Name: Dems Bring Two Articles of Impeachment Against Trump | The Daily Show
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For months now, Democrats have been inching closer

And today, they finally made it official.

the House announcing articles of impeachment

against the sitting U.S. president, Donald Trump.

A president who declares himself above accountability,

and above Congress's power of impeachment,

which is meant to protect against threats

is a president who sees himself as above the law.

That's right. The Democrats have officially announced

other than Steven Seagal, no one is above the law.

Yeah, because he's getting impeached, but...

I didn't think he would make it three years.

Like, Trump getting this far into his presidency

without being impeached is a lot like when a dog

Yeah, the dog crashed, but he made it, like, eight blocks.

I don't even know how he put it into drive.

Now, there was a big debate within the Democratic Party

But in the end, they decided to strike with surgical precision.

as the top Democrats of the key committees

stood together to announce it all this morning.

Abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Democrats have decided to narrow the scope of impeachment

that they believe are the easiest to prove

Because we are operating in a universe where...

Republicans are challenging some of the most basic facts,

Democrats want to make this case as airtight as possible.

abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Which means the Democrats are showing a lot of restraint.

using the presidency to enrich his businesses,

the time he looked directly into an eclipse,

although, in a way, that's also kind of sad for him,

because Nixon had three articles brought against him,

Bill Clinton had four, and Andrew Johnson had 11,

You know that's gonna make him insecure. He's gonna be like,

(mimics Trump): "It's not about the size of impeachment,

it's about the friction of the conviction."

-(normal voice): And these... -(cheers and applause)

could not have come at a worst time for Trump

because remember how the president has been saying

Well, he demanded that the Justice Department

Tonight the Inspector General's report, finally out,

into the origins of the Russia investigation

and the report finding no anti-Trump bias.

TV REPORTER: The Justice Department's inspector general

revealing there was no evidence of a witch hunt,

to justify the probe at the height of the election.

But the inspector general says FBI officials

of a Trump campaign associate, Carter Page.

TV REPORTER: Despite Trump's mocking of FBI agents

he says were using the Russia probe to defeat him,

the report found an agent who messaged another

it was like watching a Super Bowl comeback.

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