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Impeachment proceeding forward. >> it seems like that idea, oh, hes joking, which i guess i first heard it from rubio and then jordan seemed to go along with it, and now blunt does. it seems like the other possibilities are either, well, its fine what the president said, asking a repressive regime like china, who is not known for their fair investigative powers, or its not okay, theres no -- those are the two answers that are possible. theyve made up this, oh, it was a joke because it spares the...

>> so, ben there is fascinating as always from you. were looking at how thin the barrier is between the swamp and the white house when it comes to these matters. tell us what you know about how these details traveled from for chan to the presidents lawyer to tv. >> sure. these started on niche blogs, basically. there were forged documents that made it look like russia couldnt have hacked the dnc. these have been debunked. the metadata showed it happened right around when this happened. but its t...

Entangled in the trump ukraine controversy is expected to testify before congress next week. the u.s. ambassador to the eu is one of several u.s. diplomats who sent texts discussing the presidents goals in ukraine. this week those messages were handed over to the house lawmakers by kurt volker the former u.s. special envoy to ukraine after he spoke with impeachment investigators. cnns justice correspondent reports. >> reporter: former u.s. special envoy to ukraine kurt volkers opening statement ...

Muddle your memory. he said in athens yesterday, we wanted to make sure they didnt interfere in our election in 2016. it has long been debunked, thats putin talking points that it was ukraine not russia. hes the secretary of state of the united states traveling the world still asking we want to know if they were involved in 2016. >> and everyone has been loyal to the president without question. well see if that changes as this impeachment inquiry begins because this is a new moment. the past isn...

Watergate scandal. that was 1974, 45 years ago. removing a president is challenging. it requires only a simple majority, at least 218 votes. but two-thirds of u.s. senators, 67 of them, must agree to actually force the president to step down. democrats and two independent allies currently hold 47 seats in the u.s. senate. even if all of them vote to convict the president, they would still need at least 20 republicans to agree to remove president trump from office. the former u.s. vice president ...

President that ukraines new government was serious about stopping corruption. volker revealed that he met in late may with president trump, who insisted ukraine was a corrupt country full of terrible people. the president said, they tried to take me down. the president referring to a theory that it was ukraine, not russia, that interfered in the 2016 election. that has been debunked. volker also released pages of text that show how the trump administration with the help of rudy giuliani was dete...

Prls goals in ukraine. this week the messages were handed over to the house by kurt volker the former u.n. ambassador for ukraine. jessica schneider has the details. >> former u.s. special envoy to ukraine kurt volkers statement to lawmakers details rudy giulianis influence on president trumps perception of you crepe as he tried to convince the president that ukraines new government was serious about stopping corruption. volker said he met with him in late may. the president said they tried to t...

Details from the first eyewitness to testify before congress, former u.s. envoy to ukraine kurt volker. in his opening statement obtained by abc news, volker describes a president obsessed with a debunked conspiracy theory that ukraine, not russia, meddled in the 2016 election to help democrats. and volker handed over a trove of text messages that appear to show top u.s. officials dangling a potential white house visit as leverage to get ukraine to investigate trumps rivals. in one text, volker ...

Step to how he connected rudy giuliani to officials and how it was to convince rudy giuliani that ukraines president could be trusted. were seeing the president wouldnt listen and was convinced the ukrainians had tried to take him down in 2016. former u.s. special envoy to ukraine open statement to lawmakers obtained by cnn today details rudy giulianis influence on presidents perception of ukraine as he tried to convince the president that ukraines new government was serious about stopping corru...

The president said they tried to take me down. the president -- referring to a theory that it was ukraine and not russia that interfered in the 2016 election. that has been debunked. kurt volker released pages of text that show how the trump administration with the help of rudy giuliani was determined to push ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son as well as that debunked theory. on july 25th the day of trumps phone call with ukrainian president zelensky volker texted zelenskys aide. heard...