definitely because as julia just said, undercut the republicans argument. they re saying that because there is no formal impeachment inquiry vote, then they don t have to comply with the democrats document requests or they can try to block people from coming in to testify. so the judge said, no, there doesn t need to be a formal vote. and the impeachment inquiry is under way. okay. so does this complicate things for democrats? it actually could because we know the house speaker nancy pelosi and a lot of democrats have really been trying to narrow the focus of this investigation. especially, regarding keeping it very limited to ukraine. now, the fact that the mueller probe is back in the news, the fact that democrats might get something out of these grand jury documents that they ve been wanting for so long, it s going to make it first of all, it s going to make a bigger argument within the democratic caucus. there s going to be those
case. not only that the president was trying to press ukraine to help him investigate his enemies but now with mick mulvaney s very, very strange press conference and actual con fregz fession to pro quo. again, starts to make some of these document requests, starts to make their decision to stonewall and stall and try to fight the inquiry almost beside the point because mulvaney has basically confessed to a crime. glen, putting on your prosecutor hat here, was this week an embarrassment of riches for you if you were going after this impeachment inquiry? yeah. there s a whole lot of conspiratorial conduct going on and mulvaney really didn t help anybody. not himself and not his fellow potential co-conspirators by saying out loud the really damaging part, which is that, of course, there was a quid pro quo. it s what we do. get over it. but, you know, if we drill down
can try to press their case, which i assume that they will do at some point, but i think that what is important to note is even without the documents from the white house, even without information from rick perry, from mick mulvaney, the investigators on the hill are still building a very compelling case. not only that the president was trying to press ukraine to help in investigating the enemies, but now with mick mulvaney s very, very big press conference and confession to a quid pro quo, so problematic because it starts to make some of the document requests, it starts to make their decision to stonewall and stall and try to fight the inquiry almost beside the point, because mulvaney has basically confessed to a crime. glenn, putting on your prosecutor hat here, was this week an embarrassment of riches for you if you re going after this impeachment inquiry? yes, there is a whole lot of conspiratorial conduct going on and mulvaney really didn t help
now we talked to a spokesman for the former congressman pete sessions. he says that he is cooperating with the u.s. attorney in new york who is handling this investigation. we ll be providing these documents, but jim and poppy, it s clear this investigation is moving full steam ahead. especially as it pertains to rudy giuliani because we reported last week that his financial dealings with these two men who were arrested last week are also under scrutiny. so a lot happening in the southern district of new york right now. guys? for sure. jess, thank you for the reporting. lots to talk about. all of these headlines. elie honig is there. federal and state prosecutor and molly ball, national political correspondent for time. let me begin with you on where democrats are trying to get this information and what happens because we heard from the white house last night. not only giuliani is not going to comply but the vice president, mike pence, isn t going to comply with these document re
this was alleged it was a work-around to hide foreign money in american politics, trace. trace: team fox coverage continues. let s go to chad purgum. explain where we stand in the fight of holding a formal vote on the impeachment process. there were some rumblings. some democrats think it would be a good idea. the administration has been resistant to comply with any document requests or witnesses saying this hasn t been formalized as was the case with appreciate in 1974 and nixon. i posed that question to nancy pelosi. you hear from your caucus we are not ready to have a vote. why not call their bluff? we are not here to call bluff. this is not a game for us. this is deadly serious.