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Applying for these warrants that they got four surveillance warrants on carter page connected to the trump campaign. heres a little of his back and forth with senator rand paul today. >> if you saw that he was biased, he has obviously made errors that you think actually may have been intentional. why, in that instance, would you not be free to shade there is documentary evidence of not only biased, but that malfeasance? >> that is precisely why we dont say that, as to the errors, the failures in...

People in the obama justice department and obama fbi and may be the obama white house of what is the greatest political scandal in history. the obama administration spying on their political opponent in the 2016 election. i think all of this is designed to try to find an alternative narrative to try to pretend that didnt exist so we dont have to talk about it. >> laura: very convenient, is it not, because we have the testimony today of the inspector general in the senate. it was kind of overlook...

Hearsay and speculation rooted in a deep-seated hatred for a man that many of my colleagues on the other side detest. not all, but many. nowhere in the constitution does it say that personal disdains grounds for impeachment. at every turn, the claims made by my democrat colleagues has been false. early on it was claimed there was russian collusion and there was none. we were told the fbi didnt abuse the fisa process and its investigation of the trump campaign, and that too has been proven comple...

They have continued right up until today. but i want you to think about something. the individual who said, the fisa process was fine, the russian investigation was fine, that same individual grant the impeachment process, that same individual staff met with the whistle-blower. appear that seem individual to only guide in congress who knows who the whistle-blower is for sure and that same individual released the phone records of the presidy and release the phone records of the member of the pres...

Troubling adding, quote, the frequency with which representations made by fbi personnel turned out to be unsupported or contradicted by information in their possession and with which they withheld information detrimental to their case and the question whether information contained in other fbi applications is reliable. judge collier now wants the doj to explain by january 10th the steps being taken to prevent this from ever happening again. senate judiciary chair lindsey graham was pleased to se...

Far-fetched conspiracy theories about essentially a partisan witch hunt inside the deep state to get the president of the united states. but the other expressing real critique, quite concrete ones of the abuses of the fisa process. and im wondering what youre reaction to that was. >> well, clearly there were mistakes made based on the inspector generals reports. and i know a lot of people attribute it and i might attribute it to these were fbi agents and they were probably overly aggressive, the...

Times" congressional correspondent who wrote today about a front line support for impeachment. im not surprised honestly every democrat in one of these trump districts has come out, but it wasnt necessarily guaranteed going into this process. what does your reporting endicate about the decisions that people have come to on this vote? >> i think they did really wrestle with their consciences and these are members that resisted impeachment all the way through this year. they did not want to do thi...

The crowd giving a 20 second long-standing ovation. can you tell me what your process was on coming to a conclusion on this vote? >> thanks for having me tonight. my process was about openness and transparency. i made a promise to the folks in my district a long time ago to focus on making sure the process is open and fair. and that i would do what i did as a lawyer and i remember when i was serving as a lawyer and i would listen to the judge give the admonition to the jury saying wait until all...

Responded today to criticism by already announcing on trump tv hes coordinating with the white house in the impeachment trial he has already abdicated his constitutional role which requires him to literally take an oath of quote impartial justice. >> im not an impartial juror. this is political process. impeachment is a political decision. the house made a partisan political decision to impeach. i would anticipate we will have a largely partisan outcome in the senate. im not impartial about this...

Due process was afforded to those in the salem witch trials. fact check, not true. republicans have been trying a variety of tactics throughout this entire progression towards impeachment, primarily arguing about the process and making lots of loud noises rather than engaging on the substance, basically the presidents fundamentally corrupt abuse of power to interfere in an american election to benefit him. and republicans try agpolitical congame in which they project confidence this is all going...