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About eight lines in a call transcript, there is so much more. this is about a scheme that lasted months and involving dozens of trump officials. look at the evidence, look at the direct evidence, text messages and calls and meetings, way back in may, the president told his team talk to rudy giuliani. the presidents message, no white house meeting unless ukraine helped him in the 2020 election. ambassador sondland says there was a prerequisite investigation into the bidens. the most important th...

Taken back by chuck schumers comments. what is he talking about? theres been no exculpatory evidence. we have a call transcript in which the president does not say quid pro quo. he said i hope you do us a favor to look into the investigation. it is not mentioned bidens na name. the transcript does not match up with what the democrats claim. the ukrainian president said i was not pressured for information. the aide was released without any kind of investigation being done. and i love this. they w...

Larry diamond has called a democratic recession. international human rights watchdog group freedom house registered global declines in political rights and civil liberties for 13 consecutive years. this is the context in which to consider americas impeachment crisis. the facts of the case are blindingly clear. president trump pressured the new ukrainian government to investigate the bidens as has been described in sworn testimony by 17 witnesses. many of them sitting senior government officials ...

Said, this guy is the real deal, worth the risk, worth sending the hard earned tax dollars of the american people to ukraine. that is what happened. and the facts are very clear. you can make up all the stuff you want, but the facts are on the presidents side, always on the presidents side. democrats keep saying to get the call, to get the meeting, to get the money there had to be an announcement. december 12th. there has yet to be an announcement from ukraine about any investigation into burism...

No bias against the president at heart of it. no witch hunt. no deep state conspiracy or treason or coup. those are all terms the president described it. we begin with what appears to be the final day of the public hearings in the house judiciary committee and more importantly where the process goes next. both side saying nobody landed a knock out blow. >> donald trump the 45th president of the united states abused the power of his office. the american presidency. for his political and personal ...

J. trump, the president of the united states, has put himself before his country. >> at the end of the day, all this is about is about a clock and a calendar because they cant get over the fact that donald trump is president of the united states. >> reporter: the hearing spotlighted counsel for both sides arguing their clashing cases. democrats counsel described president trumps efforts to convince ukraine to investigate the biden as a threat to american democracy. >> his persistent and continui...

>> to impeach a president who 63 million people voted for over eight lines in a call transcript is baloney. >> reporter: castor continued to push the republican talking point that ukraine meddled in the 2016 election, conspiracy theory shot down by the intelligence community which has repeatedly singled out russia. >> im saying that both countries can work to influence an election. a systemic coordinated russian interference effort does not mean that some ukrainian officials, some ukrainian offi...

It sure is atypical for a staffer to be presenting, but again thanks for having me. the purpose of this hearing as we understand it is to discuss whether president donald j. trumps conduct fits the definition of high crime and misdemeanor. it does not. such that committee should consider articles of impeachment to remove the president from office and it should not. this case and many respects comes down to eight lines in a call transcript. let me say clearly and unequivocally that the answer to ...

Yes or no, sir. would you agree with that principal? >> a slightly disagree with the premise of your question. >> i request opinion. >> the gentleman does not recognize, the gentleman has the floor. >> i object to the question. >> the question is in order, the gentleman will continue. the gem and will continue with his time. >> lets get back to the fact that talking about eight ambiguous lines in a call transcript, the president was not asking for a personal favor, he was speaking on behalf of t...

The house permanent select committee on intelligence and mr. nunes. it sure is a. >> tom: co-- atypical for a staffer to testify, but thank you for havingfo me. were here to discuss about president trumps conduct fits theco high crime or dismeaner. it does not. this case in many respects comes down to eight lines in a call transcript. let me say clearly and unequivocally that the answer to that question is no. the record in the democrats impeachment inquiry does not show that president trump abu...