Yoon appears in the impeachment trial..."I've never given a note to the top of my list".

[Anchor]
The third hearing date for President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial has been completed.

President Yoon, who attended the hearing in person today, stressed that he has never given a note to Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok and has never ordered lawmakers to be pulled out of the National Assembly.

There is a reporter for the legal team at the Constitutional Court.

Reporter Youngsoo Kim and reporter Lee Kyung-guk, please tell me the details.

[Reporter]
The Constitutional Court will continue to update you on this.

As you said today, there was a third hearing date.

It started at 2 p.m. and lasted about an hour and 43 minutes.

The President of Yoon Suk Yeol was present in person today.

I could see him wearing a navy suit and a red tie.

After being arrested, you have to wear a prison uniform at the detention center because you are a suspect in custody.

However, it seems that he changed his clothes to attend the impeachment trial today.

Today's defense was concluded, so we left for the Seoul Detention Center at around 4:40.

We haven't heard that we've arrived at the detention center yet.

Let's take a look at what the president of Yoon Suk Yeol said today.

First of all, reporter Lee Kyung-guk, can you explain what you said in the beginning?

[Reporter]
First of all, President Yoon is seated next to the lawyer, the representative of the respondent's seat today.

First of all, when asked by Judge Moon Hyung-bae whether the respondent himself was present, he stood up and greeted and sat down.

After that, he gave President Yoon a chance to speak before the start of Justice Moon's full-fledged hearing. President Yun

spoke for just over a minute.

"I apologize to the judges for causing me to suffer from the impeachment case, although I am too busy with various constitutional lawsuits."

He went on to say that he is a person who has firmly brought the belief of liberal democracy while serving in public office so far.

"As the Constitutional Court also exists to protect the Constitution, I hope the judges will take a good look at it, and I will let you know if there is a necessary situation or if I have any questions." President

Yoon was able to see that he exchanged opinions and made various remarks with a lawyer several times during the defense.

[Reporter]
I was able to hear President Yoon Suk Yeol's story in person in the middle of the defense.

One of them is about a note that Choi Sang-mok, then Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, received from President Yoon Suk Yeol.

In the case of this note, the prosecution's investigation found that the government should draw up a budget related to emergency legislative bodies and block subsidies and subsidies related to the National Assembly.

This was one of the key pieces of evidence of the charge of insurrection because it could be grounds for trying to neutralize the National Assembly.

The court asked about this.

When I asked if President Yoon Suk Yeol had ever given me this note, President Yoon said he had never given it, and he said he saw such a note in the media after the martial law was lifted.

He also explained that the only person who can make this is the defense minister, but he has not been able to confirm it in detail because he is in custody.

This question was also asked earlier during the actual examination of the arrest warrant.

Even then, Yoon Suk Yeol's president has no idea.

I said this, too.

Didn't President Yoon Suk Yeol explain the situation after martial law again about the situation in the National Assembly?

[Reporter]
First of all, an evidence investigation was conducted today on CCTV videos containing the situation of the National Assembly at the time of martial law. President Yoon

saw this video and explained it himself.

He explained that he came out on his own even though more soldiers could have entered.

He then asked again if martial law was going all the way if he had blocked the decision to lift martial law by sending in the military and said he didn't think so.

He also explained the reason, but he also mentioned it to the effect that the National Assembly and the media have much stronger power than the president.

Earlier, there was a series of testimony that President Yoon ordered the National Assembly members to be pulled out, and the court confirmed it to President Yoon, but President Yoon replied that he did not give such an order.

[Reporter]
It may be said that President Yoon Suk Yeol has virtually denied all the suspicions and allegations that have emerged so far.

The note, which was reportedly given to Choi Sang-mok at the time, was not written by him, and he did not order military personnel who entered the National Assembly to enter the National Assembly and bring down lawmakers.

He also said that his authority is not stronger than that of the media or the National Assembly.

Among what was said today, the part that the National Assembly and the president strongly insisted on was the fraudulent election.

What did you say about that part?

[Reporter]
In fact, I think it's the part where the debate came and went strongly during today's pleading day.

First of all, President Yoon's side suggested that the security inspection of the NEC's voting ticket system announced by the National Intelligence Service is the result of the 2023 security inspection.

I made a statement by presenting pictures of the ballots that were taken at the recount site of the 21st general election.

He repeatedly insisted on fraudulent elections and suspicions, saying that it was a picture of stiff ballots that could not be considered to have been folded and inserted after normal voting.

The National Assembly said such claims would have a detrimental effect on the people.

He strongly refuted the election fairness, saying it was an act of crumpling it into the trash.

He then emphasized that all allegations of fraudulent elections were judged as unfounded claims through the judgment of the Supreme Court and judicial institutions. Next, it is not an issue of the impeachment trial. The National Assembly also stressed that even if there was an election fraud in

, the reason for impeachment cannot be justified.

He then added that after President Yoon failed martial law, he brought up allegations of fraudulent elections as a reason to justify his actions.

President Yoon then got the opportunity to speak and virtually rebuffed it again.

Before martial law was declared, there were already many points where confidence in election fairness was questioned, President Yoon said.

President Yoon then argued that the whole election was not unreliable because it was fraudulent, but that it was intended to check how the election management committee system works.

[Reporter]
Now it's the third hearing of the impeachment trial.

There is a long way to go, but the National Assembly has requested the court. President

Yoon asked to install a shield to prevent witnesses and the president from facing each other when questioning witnesses because he is still an incumbent president.

I heard concerns that it may be difficult to state the reason in a situation where witnesses face each other. President

Yoon directly refuted this.

He countered that he could not influence because he was suspended from his job.

He also emphasized that he is the one who knows the contents of this case best.

So, it can be seen that he once again expressed his intention to actively participate in the impeachment trial.

Aren't several witnesses adopted today?

Reporter Lee Kyung-guk, please organize it.

[Reporter]
Later, witnesses to be interrogated were adopted at the hearing date.

I'll explain it by date.

First of all, on February 4th of next month, a witness hearing will be held against Hong Jang-won, former deputy director of the NIS, Lee Jin-woo, commander of the defense command, and Yeo In-hyeong, commander of counterintelligence command.

And on February 6, witnesses will be questioned against Special Warfare Commander Kwak Jong-geun, Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs Park Chun-seop of the Presidential Office, and witness questioning of Kim Hyun-tae, 707 Special Chief.

And in the case of former Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min, a witness examination will be held on the 11th of next month.

And at the 4th hearing day, which will be held the day after tomorrow, a witness examination will be held against former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun.

What was mentioned today was also related to Pogoryeong 1.

There was an answer from the president. President

Yoon explained that the former minister Kim Yong-hyun's transcription of the example sentence during the former military regime was modified by the president.

Subsequently, it was intended to establish a martial law form in relation to the decree, but there was no intention of enforcement.

I reiterated that I didn't even have a specific execution plan.

Subsequently, the fact that the decree contained a ban on political activities was also an attempt to ban the illegal activities of the National Assembly, and to dissolve the National Assembly.He also emphasized that it was not intended to prevent legislative activities.

Suspicions of the arrest group arose strongly, but he said he had never ordered the arrest of Han Dong-hoon, former representative of the People's Power, and National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik.

[Reporter]
Today, the National Assembly emphasized the unfairness and illegality of declaring martial law through media articles and CCTV videos.

The members of the State Council came to the National Assembly after the declaration of martial law and testified several times to the effect that the parliamentary process was not properly followed.

The National Assembly insisted on procedural flaws again today.

And several CCTVs were played, including the landing of a helicopter in the National Assembly, the entrance of armed martial law forces through a window, and the video of martial law troops dispatched to the National Assembly's presidential office and the Central Election Commission building was released today.

In addition, the National Assembly even prepared and played the video of the martial law army confiscating the phone of the NEC staff and taking pictures of the NEC server. That's all for today's argument of



Isn't it meaningful that the president came out on today's pleading day?

[Reporter]
That's right.
Today is virtually the first time I've come out in public since declaring the
martial law.

I've spoken to the public several times earlier, but all of them were pre-recorded videos. It seems that it has been 49 days since the 3rd of last month that President

Yoon came to the public place to speak.

President Yoon's appearance was revealed today.

The entire video of the pleading date was also released.

Former Presidents Roh Moo Hyun and Park Geun Hye were impeached earlier, but they never appeared on the hearing date.

All deputies participated in the impeachment proceedings instead, and President Yoon Suk Yeol became the first president in history to appear in person on the hearing date.

President Yoon Suk Yeol attended the third hearing today.

It started at 2 p.m. and lasted about an hour and 40 minutes.

President Yoon Suk Yeol was seen leaving for the Seoul detention center at around 4:40 from the Constitutional Court, but no news has been reported yet that he has arrived at the detention center.

So far, the Constitutional Court has delivered it.