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Nation becoming a joke. its up to congress to stop this from happening. the effects of the presidents corruption will ripple across the world. we have to impeach the president. >> this is unbelievable. so let me just translate. article one, we dont want the country to be a joke, and if we dont impeach, it will ripple around the world. >> laura: let me just say shes wearing a nasa hoodie. maybe she is already in outer space. she doesnt have to wear the nasa hoodie. >> shes so well mannered, i wan...

History of pervasive corruption. in other words, hes this international corruption buster. the problem with that argument is theres really no basis. in fact, what case ever anywhere, any country, any planet other than the bidens in 2016 has donald trump ever expressed any interest in? he was asked that question. give us one case and heres what he said. >> you know, we would have to look. >> had a lot of time to look. >> had two months to look. we still havent seen anything. that would be article...

Karlan has actually argued before the supreme court. she runs one of the preeminent courts of the land or training programs of the land that trains lawyers to go argue before the supreme court. each one of these scholars that we have selected has a very particular expertise in democracy reform, in election security, in corruption and intent. which is very important as we look at exactly what is before us and whether it rises to the level that the founders envisioned in article one. >> so when so...

Them well. >> his behavior may have been reprehensible, his allies said, but he was hardly the threat to the public that impeachment was designed for. the american public agreed. the democrats scored a shocking upset in the mid-term elections gaining seats in the house. >> the lewinsky issue didnt carry any weight. >> id say republicans got stopped. >> newt gingrich who predicted a big republican victory. >> we have a chance to win some very startling victories in the country. >> lost his job as...

Because he thought he should start with himself. i raise this because my friends on the other side of the aisle keep characterizing this impeachment inquiry as inherently wrong because, and im quoting them, "it will overturn an election." over and over, it will overturn an election. impeachment is an anticorruption tool. for my friends on the other side of the aisle, yes, it does overturn an election. by definition it overturns an election. i dont know if theyve got a problem with their constitu...

Aye on article one. caldwell butler from virginia, and larry hogan, whose son is now the governor of maryland. and bill cohen, who was the young guy from maine, went on to the senate as you know and later become secretary of defense in the second clinton administration. these were real heroes because they said, you look at the evidence, and youve got to say aye. today, how many republicans -- because they see the evidence. theyre not all stupid and dumb. theyre smart people. but for various reas...

The committee to take their side of it and of course that meant the presidents defense to an extent. several days before it all ended jenner resigned. he said, im now convinced the presidents guilty of obstruction of justice. i cant in good conscience continue. >> wow. >> and you saw six republicans vote aye on article one, caldwell from virginia and larry hogan whose son is now the governor of maryland and bill cohen who was the young guy from maine went on to the senate as you know and then la...

Congress simply to invoke executive privilege, thats nonsense. >> article two of the nixon impeachment was specifically regarding obstruction of congress, gregg jarrett, thats what was in article two of the impeachment documents against richard nixon, so no, thats not ridiculous. theres precedent for this. you cant go interfere and directly block congress article one duties. >> shannon: quick final word, great, we got to go, but i will give you a chance to respond. >> i think it will be up to th...

Theyre working for the u.s. government. >> really? >> theyre not selling -- asolutely they can. >> so the point there is that a real parallel was being made, you know, criticism that hunter biden shouldnt dare conflict of interest be making money while his dad was vice president. make the turn now that its okay for the president, his family, to continue to make money. if that is revealing what the republican strategy will be, how does that make your job either more complicated or easier? >> well...

Ceo of the national constitution center. he is also a professor at the george washington university school of law, and this is a tough one, because youre an expert on a lot of things, but this is a field in which some of it, it relies on expertise, and some of it relies on a reading of the constitution and some of it relies on precedence and some relies on how things will unroll. >> thats absolutely right. and as you said, the constitution doesnt say a lot about impeachment. article one, section...