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Elijah cummings. jerry nadler raised what could be an even more troubling outcome for the president. he said his committee was considering potential violations of the ban on profiting from the presidency as part of its impeachment investigation. quote, potential violations of the foreign and domestic emoluments clauses of the constitution are of grave concern to the committee as it considers whether to recommend articles of impeachment. so the president say in the last week, was it a week ago, r...

Theres still a lot of resistance to that on the democratic side. that being said, it seems pretty clear that democrats in the judiciary committee and democrats in the house in general want to move the ball forward at least one notch, and this vote next week is to try and define the parameters of what an impeachment investigation would look like. whether or not theyre going to impeach is another story for down the road. but one thing thats also happening here is that members of the judiciary comm...

Proceedings. one has to wonder if the house judiciary since its entertaining this possible vote this week, if this time they have pelosis blessings? >> so thats actually not 100% clear here, but clearly the house judiciary committee is going to move forward with this sort of baby step. i agree with s a,-- there is pe out there for these moderate democrats including for members of the house like democrat connor lam who is who you would call a centrist or moderate democrat in a swing district. tha...

Answers about vice president pences decision to stay at a trump property in ireland. they said quote potential violations of the foreign and domestic clauses of the constitution are of grave concern to the committee as it considers whether to recommend articles of impeachment. now, these lawmakers are demanding documents from the white house about what led into the trip. the president for his part said he had nothing to do with the decision about where the vice president would stay. >> then i he...

Unquote. today the house judiciary and oversight committees publicly revealed a series of letters they sent earlier this week to both the white house and the trump organization demanding information about trumps habit of directing government spending to his familys businesses and properties. spending that could amount to violations of the constitution, foreign, and domestic emollients clauses specifically house committees demanding information about the vice presidents recent trip to dublin wher...

They sent earlier this week to both the white house and the trump organization demanding information about trumps habit of directing government spending to his familys businesses and properties. spending that could amount to violations of the constitution, foreign, and domestic emollients clauses specifically house committees demanding information about the vice presidents recent trip to dublin where he chose as a place to stay a trump owned property located on the other side of the country. mor...

The president for it. heres todays "new york times" report on this new investigation. quote, two committee chairmen acting in tandem sent letters to the white house, the secret service and the trump organization asking for documents and communications related to vice president mike pences decision to stay this week at mr. trumps resort in ireland during an official visit, as well as mr. trumps recent statements promoting trump national dural as the possible site for the g7 summit of world leader...

Be an even more troubling outcome for the president. he said his committee was considering potential violations of the ban on profiting from the presidency as part of its impeachment investigation. quote, potential violations of the foreign and domestic emoluments clauses of the institution are of grave concern to the committee as it considers whether to recommend articles of impeachment. >> so the president saying in the last week, wasnt that like a week ago, right, a week or so ago, when the u...

Of the ban on profiting from the presidency as part of its impeachment investigation. quote, potential violations of the foreign and domestic emoluments clauses of the constitution are of grave concern to the committee as it considers whether to recommend articles of impeachment. so the president saying in the last week, wasnt that like a week ago, right, a week or so ago, when the u.s. hosts the g7 summit next year, helmets the g-7 summit to be held at his own trump property in florida, so fore...

Committee has opened an investigation to determine if there was any situation there. >> joining me now, danny, good morning. >> understanding what their purpose is. our framers were almost obsessed with corruption. when you think about it and look at the impeachment clause. the clauses warranting impeachment are not murder or theft, they are corruption and bribery. they inserted the clauses, there are two. foreign and domestic they essentially mean the same thing. no gifts above the salary and n...