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When they are exposed, they are going to have an extreme democratic bent. >> yeah. brian: diminish their credibility. thats why you keep them hidden. >> thats the point. this idea that, you know, that you have the right to confront your accuser in open court, that predates americas existence. that predates magna carta. that goes all the way back to roman law. its in the bible whatever roman governor there was that said that about paul that he had the right. brian: pontius pilate. >> no, it wasnt...

Witnesses behind closed doors. according to a summary released by grahams office, the resolution calls on the house to hold a floor vote that would formally initiate the impeachment inquiry as well as provide president trump with, oquote, due process to include the ability to confront his accusers, call witnesses on his behalf and have a basic understanding of the accusations against him. it also requests that republicans be able to, quote, participate fully in all proceedings and have equal aut...

Getting off on focusing on the investigation. we saw it wednesday when dozens of house republicans delayed a closed door hearing and we saw it again last night. >> they created a process in the intel committee that is behind closed doors and doesnt provide access to the accuser. and it is an unworthy substitute for the way to do it. i think if we were doing that you would be beating b[ bleep ] out of us. >> republicans by no means are being shut out of this process in any way. 47 republicans hav...

Clarity? >> i did not. no. i have tried to speak with him a couple of times over the past ten days or so. and those calls go directly to his voicemail. and i have yet to receive an intentional or an unintentional call back. >> rich shapiro. thank you for joining us. you do need to see richs story. you can read the transcript of the call and all of the context that rich provides at nbc news.com. thank you, sir. >> my pleasure. >> all right. republicans in congress say they want public testimony f...

Behind closed doors, doesnt provide access to the presidents accuser, shuts republicans out for all practical purposes and is an unworthy substitute for the way you need to do it. is at its core unamerican. >> lindsey graham continued to push the republican lie that republicans are, as he put it, shut out of the closed door depositions in the house of representatives. every republican member of the committees conducting those depositions is allowed to attend toes depositions and ask questions in...

Potential defendant, which is what the impeachment process is in the senate if theres a trial, that there should be some due process and he should have the right to confront accusers and they shouldnt remain anonymous. theres no law and theres certainly no part of the constitution that supports that. its more of a broader argument if and when you get to a senate trial. as your question alludes to, ali, it all becomes pretty moot if five other people already say the same thing that the whistle-bl...

Are very best way for the house of representatives to discover impeachment evidence. >> depositions will determine whether or not we go forward with hearings. the very smart thing to do is depose these people and find out what theyve got to say, not drag this thing out unnecessarily. >> that was 21 years ago. since then, lindsey graham has learned to tie a neck tie and today he was saying exactly the opposite and lying while hes at it. >> theyve created a process into intel committee thats behin...

The benghazi hearings when hillary clinton was the takedown target. today, one of trumps fiercest allies, senate judiciary chair lindsey graham, introduced a resolution co-sponsoring by mitch mcconnell accusing the house democrats, again, those in the other chamber, of conducting a secret and unfair inquiry meant to embarrass this president. >> theyve created a process in the intel committee thats behind closed doors, doesnt provide access to the presidents accuser, shuts republicans out for all...

Instead, theyre attacking the process of the inquiry. the process they followed during the benghazi hearings. today lindsey graham introduced a resolution accusing the house democra democrats. >> they created a process in the intel committee thats behind closed doors and doesnt provide access to the presidents accuser and shuts remembers out for all practical purposes and is unoka worthy substitute for the way that you do it is at its core un-american. >> late today a member of the house intel c...

The process they followed during the benghazi hearings when hillary clinton was the takedown target. today, one of trumps fiercest allies, senate judiciary chair lindsey graham, introduced a resolution co-sponsoring by mitch mcconnell accusing the house democrats, again, those in the other chamber, of conducting a secret and unfair inquiry meant to embarrass this president. >> theyve created a process in the intel committee thats behind closed doors, doesnt provide access to the presidents accus...