there are no facts to this. so how do you have a trial. donald trump is a unique figure in history. they threw the kitchen sink at him and there is nothing there. the poll last week, they know he is there to change washington. he is a bull in a china shop. i want both of you to react to this. this is cnn host brian. he thinks he found a scapegoat for the left s failure to sell impeachment to the public. there have been little movement on the vote. it s a 50-50 country. when you hear hype about the movement in the individual polls or trump claim he is gaining tons of support, remember it s a flat line. one of the many reasons why is because fox news firewall is holding strong. the firewall is holding. do you buy this?
has the sole power to complete an impeachment trial. the senate has a constitutional duty to conduct an impeachment trial. i am not saying they have to do it within 2 days or weeks, but it has to be within a reasonable time. the house has nothing to say about what procedures the senate should follow in conducting this trial. this is entirely on the senate. she can t possibly do that. she doesn t move the articles of impeachment, the senate should conduct a trial on its own. they would have two options. you are the prosecutors and you have the burden of production and you failed to bring it
the united states. i don t know how that would be right to be reopened now. guy, the doj told the court t their ruling was no longer justified since the president has already been impeached. were you surprised they are begging mcgahn to testify at this point? i am not surprised. he was the white house counsellor. i think they made a huge mistake not following through with the logical, normal process of trying to get his testimony. now by hinting that they should have, it just makes the whole process and the hole conclusion of impeachment even weaker in my view. e gentlemen, i asked people on the streets of new york city
president trump wants due process. well, our proposal gives it to him.ur the tradition of due process is you get to confront your accuser and make your case. we urge president trump to do that through documents and witnesses. robert, is that what this is about, giving the president due process? of course not. it s the president s right and he can waive it by filing a notion to dismiss. if the articles are withhold public sentiment will turn against the democrats. and speaker pelosi should have asked alan dershowitz what his thoughts were. noah feldman even he doesn t buy it. you have to communicate these articles of impeachment or the impeachment doesn t move forward. it s part of the deal. you have to communicate it and
they have been focused on impeaching the president for a year. once the mueller report sputtered not finding any collusion between the trumpep campaign and russia. pelosi moved on to the ukrainian call. democrats voted along party lines to support two articles. here s the surprise. the impeachment unified republicans and lost pelosi a member of her caucus who joined the gop. and trumps approval numbers are up from earlier this year. that s the thing about christmas gifts.is sometimes they surprise even the giver. merry christmas. joining me now to discuss the impeachment drama is robert, a former whitewater counsel and dave and guy. the big news is democrats are teasing additional impeachment