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For a range of records, whether its about obstruction of justice investigations, whether its about the tax returns, or whether its about these financial records. but now when you have a federal judge saying, its not my decision here to decide whether or not this is acting properly, to get into the motivations of members of congress, to get into whether political considerations, thats a significant statement, essentially saying, this is congress right to oversee the administration. the administra...

Mueller report and that in his words he is a loser who sadly plays right into our opponents hands. amash clear lly striking a chor with president trump. other republicans sort of echoed those remarks, including republican national committee chairwoman rhonda mcdaniel. she put out a statement saying its sad that the congressman is in her words parroting democratic talking points. other republicans like senator mitt romney of utah a lot more respectful of his point of view. still, though, he does ...

Inflated his wealth and essentially committed fraud of sorts to try to get this kind of information. so the democrats said to this company, give us ten years of the presidents financial records, so we can understand believe it or not the president, he was a private citizen, acted improperly in any way. and thats what the white house, thats what the trump organization fought and tried to get this court to side with them, which they at the moment appear to have failed to do so. but that statement ...

Counsel, don pc mcgahn, jerry nadler just issued a statement saying, the committee will convene as planned tomorrow morning and mr. mcgahn is expected to appear, as legally required. most people dont expect him to be there at 10:00 a.m.. >> i dont think thats going to happen. the white house has said "no." clearly, the committee could hold don mcgahn in contempt, but the white house and the department of justice has said that you cant compel mcgahn to testify about his conversations with the pre...

Im sure hes not at all surprised by the ways in which republicans are breaking with him over his own comments this past weekend. and by evidence of this, take a look at what mitt romney had to say. he in the past has been critical in some wise of president trump, take a look. >> justin amash has reached a different conclusion than i have. i respect him. i think its a courageous statement. but i believe that to make a case for obstruction of justice you just dont have the elements that are eviden...

Voters who do have concerns about donald trump. now, whether or not that means this will go down to whoever the democratic candidate is in 2020, whether or not theyll benefit, whether this will mean a challenger to donald trump that gets any traction is unclear, but i think this speaks to a growing fear that some republicans have that justin amash isnt the only one at this point and certainly is reflective of a little bit of tension among republicans broadly. >> we have heard mitt romney. he has...

The republican national committee tweeting that its sad to see congressman amash pair r parroting the democrats talking points on russia. even some trump critics in the republican party choosing to keep their distance. >> justin amash has reached a different conclusion than i have. i respect him. i think its a courageous statement. >> reporter: its not the first time the 39-year-old from grand rapids has been at odds with his party. he was elected to congress in 2010, during the tea party wave, ...

Heres mitt romney. >> my own view is justin amash has reached a different conclusion than i have. i respect him. i think its a courageous statement. as i read the report, i was troubled by it. it was very disappointing for a number of reasons, but it did not suggest to me that this was time to call for impeachment. >> so j.w., you have senator romney calling the statement courageous. but yet he disagrees on obstruction? >> i think it is courageous. and i would shift the focus back. notice justin...

Mitt romney of utah a lot more respectful of his point of view. still, though, he does not agree with justin amash on whether the president committed impeachable offenses. listen to what he told jake tapper on "state of the union" sunday morning. >> i respect him. i think its a courageous statement. but i believe that to make a case for obstruction of justice you just dont have the elements that are evidenced in this document. and i also believe that an impeachment call is not only something tha...