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Though she hasnt had the warmest welcome. she says shes hoping to stabilize the country and regain support. by bringing elections forward two years and promising to end corruption. its a political crisis that is now reverberating across latin america with regional allies such as bolivia and mexico weighing in only fueling further perus political divide. isa soares, cnn. all right. quick hits around the globe right now. in about two hours south african lawmakers will debate a report that found ...

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Happened here with biden. talk us through your reaction to what mcconnell had to say about this. >> first, we cant over-focus on the quid pro quo aspect of it. for two reasons. quid pro quo is not even necessarily even required to find an impeachable smartphones. the impeachable offense. quid pro quo is relevant in corruption laws, extortion, bribery and having defend the those cases quid pro quo is very broadly defined. it does not and has never really required a direct exchange of hey, if you ...

Of constitutional checks and balances limiting the presidents power. >> the conclusion that congress may apply the corruption laws of the exercise of the powers of the office accords with the constitutional system of checks and balances and the principal that no person is above the law. >> congress is going to have to investigate whether the president abused power or not. they have to dig into the intent. what was driving the decisions at the time. >> the calls for impeachment following muellers...

Quo. >> sean: that is a crime. >> that has a special legal meaning, quid pro quo, is a corrupt act, exchange of benefits for a public official. >> alan dershowitz said it didnt happen. >> thats no at defense. its not a defense if i shoot a gun and the bullet miss mice intended target, its an attempted murder. its not only that, if i try to bribe a police officer, thats a violation of several corruption laws. what did the fbi do? nothing. >> sean: my prediction, things are going to move more quic...

Inaugural and everything to do with what the path forward looks like. >> reporter: last night a spokes person for the presidential inaugural committee issued this statement to reporters. new york prosecutors request for records, we just received a subpoena for documents while we are still reviewing the subpoena, it is our intention to cooperate with the inquiry. according to the wall street journal, prosecutors are seeking documents related into august recall committee donors and vendors and any...

Making contributions. another key threat examines whether donations were made by foreign national. the inaugural committee raised $107 million for events to celebrate the inauguration. any contributions in exchange for political favors could be a violation of corruption laws. the investigation grew out of the michael cohen case. the former personal attorney to the president, that charge was brought by robert mueller over statements to lawmakers cohen made about a 2016 trump tower moscow real est...

Committee. investigators are seeking documents related to the committee finances including whether any donations came from foreign nationals. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with the news in washington. >> think you come harris. good afternoon. a spokesperson for the presidential egg inaugural committee issued a brief statement late last night to reporters about an inquiry from your prosecutors and request records. "while we are still reviewing the subpoena, it is our intenti...

Breaking news just in. "the wall street journal" is reporting that federal prosecutors in manhattan are investigating the trump inaugural committee and whether top donors gave money for access to the trump administration or more, anything that could violate federal corruption laws, according to "the journal." our cnn legal analyst joins me on the phone. how locally significant could this story be? >> reporter: it could be big, jake. it looks like a lot of evidence came out of the search warrant ...

I want to come back to start with the presidents tweets where he said whats the big deal? i was running for president and there is nothing wrong with having my business while running for president. thats what the president says. its all good and legal. he ignores that as a candidate for president, he was calling for easing sanctions on russia. as a candidate for president, if they were negotiating a deal into noon and possibly telling vladimir putin you can have the penthouse first reported by b...