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and being the saudis now starting up this, you know, tournament of their own, and this sports washing that theyre doing, trying to buy respect on the world stage, trying to improve their image, just be truthful, you know, just work with the truth instead of hiding behind lies. thats how you gain respect. you cant buy it. you have to earn it. >> terry, wonderful to have you this morning. thank you so much for speaking with us. >> thank you for having me. >> and "new day" continues right...

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In play here. both the obstruction of the official proceeding, which was the counting of those votes, they would obstruct it by trying to get pence to override the will of the people and prevent the peaceful transfer of power. >> by corrupt means, talk to us about the significance of that word. >> well, it has to mean that you know, you know what youre doing is wrong. thats all it means. you cant even have a good faith view that maybe this is something you can get away with, that wont work. this...

>> reporter: in his case, the british government has banned him from its shores and frozen all his assets in the uk. one day before he was sanctioned, abramovich announced plans to sell the chelsea football club and was reportedly trying to unload some of his homes in london including a 15-room mansion known as billionaires row. >> they get their money oftentimes through under handed corrupt means and park that money in the west to gain respectability. they buy real estate whether thats in the u...

Under investigation also. >> yes. he has amassed corrupt means and when the government changed in ukraine, some westerners basically get some support to cover up for his wealth so he started to reach out to different international names and that is how hunter biden got in. it is clear -- no doubt about this. i dealt with the political assets and i know what i am talking about. and so obviously the question is the company that was legitimate and on the other hand, there was a prosecutor on the is...

Information. the other three it would have been whited out. so we knew they were trying to stop the investigation by corrupt means. but the idea that mr. trump doing this to favor his own prospects in the election is anything other than totally corrupt is ludicrous. its the definition of corruption. >> what influence do you have on this? does this work for you? are you able to go out there? do more republicans say to you maybe not out loud but maybe they whisper in your ear that this is getting ...

Congress doesnt find out the information it needs. thats fishy unto itself. >> well, that was also the case in watergate. we subpoenaed all kinds of documents from the white house and wed get six copies. three of them would have damning information. the other three it would have been whited out. so we knew they were trying to stop the investigation by corrupt means. but the idea that mr. trump doing this to favor his own prospects in the election is anything other than totally corrupt is ludicro...

Engaging in bribes would be impeachable even if there were not a technical crime. madison would not have encountenanced impeachment, maladministration, simply not doing the job well. but if, of course, we concluded and there was evidence that the reason president trump ordered cohen to lie to congress was to cover up evidence that he was acquiring the office by corrupt means, by basically encouraging putin to interfere in the election, that would strengthen the case even further. simple violatio...

Obstruction of the president ordering lies to congress to cover up wrongdoings, then republicans changed their mind and once nixon concluded that there were not enough votes to save him in the senate, he resigned. here, too, it is conceivable that if the allegations are corroborated by clear textual evidence, the political climate could shift. republicans in the senate might conclude that there was a clear violation and, therefore, its not inconceivable that you could get three quarters votes to...

>> it could become a political selling point. >> or to vote against him. >> theres this question that john and nia were talking about, is this enough to impeach. lets focus on the campaign finance piece. i mean, john read the quote, clinton was impeached over crimes of moral turpitude, campaign finance goes to the heart of the process, the political process, that landed donald trump in the white house. its much more relevant to the office of the presidency than the things that bill clinton did, ...