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And non traditional and some of them may be illegal and some of them may be impeachable. >> right. >> you know there are a lot of people who want to have a very broad article of impeachment that includes russian investigation and emolumens and. for me would be the abuse of power and contempt with congress for refusing to comply and for this one it would be the clear abusive power of the president putting his own interest before that other country. what we have here basically legally is a conspir...

Post" op-ed, by the seven freshman democrats, who are in vulnerable districts. moving towards impeachment can cost them their seats. you pointed out something that is significant. thats the mention of inherent contem contempt. why? >> it shows they are not playing around. just a step back. theres a few different ways to hold someone in contempt. you can sue for it. you can go to the justice department for it. but congress has this power of inherent contempt, where congress can jail someone and f...

And, b, it could and will motivate the republican base in a way that they havent been motivated before, to likely rally around the president because thats how these things tend to work when they are partisan. so does the white house -- i mean im not saying they would withhold the complaint in order to spur impeachment, that would be a bridge too far i think even for washington, but it is not as if, you know, they will try very hard to avoid it in order to give the complaint. having said that, if...

We believe they reach an impeachable offense. we call on our authorities available to us, including the power of contempt and impeachment hearings for allegations to find the truth and our national security. you heard from members of the judiciary committee who have been calling for impeachment for quite some time, arguing that this could come to a head right now. this is what he said today. >> i think impeachment articles are inevitable. theres a growing clamor for the democratic caucus. theres...

Swore the same oath to protect and defend the constitution. >> so let me ask you this though. should you do it now? should congress do it now? or should they wait? because we have two things. we know that the money was withheld from ukraine and we know the timeline and we know the president talked to the president of ukraine about joe and hunter biden. what we dont have is proof there was a quid pro quo. we dont have the proof connecting the two. would it be prudent for democrats to wait for tha...

A political opponent of the president of the united states, that would be a grave abuse of power and what we are seeing in the presidents response is also the pathology of donald trump talking about the electric chair. were watching, again, the contempt for the law. the contempt for process. the contempt for the office of the presidency as it is traditionally conducted bay those presidents who respect the constitution and the law. but theres one other parallel here that goes back to watergate an...

Actions represent an impeachable offense. we do not arrive at this conclusion lightly. we call on our colleagues to consider the use of all congressional authorities available to us including the power of inherent contempt and impeachment hearings to address these new allegations. find the truth and protect our national security. so to them, move forward with a little bit of caution, not saying get all the way there, but create some kind of forum in which the administration has no choice but to ...

The reports in "the new york times," the washington, and especially "the wall street journal" owned by rupert murdoch, the presidents friend, who the journal has done great reporting, exposing apparently what has happened here with real intimidation of a foreign leader to get him to investigate a political opponent of the president of the united states. that would be a grave abuse of power. and what we are seeing in the presidents response is also the pathology of donald trump talking about the ...

Whistle-blower statutes dont really apply. if you look at when nancy pelosi said today, one of the most revealing things is not what you said just within the last hour, but actually earlier this morning added an event in d.c., where she said, she talked about all the details of this impeachment process. she hadnt quite made the announcement yet. and then she said, was more serious is that he cant win. that really gives the game away. what this is all about is the democratss utter contempt and ha...

These are seven democrats, each of them is as veteran of the military. this is seven freshmen democrats speaking in one voice in the short new opt-ed thats posted about this scandal of trump seeking assistance for his election campaign. we call on our colleagues and congress consider the use of all congressional authorities available to us including the power of contempt and impeachment hearing to address these new allegations and find the truth and protect our national security. one of the sire...