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We will begin with the times investigative report how donald trump blocked aid to ukraine until he got publicly caught blocking aid to ukraine. And later in this hour we will hear from times reporter Jesse Drucker, who has coauthored the most valuable reporting yet on the trump tax cuts and how they kept pushing even after the law was passed to get the Trump Treasury Department to accept interpretations on the law that reduced corporate taxes even more than was intended to get those reduced. Thi...

Mitch mcconnell flat out says its an oath he doesnt intend to honor. Good morning, everyone. It is wes, dense 18th. I would say probably a day that will go down in history if everything goes as expected. Absolutely, im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian. We begin with House Resolution 755, from the 116th congress. Impeaching Donald John Trump, president of the United States for high crimes and misdemeanors, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. The New York Times, Washington Post...

Though. Trump even has his own version of the if i did it of if i did it. The memo that he keeps calling a transcript which proves he did it and his own chief of staff and his Million Dollar donor turned Eu Ambassador gordon sonde larpd both saying he did it, so he will be impeached and he will carry that shame of being indicted by the house for defying. Bill clinton was impeached by partisan republicans after hed already been reelected and probably because of it. Richard nixon had the selfrespe...

Campaigning on it in the races that theyve been winning round the country. It matters. But it doesnt matter to everybody the way it does to us. I just wonder what message they take from it. Well, i think people are focusing on theyre starting to look at this now. I think people are tuning in. And i do think that over the holidays will be a big difference because then people are at home, theyre not focusing on work. Right . And the house is out for two weeks. And the house is out for two weeks. T...

Cooperation, claiming democrats want to just overturn the results of the 2016 election. House speaker nancy pelosi, though, undeterred, firing back in her own letter that the impeachment inquiry will continue. And that the president of the United States in her words is, quote, not above the law. Its a constitutional crisis in the making. And crazy and frightening. Thats how a white house official described the phone call between President Trump and the president of ukraine. According to a memo w...

Refuses to discipline him through impeachment, he will be unbounded. Reporter plus the house bill gummed up in the senate. The hunt for the president s taxes returns and new detail on what trump and giuliani have been up to in ukraine. How much has giuliani shared with you about his recent trip to ukraine . Not much. He does it out of love. Believe me, he does it out of live. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. In just two days the house will street impeach the president of the United St...

Whopping 38 seconds of Senate Business. Senate will come to order. The clerk will read the communication to the senate. Washington, d. C. , december 26, 2019, to the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3 of the standing rules of the senate i hereby appoint the honorable john kennedy a senator from the state of the louisiana to perform the duties of the chair signed chuck grassly, president protemporary. Under the previous order the Senate Stands adjourned until 2 00 p. M. On monday,...

Complaint ultimately lead to impeachment. Its been nine days since the house of representatives voted to pass articles of impeachment. Speaker pelosi conties to hold motor . On to the articles until mitch nope. Mcconnell negotiates the terms not motor . Of a senate trial but pressure is mounting on republican its pronounced motaur. Senators undecided on impeachment and procedural questions. In particular, Susan Collins being targeted by republican for those who were born to ride, groups critical...

Three of them called by the majority because they are the majority, so they called three. The minority only got one. They each made Opening Statements then they each got the majority. Nadler and his lawyer got 45 minutes to question and they questioned their three witnesses almost exclusively. Then the republicans got their chance and they question their witness almost exquisitely. You heard from the three law professors the democrats have called, that the president had committed impeachable cri...

Until he got publicly caught blocking aid to ukraine. And later in this hour we will hear from times reporter Jesse Drucker who has coauthored the most valuable oped yet on tax cuts and how they kept pushing even after the law was passed to get the trump advisory to get taxes reduced even more than they intended to get those taxes reduced. This is so lost in the trump era because there is is to much novel corruption in the Trump Administration for journalists to pursue. But this story about the ...