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Impeachment inquiry until the full house votes to authorize such an inquiry, that status will not, cannot change. where are we on the impeachment front tonight? >> there has already been a few weeks ago it didnt go anywhere because the highest number we have is 80 democrats and that is not the majority of democrats and not the majority of democrats in the house that they would need. nancy pelosi has been clear, she needs this to be ironclad and has talked about needing bipartisan support. weve h...

Of constitutional checks and balances limiting the presidents power. >> the conclusion that congress may apply the corruption laws of the exercise of the powers of the office accords with the constitutional system of checks and balances and the principal that no person is above the law. >> congress is going to have to investigate whether the president abused power or not. they have to dig into the intent. what was driving the decisions at the time. >> the calls for impeachment following muellers...

To acquit. >> outside of impeachment, president trump could be facing long-term repercussions if he loses in 2020. the statute of limitations for obstruction is five years. >> when a president is no longer sitting, he loses his immunity from prosecution. and so president trump could be charged when he leaves office. >> meanwhile, trumps new attorney general, william barr, is turning the tables, probing the origins of the mueller investigation. >> congress is usually very concerned about intellig...

Thing about this moment is all the people you admire from affair and robert mueller winds up in that category. >> so sad. he. his faith in robert mueller. >> we need to build a case like the viewer who got all her. from fox news. she is unaware. if we have aggressions. . s and more people hear about the mueller report and robert mueller. . s, we will get them in the house and convict in the senate. if we cant get 218 votes in the house right now and if the senate is going to acquit, whats the po...

Affair and robert mueller winds up in that category. >> so sad. he. his faith in robert mueller. >> we need to build a case like the viewer who got all her. from fox news. she is unaware. if we have aggressions. . s and more people hear about the mueller report and robert mueller. . s, we will get them in the house and convict in the senate. if we cant get 218 votes in the house right now and if the senate is going to acquit, whats the point. proceeding right now? we need to do something that wi...

>> i did. i couldnt believe there was a situation where that long shot happened, where he would be freed. >> reporter: juror brian christenson said he and his fellow jurors had no choice but to set conrad free. >> i believe that we all pretty much felt that he probably did it. >> reporter: but you voted to acquit. >> we voted to acquit. >> reporter: because you had reasonable doubt? >> we had reasonable doubt. >> reporter: whether you believe mr. truman is innocent or not, those measurements eit...

Impeachment. >> that is a solid argument. part of that argument is that even if republicans in the senate were to acquit, which we have to presume based on their abject loyalty that they would, right? that why wouldnt that become a political item that they could wield over republicans. one particular guy that loves trump now, didnt like him before, but lindsey graham, mitch mcconnell, theyre both up for reelection. here is how they sounded on clinton impeachment, why couldnt they just role this ...

After the trial when she spoke she gave me great hope because she was a trump supporter and she said i was ready to acquit, i wanted to be able to, but the facts mattered. i was convinced that he was guilty by the facts. and thats what im hoping is going to come out of for example some of the public hearings before congress, is that the american people will see the facts and that they will be persuaded by the facts. so thats something that is very important to me, is how that makes as difference...

Amendment as to those. unless the president pardons him for all potential crimes that he has committed in the past. i also want to add one thing about the juror youre going to have on because i remember right after the trial when she spoke she gave me great hope because she was a trump supporter and she said i was ready to acquit, i wanted to be able to, but the facts mattered. i was convinced that he was guilty by the facts. and thats what im hoping is going to come out of for example some of t...

How many republicans, particularly on the perjury charge, voted to acquit. i think there were 10 of them, five on the obstruction of justice. i think we had a real bittersweet sense there. there was relief it was over. there was some measure of vindication. there was no one in the white house that celebrated that day because we had all been through a year of political hell. the president that morning took responsibility for his part of it. i dont know that others did the same. but it wasnt -- yo...