleblower?

[@tacticalgrace6456]

I think she has zero issues with how horrible he is, he wasn’t any different when she married him. She just doesn’t like how the negative scrutiny he gets also reflects onto her. She just wanted some rich guy shady enough to arrange a green card for her & her family & unhealthy enough to have a heart attack sooner rather than later.

[@freda2758]

I remember where I was when I wasn't there...unfriending a whole lot of ignorant ass people. Time to take back our country.

[@Al-Sahem-Al-Ghul]

Man yeah! Unfriended online and irl. They showed their true colors that day. Smh.

[@busoptr]

Left my church.

[@g0679]

Fred A Not all of them are ignorant. Some were uber wealthy and wanted a tax break. (Bless their needy hearts.)

[@busoptr]

@barb rarick was hard but as they say "the truth shall set you free" . So now i never felt more free, im a cold deist now and it answers all the questions.

[@christophersimmons7784]

I love how Jon Batiste plays part of giants steps for the punchline at 1:00 for that Melania joke.. So much talent on this show front and back

[@eyescandeceive]

He always has the perfect music rederences! It's an Easter egg or two every night for music fans

[@IAmSuzyQ]

Happy MLK Jr. Day! Here's to a true American hero! *"The time is always right to do what is right."* Here, here!🍻👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✌️💜🇺🇲

[@invadertak9351]

Trump to farmers: "Who are the 17% of you who don't like me?" Farmers: "The ones who lost their livelihoods and committed suicide after the tariffs you imposed."

[@maggierezac5820]

And their loving children!

[@wagonstation3709]

Great post, Invader!

[@johnkeith8072]

"I think we all remember where we were, when we weren't there..."

[@johnscott2849]

The people who voted for him need to stand in front of each other and smack the hell out of themselves. Thanks for farther confirming that big business runs the country not the people.

[@ranadelrey7383]

*further

[@Gundam4]

I don't think they'd be singing the same tune if Obama " abused his power"

[@byteresistor]

They would've happily impeached him for not being white, if they thought there was enough support for it.

[@Wasserkaktus]

The GOP would have lit the country on fire the moment they caught any wind of him cheating on his wife with a pornstar.

[@gamepapa1211]

They'd rather have a power-abusing white man than any sort of black man in office, and that's just plain psychotic.

[@PhDTony_original]

The old "both sides do it" argument - except both sides DO NOT do it.

[@g0679]

strikeslifer Things were bad enough when he selected a Portuguese Water Dog.

[@johnquinlan1115]

Impeachment is really just a slap on the hand; for his treasonous acts he needs to be removed!

[@MachukiStrong]

I love these Don and the Giant Impeach clips 🤣🤣

[@daviddoughton5938]

Stephen is back!

[@08nrichards]

Thank you to you and your show for bringing us the news in the manner you do. Bringing awareness without frightening us like other media outlets. Peace.

[@vincentjflorio]

"Listen to this amazing poll from Wall Street Journal, and pretend that I wasn't just ragging on them as fake liar hacks a few months ago because they said something slightly less favorable about my polling then."

[@danielbeller3245]

"Frankenstein noticing fire" has killed me. I am killed. 💀💀💀

[@laurafolsom2048]

We want T shirts that say “impeachment is forever”

[@lizardog]

That should be the name of one Ivanka's made in China colognes.

[@Chrisc-ro8kv]

You would look good in one that says I'm an idiot & a cheap lay

[@chrissiek8706]

@@Chrisc-ro8kv could she borrow that one from your closet, mr smartypants? 🤨

[@emmajunewood3913]

Chrisc2000 seems like you already have one

[@onedivbypi2241]

Colbert should do Donny ring tones. Could you do me a favor tho' !!!??? Would be funny if they could keep the phones in trial. Maybe he should do the phone call transcript for the trial. Why would she want a shirt that said Chrisc2000 is an idiot and cheap lay ?

[@CaptainFSU]

January 20th three years ago I was out of my mind drunk and yelling at the tv... Three years later I'm still drunk and yelling at the tv.

[@devlinburgess2463]

The vengeful zombies are of course led by their Vampire Lord, Stephen Miller. Somebody get a Cleric and a Paladin on the line!

[@bbooggii5]

"And crowd favourite McConnell" I'm not sure whether some floor guy asked the audience to boo or Stephen just created the line spontaneously.

[@josen4real5]

I was wondering the same thing!🤣🤣🤣

[@johannafath-koziol7713]

Yup. To me Stephen changed it matching the mood in the room

[@eyescandeceive]

That's the skill of someone who has been doing improv for more than 20 years.

[@wagonstation3709]

B F And it doesn't change how funny it was.

[@cami-loo108]

Wow I just heard Alan Dershowitz speak, what a narcissist. He thinks everyone's opinion will change once he speaks on the Senate floor

[@tomd5678]

"Do you swear to uphold the constitution". "No, because I'm smart"

[@sweepingtime]

I actually didn't know how reprehensible Alan Deshowitz is until this video.

[@peterpiper7441]

Believe me, he's reprehensible.

[@newfiemusic]

The 17% is the farms that closed.

[@amphiumaiii7058]

Nah, the farmers who were devastated by Trump's trade war still support him. The 17% are farmers who don't live in the right-wing media bubble.

[@newfiemusic]

@@amphiumaiii7058 Oh, they are the proverbial mushroom, it figures.

[@MaximusEugenius]

"Together we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by separating immigrant children from their parents and put them in cages and wearing an insulting raincoat that says: 'I Really Don't Care, Do U?'" - Melania Trump.

[@atb89]

Illegal immigrants.

[@ivandafoe5451]

Did that raincoat thing ever get explained?

[@Chunkboi]

Alex Thelander ...who were treated illegally.

[@tacticalgrace6456]

Alex Thelander aside from the fact that seeking political asylum in the 🇺🇸 is an entirely legal process, what’s being done to them is a far more terrible, grotesque crime against humanity then the crime they are accused of, no? Which until Trump’s zero tolerance policy towards humans, was regarded as merely a civil infraction, misdemeanour at worst. America was built by immigrants but if you think they’re different because some legal goalposts have been moved, you need to check yourself and any bullshit racist nazi creed you’re adhering to. As far as the Nazi government was concerned, killing Jews was legal too.

[@KakeKittyStyle]

@@atb89 Once again, it's completely legal to come to this country and apply for asylum. It's also legal for them to come here and present themselves to the first officer they see once they're in America in order to apply for asylum. They haven't done anything wrong. Besides, even if they did do something wrong, what monster believes that its okay to do permanent damage to young brains in order to punish their parents for coming here. They traveled too far under duress with their kids in tow. That doesn't give us the right to ignore domestic and International law. It doesn't give us the right to hold them for an indeterminate amount of time, to take their kids away and have no idea how to reunite them or to put them into deplorable conditions. If only America had enough backbone to jettison the evil and immoral crackpot who is doing this to thousands of people. Who knew that Americans would stand by, yet again, while we stick thousands of innocent people are abused by our government. I thought that we would stand up when we realized how lousy the conditions are and how wildly illegal the actions our President was taking really are. However, we still have yet to wake up!

[@coreyzek]

Chilling at the bar here in Texas laughing my butt off! Love ya man! You're the only show host that can make me laugh this hard! I SO want a ticket to your show! Pretty sure ass kissing merits a free tick, right? Also, that part where Trump read the poll, I was all "oh sh*t! He can read!"

[@VeganDefinition]

This is how many times Stephen Colbert has roasted Trump 👇🏾👇🏾

[@australien6611]

This is how many times that comment has been used 👇👇

[@VeganDefinition]

@@australien6611 I've used this comment a lot more than one time😂

[@ValerieJNorse]

@elissa f -- Rudeness also adds nothing of value.

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

10:00 Trump yesterday: "The failing Wall Street Journal is Fake News!" Trump today: "The Wall Street Journal says 83% approve of me!!!" Trump tomorrow: "The failing Wall Street Journal is Fake News!"

[@OriginalCreatorSama]

anything that disapproves of him is fake, apparently.

[@Coastfog]

Wasn't 83% the figure Barney Stinson always used when he'd made up fake statistics?

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

@@Coastfog never watched that show, but sure, why not?

[@shadoudirges]

The irony is that WSJ didn't conduct that poll yet Trump is giving them credit for it. I also wouldn't put much stock in Farm Journal's poll that only gets a little over 1000 farmers to participate.

[@doobiesoringes7131]

Of course they approve, they got $28 billion in a socialist redistribution of taxpayer dollars .... and _they,_ like all Trump supporters, hate socialists and socialism

[@Palmieres]

I was under the impression that any criminal charge with the word "abuse" is like, you know, bad...

[@elvenkind6072]

I'm in Nothern Europe, just refreshed youtube and glad to see this video on it's way up, internet is really slow, I don't think anyone here understand what's going on across the Atlantic, I've listened to an audiobook of the fall of Constantinople, really helped to put a perspective on things.

[@janmorgan471]

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

[@windmillcancersurvivorwind6746]

I want to be free at last 😭😭😭😭

[@davidlickiss1609]

Dems should just play previous statements by Graham, Dershowitz and Starr as the prosecution.

[@SophiaAphrodite]

They do not even have to do that. They can just make a statement, say it was not theirs. Then say who it was. It is totally a missed opportunity to embarrass Trump and his defenders even further.

[@eyescandeceive]

Yep that's exactly what they did!

[@pdkama]

When he said "u can wear them in NY" I knew the camera would pan towards the drummer. It's his signature look 😊

[@ValerieJNorse]

Love to get a look at that drummer every now and then. Pardon me, got a little distracted.

[@richiejohnson]

Louis the cowboy hat cutie

[@Peter_S_]

Will dershowitz keep his underwear on for the full trial? Will trump be tried as an adult?

[@grmpEqweer]

I'm not sure Trump qualifies as an adult...or as sane.

[@arjaygee]

If Dershowitz does keep his underwear on, he will be able to hold himself unaccountable later.

[@MsElla415]

😂😂

[@alexwarner6111]

Just like Devon Nunes Cow, the Trump baby blimp, I think we need to create something on a large scale to do with his underpants

[@jxwlticrkld]

USA politics feel like a Sasha Baron Cohen masterpiece.

[@lizardog]

Very well put.

[@rojaws1183]

Except that there is nothing funny about it.

[@UltraK420]

Idiocracy became reality. May as well start feeding the crops powerade.

[@christopherbland5774]

Except Without the Laughs at the End

[@jarlpollock]

Electrolytes, its what plants crave...

[@gamepapa1211]

"The honorable Donald J. Trump." Now there's an oxymoron if I ever saw one.

[@futurepharmdman]

GamePapa Indeed. Not a single thing honorable about that “man.”

[@rgwak]

"The J stands for Genius!" - t'rump

[@veecee3669]

GamePapa Good one! 👏

[@OmniValor]

He really puts the "moron" in "oxymoron"

[@GreenMachineHemp]

Said the sheep

[@bocknessmonster8787]

One year away from Bernie!

[@snapdrag141]

That's hilarious

[@johntao6822]

That's an inspiring thought: unless you worship a fat orange clown!

[@bocknessmonster8787]

Bernie is the only candidate that can and will beat Trump. There are a lot of reports of him growing more paranoid as Bernie climbs the polls and crushes everyone in donations. Trump has a plan for everyone but Bernie.

[@DL-tc4ie]

​@@bocknessmonster8787 He's definitely the best pick, all trumpists and his opponents can do is sling mud and lie and hope it'll stick.

[@wingsofmelancholy]

Yanggang

[@henkman00]

well, this is how your system is set up: 1. A political spectrum that is limited to just two parties means the country is always split in two. one in power and the other in the opposition. one ''bad'' one ''good'' ''us'' vs ''them'' are 320 million Americans really represented by just these two parties? instead of having to work together to form governments. or gain each other's support. it forces these two parties to be adversaries 2. a majority vote can be overruled by the Electoral College. winning the majority vote (or popular vote) would mean in any other democracy around the world, they would have been president/prime minister. yet this system seems to be designed to work against the voter. a political get out of jail free card. forcing the candidate with the majority vote to stand down and the candidate with the minority vote to run for office without the full support of the people. a presidency with a weak foundation. 3. a president is limited to just two terms. even when their approval ratings are still high, the president is willing and fit enough to do 4 more years and they have the voter behind them. the system forces them to stand down. not the voter or the president themselves decide when it's time to step down. 4. when a president breaks the rules/law the system seems to be designed to protect them. in other democracies (those with more parties) one of the government parties might cancel support for the president/prime minister (or the opposition might file a vote of no confidence) collapsing their majority. and ask the voter for a vote of what should be done. (a new government) but because the US is limited to two parties an impeachment hearing and trial are needed. while other democracies would have returned to the voter, the US is spending months figuring what to do and potentially months with a president that might be inept. might have broken the rules and laws. months where more damage might be done. 5. an impeachment trial is completely pointless in a two-party political system. if the president's (the accused) party is big enough within the senate than they can simply overrule this whole trail. (or easily 'win' the trail when the accuser's party is big enough) meaning it's completely pointless to even attempt a trail like this. basically, the jury is filled with the friends of the accused. fair or another get out of jail card? no system is perfect. but this one seems very odd to me.

[@debracottrill7989]

What system do you suggest we have. You make good points but what's the answer? I believe America would have enjoyed 4 more years of Obama. He was so adept in healing the economy for real and he had a sense of humor that didn't hurt anyone. He had class and character. We have someone that's the opposite whose numbers are less lying about the economy among so many other things he couldn't be bothered to accomplish. No trousers Don has awakened us to what we can no longer take for granted. Seems nothing is driving down his poll numbers and he seems to be empowered to do even more lawless acts. No one can tell me his base is doing better financially or any other area of their lives, so why are they following him?

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

To reply to your points... 1. That's an issue created by the American people, not the system itself. 2. That was precisely the intent. Prevailing wisdom of the time was that the average American would be too stupid or too ignorant to make good choices, so a failsafe was put into place to prevent the population at large from electing someone unfit for office out of ignorance. You could argue that was a poor choice, and that it's backfired, but it's not as though there's no logical merit to the idea. 3. This actually didn't used to be the case. Franklin Roosevelt was elected president for 4 terms. For no real reason, changes to the law were made afterward to prevent that. 4. The system itself was designed specifically to give as little power as possible to all members of government, at every stage. Decades of propaganda and societal change caused a shift in public perception to the pseudo-fascist mentality we have today, and that is what really defends corruption. 5. In practice you're correct, but there are specific items in the Constitution that were put in place to make the system work in theory. For example, Senators are constitutionally mandated to serve as impartial jurors in an impeachment trial... logically, this makes sense. The ability to remove your own bias from your decision making is what makes a person qualified to lead in the first place. In theory that's fine, but it fails to account for human nature, and thus fails in practice.

[@danarzechula3769]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 every system designed by man will have human failings. the path to improved government involves recognizing problems and then changing the system. right now there are greedy selfish people in power and they are quite happy with a system that rewards their greed. controlling the media and saying news doesn't have to be true make it impossible to recognize what needs to be changed and causes confusion and division. I don't think any number of parties is really the key.

[@krisponeal]

I think you meant to say "get out of jail free card" ??? Like in the game monopoly.... or maybe you meant cart....

[@henkman00]

@@krisponeal Indeed I did. that was a funny goof. I fixed it, but now I'm curious to see what a 'jail free cart' would look like!

[@NewMessage]

Didn't they impeach someone for flavoring a cigar in the Oval Office? That wasn't a *criminal* offence, either.

[@sluttymctits4496]

"Flavoring." Well, isn't that a colorful way to describe what happened...

[@grmpEqweer]

Um....flavoring??? (Raises eyebrows)

[@dixiepoet]

@@grmpEqweer They used it as a sexual aid before he smoked it.

[@patriciaevins6267]

@@dixiepoet , Ewww

[@keza41]

As funny as that is, it’s wrong. Clinton was impeached for perjury. But you knew that, right?

[@johndaniel1996]

IMPEACH AND CONVICT TRUMP

[@CarlosRudin]

Mitch McConnell looks like Mason Verger after being attacked by Hannibal Lecter.

[@bamboo403]

Yes!!🤣

[@lizannewhitlow1085]

#OhSnap.

[@siliziwencanywa1138]

I love Jon's playing the X-Files theme song around the "vengeful zombies" remark being on the nose. Always love that subtle references. Nicely done!!! 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

[@TheIamIrving]

If it's called a trial surely he can plead insanity?

[@badlydrawnturtle8484]

Watch as he does exactly that, and then claims it means he can't be removed.

[@g0679]

kaptain kopter He may not need to, if the “jury” is rigged. Heaven forbid, huh?

[@TheIamIrving]

g0679. Absolutely. Why bother defending yourself when you already know you're going to be aquitted.

[@elvira-irinareisinger6370]

"Give me Law AND Order, but without that lady cop who hunts down nasty guys like me"..........

[@ipleedafif8033]

Cobert: junk dunkin' Batiste: I don't mess with that 😂😂😂

[@Hassan97Mohamed]

Na na naa Na na naa Hey hey hey GOODBYE 👋🍊 Jan 20 trump Inauguration Day 🤮 Jan 20 MLK DAY 🙏🏿❤️💯