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Election. and ever since, the democrats have been searching for a pretext. when the mueller investigation found no m evidence to support e monstrous lie that the president acted in collusion with russia, there democrats realized they we running out of time. andin suddenly, the ukrainian phone call replaced collusion, stormy daniels, tax returns, emoluments, and even tweets as the reason to nullify the election. just a year before the next one is to be held. impeachment is one of the most serious...

As far as bribery. well see how thats wrapped into the all decision about abuse of power. at least abuse of power seems almost certain as a result of the misconduct laid out here. obstruction of congress almost certainly expect an article of impeachment about obstruction of congress. the democrats lay out what they call unprecedented stonewalling here. by the presidents refusal to allow witnesses to come and testify, his refusal to provide documents from the state department. as well as the whit...

There is no constitutional requirement. what do you think of the substance of the argument? would it concern you to remove any president if it was primarily on anonymous testimony? >> look, the constitution vests the authority to remove a president exclusively in the united states senate. and other than that, it does not spell out any specific guarantees of due process or some notion of fairness. although, we do hope that it is a fair process and procedure. it is a political process by nature. t...

Inquiry? >> well, look article 2 section 1 of the constitution vests all executive authority with the president, anybody in the administration is not acting independently, all of the administration officials from the highest or the lowest are all reporting to the president of the united states to whom the constitution gives our sole executive authority, if you cannot support and respect that provision of our constitution, you shouldnt be in our government, so good. [laughter] >> all right, repre...

Merits due process. do you think theres fairness there? would it concern you to remove any president if it was primarily on anonymous testimony? >> look, the constitution vests the authority to remove a president exclusively in the united states senate. and other than that, it does not spell out any specific guarantees of due process or some amorphous notion of fairness, although we do know that it is a fair process and procedure. its a political process by nature. that argument does not work, a...

The presidents that is of primary importance. let me read you a statement from senator ron johnson who wrote this letter to the republicans on your committee. he said vindmans testimony together wiother witnesses use similar terms of our policy, long standing policy, lend further credence to the point that im making. whether you agree with president trump or not, it should be acknowledged that the constitution vests the power of conducting foreign policy with the duly elected president. republic...

To ask all week since i had the opportunity to interview the presidents lawyer, jay sekulow. hes taken the position it would be unfair as a matter of due process to try to convict a president on anonymous testimony, people who cant be confronted. most people know the rules are different, theres no constitutional requirement what was merits due process. what do you think about the substance of that argument? do you think theres fairness there? would it concern you to remove any president if it wa...

Republicans. people sit in the house and senate are governed by their own bodies pursuant to powers given to those bodies to control the behavior of their own members. when al franken is getting tossed out or bob packwood, the constitution vests them to control their own ethics. the only power against the president is impeachment. so if new allegations arise or new facts in old allegations arise, post the presidential election, i think youd see an upswell in chatter about immaei impeachment but ...

Sense, but at the end of the day, no matter how rep rehen s henceable roy moore is, he hasnt been convicted of a crime. >> article one, section five of the constitution vests with the body to expel a member. they were going to expel bob pacwood and mitch mcconnell led that back in the day. hes very unforgiving about this. there will be a process. the senate cant deny him his seat. they can only expel him once hes taken it. but i dont expect him to get a committee assignment if he were to win. i ...

And if we look at these campaign statement. the judges posed a series of rhetorical questions. one asking, maybe would he say sorry everyday. another saying, well are we supposed to look back what president trump said in college? and finally they said, if you cant remove the taint, how is the president supposed to protect the country. >> laura, thank you. laura jarrett reporting for us from richmond, virginia. dana, i want to play a little clip. this is an exchange that sally yates had with sena...