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With you doing proper oversight. ive had a lot of issues with how the oversight is done. but dont make it up and dont not tell me or the rest of this committee who ordered that. that was nothing morede than a smear campaign. to say its not is being disingenuous with the committee. the chairman gave you a chance to rehabilitate and you made it worse. at the endu of the day -- by t way, also a fuller record got leaked from executive session got leaked to the "washington post." and i dont understan...

We should be here hearing from hunter biden. we should be hearing from schiffs staff. we know that schiffs staff coordinated with the whistle-blower. and, again, we need to hear from the whistle-blower. last week, i offered a motion to subpoena the whistle-blower to testify in executive session. meaning that he or she could testify behind closed doors. my democrat colleagues voted my motion down in a partisan fashion. mr. castor, can you walk us through the inaccuracies in the whistle-blowers co...

Undercutting that argument. they are inviting his counsel to do about five things to be part of this public hearing in the judiciary. and that is that lawyers -- the white house counsel is invited to attend all hearings including any held in executive session. theyre allowed to be there and questioned during anything about the presentation of evidence. they are allowed to submit written summaries of additional testimony or evidence and they can question witnesses and raise objections. and they c...

Committee can move quickly to draft however many articles of impeachment they put together and move this to the floor. there will be several days of debate and oh, by the way, a government that still needs to be funded. as everyone on this panel knows, nothing sharpens lawmakers minds like getting home for christmas. there are so many moving parts here, its difficult to nail down the exact timeline. >> and does that drafting of the articles of impeachment happen in an open session? obviously the...

The investigations of biden, which guiliani was pressing for. >> testimony will happen in executive session, meaning off camera. we may have to wait for the transcript to learn what he said. it is clear he could say a lot, we simply dont know. so theres that. theres house speaker pelosi today using the word bribery to describe what the president allegedly engaged in, obviously a word that is in the constitution, specified as an impeachable offense. in all, plenty to talk about. joining us, democ...

These witnesses are fact witnesses. he was a reluctant prosecutor summarizing who didnt even want to appear and talk about his report. so i think its going to be very different, and i think they know how these witnesses will handle themselves in public. theyve had them in executive session. interestingly enough, the watergate hearings were all done first in executive session as well before the senate and then in the house impeachment inquiry, so there was a -- this is not an unusual procedure to...

To appear and talk about his report. so i think its going to be very different, and i think they know how these witnesses will handle themselves in public. theyve had them in executive session. interestingly enough, the watergate hearings were all done first in executive session as well before the senate and then in the house impeachment inquiry, so there was a -- this is not an unusual procedure to have them in executive session first. it gives them a basis for questioning, too. >> right, so th...

Be invited to attend all executive session and open committee hearings. the presidents council may cross-examine witnesses, the presidents council make objections regarding the pertinence of evidence. the presidents council shall be invited to suggest that the committee received additional evidence. lastly, the president for the presidents council shall be invited to respond to the evidence to the committee at appropriate time. did you hear that? so what right do the president counsel have? we a...

Executive session and open committee hearings. the presidents council may cross-examine witnesses, the presidents council make objections regarding the pertinence of evidence. the presidents council shall be invited to suggest that the committee received additional evidence. lastly, the president for the presidents council shall be invited to respond to the evidence to the committee at appropriate time. did you hear that? so what right do the president counsel have? we annoyed you. >> as if demo...

And his lawyer to present their case and respond to evidence to attend hearings including those in executive session and raise objections and cross-examine witnesses. of course, this all undercuts key republican talking points that this process has been happen behind closed doors and it doesnt give republicans or defendants the right to defend the parties. obviously this is a big step. democrats are planning to bring this to the floor on thursday with a vote. dave and christine? >> lauren, thank...