White House Counsel Pat Cipollone Concludes by Playing Video of Democrats Attacking Impeachment in 1998

Cipollone focused on excerpts from congressional speeches in which Democrats denounced the idea of a partisan impeachment, likening it to a "coup d'état," and warning that it would lead them to impeach a Republican president when they were in office. The White House counsel concluded: "You were right." The Senators laughed. He then continued: "[B]ut I'm sorry to say you were also prophetic."