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Impeachable offenses. while the republican witnesses may not be convinced there is sufficient evidence the president engaged in these acts, the american people and the majority of this committee disagree. i also think the republican witness, professor turley, issued a sage warning in 1998, when he was a leading advocate for the impeachment of bill clinton. he said, quote, if you decide certain acts do not rise to impeachable offenses you will expand the space for executive conduct, close quote. ...

Conduct. in 2016, the russian government engaged in a sweeping and systematic campaign of interference in our elections. in the words of special counsel robert mueller, quote, the russian government perceived it would benefit from a trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, close quote. the president welcomed that interference. we saw this in realtime when president trump asked russia to hack his political opponent. the very next day a russian military intelligence unit attempted to ha...

Hill said john bolton, her boss, repeatedly told staffers, nobody should be meeting with giuliani. and bolton directly said rudy giuliani is a hand grenade that is going to blow everybody up. bolton was summoned to testify thursday but was a no-show. he wants a judge to rule on whether he can appear in defiance of the white house. in the meantime, hes all but advertising what he could potentially fork over. boltons own lawyer in a letter to congress today said bolton could speak to many of the e...

Hill said john bolton, her boss, repeatedly told staffers, nobody should be meeting with giuliani. and bolton directly said rudy giuliani is a hand grenade that is going to blow everybody up. bolton was summoned to testify thursday but was a no-show. he wants a judge to rule on whether he can appear in defiance of the white house. in the meantime, hes all but advertising what he could potentially fork over. boltons own lawyer in a letter to congress today said bolton could speak to many of the e...

Whistle-blower. i learned from u.s. officials that on or around 14 may the president instructed vice president pence to cancel his travel to attend president zelenskys inauguration on 20 may. secretary of energy rick perry le led the delegation instead. it was made clear with them that the president didnt want them to meet with president zelensky until he saw how zelensky, quote, chose to act, close quote, in office. i also do not know whether this action was connected with the broader understan...

What is happening today is more troubling than mcgahns failure to appear, because even if we apply dojs own made-up rules of absolute immunity, i question how mr. dearborn fits under those rules. according to doj opinions, actual immunity applies to, quote, the presidents immediate advisers who serve as the presidents alter ego, closed quote. to extend this already dubious adoption to mr. dearborn is a dangerous stretch. i think we should call this what it is, an absolute cover-up by the white h...

>> a point of order overrides that, mr. chairman, and you know that. >> the gentleman will state his point of order. >> the point of order is once the question has been asked properly to the witness, the clock should start. he cannot be held while you and your counsel go over notes. >> the gentleman is correct, the clock will start. and the witness will answer the question without further delay. >> yes, i see that in the report. >> thank you. during that meeting, did you tell the special counsel...

Lewandowski, a speech not for mr. lewandowski but for attorney general sessions to deliver that to attorney general sessions. he secretly told mr. lewandowski to put the following words in the aps mouth. quote, i am going to meet with a special prosecutor to explain this is very unfair and let the special prosecutor move forward with investigating election meddling for future elections so nothing can happen in future elections. that quote is from volume 2, page 91 of the mueller report. as the m...

All times a private political operative, apparently was not offering advice of any kind, the usual prerequisite for executive privilege and was listed for apparent wrongdoing. no court has ever said the president is entitled to confidentiality under these circumstances. indeed, the department of justice has said executive privilege should not be invoked to conceal evidence of wrongdoing on the part of executive officers. the white house is advancing a new and dangerous theory, the cronie privile...

Escalated war very rapidly. so i think the united states has to be careful in deciding whether or not its going to use military action here. this is not a strike on our military forces. so i think the united states has to be careful that it doesnt just get dragged into a war by saudi arabia. we have to make a decision based on our national security interests what is the right step to take here, not based on what others may tell us to do or not do. >> to that point, the president had tweeted that...