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Transcript, i am framing it as just a window into a situation. i do not see this one phone call or even the one that we now know about in april as diz positive of anything. do you believe it is a fair question to look into why the president of the united states was trying to get the president of ukraines cooperation in looking at an american citizen? >> well, i dont think theres anything to look into in the sense that the president has voluntarily provided the transcripts of the conversation. yo...

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For an attorney general of the united states to work with the attorney general of ukraine to determine corruption issues that may exist? of course it would be appropriate, 100%. >> i dont know that its appropriate. >> theres no evidence of any of this happening. >> the evidence is in the transcript of the president saying, im going to have the a.g. give you a call, mr. president, to help you look into the biden stuff. why doesnt -- >> hold it. >> why doesnt our government not just look into the ...

Because, you know, if you think about that to its logical extension, anything that a president does potentially has impact to benefit personally him in connection with politics. so i mean you wouldnt want a standard with regard to quid pro quo to be, wait a second, it can be personally that would personally benefit the president. >> what if its short of that and its not a quid pro quo, but it is an point who opponent he run against? >> that draws a tighter connection. i get that. i think as a lo...

Shenanigans and the president wanted to install his own people. >> has she been interviewed about this? >> not to my knowledge. >> should she? >> yes, i hope shell come from an interview because theres an lot thats going to follow from the there. >> you so you dont believe this is it just about the phone call. you believe the phone call is a window into a dynamic that need to be discovered in. >> absolutely. i think if anybody looks at this without a jaded eye, they will come to the same conclus...

>> i dont know. well see. i mean we -- we are coordinating the six committees, including my committee, foreign affairs. we are coordinating things with each of the committees. we want to find out what went on. we want to find out if there are any other documents. and, again, if the white house is releasing this phone conversation claiming exoneration, my goodness, i mean it points all over the place. its anything but exoneration. so what more phone calls are there? what more threats were made to...

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Again, if the white house is releasing this phone conversation claiming exoneration, my goodness, it points all over the place, its anything but exoneration. so what more phone calls are there? what more threats were made to foreign leaders? it really boggles the mind that the white house thinks somehow or other this exonerates the president. youre the president of the united states and you try to enlist a foreign leader to go after a political vendetta of somebody that you see as a political en...

Important to understand what we dont have. what you dont have is a quid pro quo. in other words, ill do this, you do this. >> why do you need that? >> well, thats because the democrats that have been on your network and others have been saying thats what this is. but i think theres an important point here, chris. as a lawyer, you understand this. nancy pelosi went to the podium yesterday for this formal inquiry that she called a formal impeachment inquiry. now, substantively it was no different ...

Been saying thats what this is. but i think theres an important point here, chris, as a lawyer you understand this, nancy pelosi went to the podium yesterday for this formal impeachment inquiry. substantively, it was no different than anything was two days before, but she said this before the transcript was finish youd. lets be realistic and real honest. this is politics. this is not a bob mueller type of situation where youre looking a the various rules and regulations to see how they fit into ...