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And credible and passed it along to congress. if fox news is told there was never any move to fire atkinson, not even any serious consideration given to removing him. >> democrats in washington would rather pursue outrageous hoaxes and a delusional witch hunts which are going absolutely nowhere. >> at the economic club of new york today, president trump venting his frustration with democrats for pursuing impeachment over important economic issues like ratifying the usmca. >> if you had to vote t...

Investigating lev parnas and fruman. let me read a little of this so far. i think its a stunning development, especially on the eve of impeachment. we have a summary of a transcript of a call the white house released and then locked down in a lock box of their own making, whatever the heck it was. and now we have this, that donald trump sought to fire the inspector general who corroborated and then transmitted the whistleblower complaint. trump discussed dismissing michael atkinson because atkin...

Complaint about president trumps interactions to ukraine to congress after concluding it was credible, according to four people familiar with the discussions. mr. trump first expressed his dismay about mr. atkinson around the time the whistleblowers complaint became public in september. in recent weeks, he has continued to raise with aides the possibility of firing him, one of the people said. the president has said i does not understand why mr. atkinson shared the complaint, which outlined how ...

Party would seem to be exacerbated by stories like this. now the republicans, if they dont see to it to at least consider this impeachment proceeding, to at least consider conviction, then his power includes firing as retribution independent watchdogs. >> thats whats so amazing about the information charlie raised, the idea we think trump is unleashed now post-acquittal, post-election, what the republican party has normalized for him, has said its okay. the guardrails hes broken and theyve looke...

Before he was fired for disloyalty, he had asked the inspector general to look at his conduct, because jim comey knew what inspectors do and how theyre useful. we dont always agree with their findings, we quibble, we quarrel, but we respect what they do because theyre an independent body. mr. trump misunderstands this process. people like mr. atkinson, people like bob mueller, people who dont make a lot of money but are guided by someone other than the president. >> i just dont care if he misund...

It. the impeachment process started with the whistleblower. they wanted to keep hounding on the whistleblower, but now weve blown that up to get michael hackins in the drivers seat. i failed to mention william barr who acted on a referral from the cia. when she sent it, he said later he ignored it because it wasnt put in writing, it was only told over the phone. this entire thing, as you said, was investigated by atkinson but that has been cooperated by anybody else. im just waiting, charlie, fo...