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Reeks hypocrisy, the russian dossier, the biden ukrainian problem? jeff, where does it go? >> i think theyll make an attempt to impeach him. the thing that gets me, the president, god bless him, is taking all of this heat because what theyre really after are his supporters, average americans. they have nothing but contempt for regular people out there. how theyre going to get elected, campaigning on, you know, youre a bunch of boobs and therefore you have to vote for us is beyond me. its a terri...

Reeks hypocrisy, the russian dossier, the biden ukrainian problem? jeff, where does it go? >> i think theyll make an attempt to impeach him. the thing that gets me, the president, god bless him, is taking all of this heat because what theyre really after are his supporters, average americans. they have nothing but contempt for regular people out there. how theyre going to get elected, campaigning on, you know, youre a bunch of boobs and therefore you have to vote for us is beyond me. its a terri...

Shut it down. >> sean: how many of you say impeachment hurts them badly in 2020? >> you dont think it hurts them. >> im the only democrat here. i want the democrats to win the election if we have the right candidate. this is profoundly misguided. we could lose everything. trump is weakened. were stronger than trump on a lot of issues. and by making the election about impeachment is a bad mistake. >> sean: i dont think so. >> you dont think so. if you look at the polls, plenty of evidence to supp...

Impeachment inquiry, the white house refuses or blocks testimony, from key witnesses, in this, who the democrats might call, you can imagine a bill barr, of course, he is mentioned in the call, giuliani as well. what is the legal recourse? do we end up in a months long court fight? >> it could. congress of course has the seldom-used possibility of themselves enforcing contempt and may be attempted to do that. >> meaning sending the sergeant at arms. >> exactly and they have the more modern versi...

Law of blocking this complaint before coming before the house in the first place. >> if the white house expresses executive privilege and attempts to prevent testimony from, say, the attorney general or the presidents personal lawyer, will the committee exercise its powers, declare those witnesses in contempt, even enforce a subpoena, perhaps by sending the sergeant at arms? >> i think that -- these are all decisions that leadership and the chairman will have to make with all of us in the commit...

Government not invest biden. finally let me ask you a question. where are the republican chairman in the senate? why arent they issuing subpoenas, why dont they pretend they are elijah cummings or jerry nadler or schiff -- issue your hundred subpoenas chemical after their bank accounts, go after their friends and relatives, go after their accountants chemical after their records and if they dont give them, that goes for you too biden. if they dont go for them, hold them in contempt. >> sean: by ...

Impeaching this president for sitting behind the desk and extorting one of our allies using dire straits with russia and needs our help. >> i will tackle that. >> my response? how about perjury before grand jury? how about obstruction of justice? about being found in contempt by united states district court judge. lets stick with what shannon asked us. we need a little dignity in washington on both sides of the aisle. it would be helpful if we just said mister chairman, we call you on this. you ...

And extorting one of our allies, who was in dire straits but now with russia and really needs our help. >> shannon: i will let you tackle that. >> may i respond? how about, chris, perjury before a grand jury. how about obstruction of justice. how about being found in contempt by the united states district court judge. so lets just stick with what shannon asked us. i think we need a little dignity in washington on both sides of the aisle. >> we do. >> it would be helpful if we just said, mr. chai...

Insisted that the ukrainian government not invest biden.howy he cans complaints? how many theyre not facing expulsion action. finally let me ask you a question. where the hell are the republican chairman in the senate? why arent they issuing subpoenas, why dont they pretend they are elijah cummings or jerry nadler or schiff -- issue your hundred subpoenas go after their bank accounts, go after their friends and relatives, go after their accountants. go after their records and if they dont give t...

Or citations for contempt? what more busywork does congress have to proceed to? >> well, citations for contempt arent needed and essentially we already have the core of what we need. but the nation is going to demand and the congress is going to provide a flood of subpoenas to make sure that guys like pompeo and giuliani and barr and maybe pence are at least given an opportunity to come and tell their side of the story. but those subpoenas including the one that was issued today wisely to pompeo...