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Contested a specific subpoena or request for document. donald trump effectively rejected congresss ability to hold him accountable at all. the rule of law has built up over centuries in the western world, but its very fragile because its based on a bluff. the bluff is that at the highest level everyone will respect the rules even though it might not be possible always to enforce compliance. and the rule at the heart of the u.s. system is the separation of powers. the founders greatest fear was t...

Shes afraid if she send these week articles, shes going to find him not guilty and be done with it all. nancy is making demands. mcconnell will have to run the trial her way or else. sounds like nancy is the one demanding a quid pro quo. not how this works. the speaker doesnt get to set the terms. the house investigates and the senate judges. she doesnt have any leverage. the democrats have already denied due process and now they are denying our right to a speedy trial. par for the course. i tho...

Shes afraid s if she sends these weak articles, the senate is just going to find him not guilty and be done with it all. so nancys missing i demands. mcconnell has to run the trial her way or else. soundsds like nancys the one demanding more from quid pro quo. thats not how this works. the speaker, doesnt get to set the terms. the house investigates, and the senate judges. she doesnt have any leverage. the democrats have already denied due process and now they are denying him a right to a speedy...

Shes afraid if she send these week articles, shes going to find him not guilty and be done with it all. nancy is making demands. mcconnell will have to run the trial her way or else. sounds like nancy is the one demanding a quid pro quo. not how this works. the speaker doesnt get to set the terms. the house investigates and the senate judges. she doesnt have any leverage. the democrats have already denied due process and now they are denying our right to a speedy trial. par for the course. i tho...

Case. the risk there is to essentially call nancy pelosis bluff. the risk also is for a lot of time to go by and then by the time you do send it over to the senate, you further take our presidential candidates who have a formal role in this process off of the campaign trail. so, there is some peril there for democrats. but the truth is, on the other hand, you really want to get to a place where you try to force mitch mcconnells hand through chuck schumer to make this a fair or more fair fight th...

Soap opera fans. what is he going to be planning for cliffhangers and reversals and surprise endings between now and november? theres a lot of episodes yet to be filmed and be presented, and hes going to want to surprise us every day. >> well, who knows what episode were on, but there is a bit of a cliffhanger here given what the house has done and holding these articles of impeachment thus far. you know, you mentioned that six-page diatribe from the president. addressed to speaker pelosi. pelos...

Heading. it certainly looks like nancy pelosi is holding the cards very close to her chest. >> and she can hold them into 2020. we are in two weeks of impeachment purgatory. the house and senate have gone home till the new year so this idea of delaying the articles, its going to haep happen if i way. the house left without selecting their managers for an impeachment hall and without sending them down the hall to the senate. this allows them to call the presidents bluff. the president who said ov...

Forward. ill admit, i dont know what leverage there is in refraining from sending us something we dont want. but alas if they can figure that out, they can explain it. >> when we bring the bill, made in order by results committee that we can call up at any time. im not prepared to put the managers on that bill yet because we dont know the arena were in. frankly i dont care what the republicans say. >> i want to go straight to garrett haake. this is fascinatinfascinating. where do we go here? >> ...

Appeal. and then yesterday in the middle of the presidents impeachment a three judge panel on the fifth circuit court of appeals ruled 2-1 to back up most of that ruling. it did, however, send the case back down to the district court judge to figure out if, you know, do you really need to scrap the entire law. the most cynical view of all this is that conservatives and republicans including those sitting on the federal bench realize that a big high profile supreme court case that would consider ...

Many individuals in my district who entrusted me to be their voice in congress. i vote yes for sarah in chicago, doug and kankakee, diana foss more. yes for kathy, catherine and crete and jimmy and park forest. the facts are simple, the path forward is clear. impeachment is not an option. no one is above the law. >> >> gentleman is recognized for 2 minutes. >> you know in the navy, we had a saying, bluff. bottom line up front. democrats are terrified. they cant beat him on the merits.