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Impeachable? were hearing every type of free sometime defense thus far. take a listen. >> democrats are trying to impeach the president because they are scared they cannot defeat him at the ballot box. >> how soviet style this is running. this is the united states of america. dont run a sham process, a tainted process. >> trying to put a ribbon on a sham process doesnt make it any less of a sham. >> what we are seeing among democrats on the intelligence committees down in the skip right now like...

Everything. so whats the strategy here? >> reporter: yeah, not many people can get inside the majority leaders head. so im not going to try to do so. >> you can. go ahead. go ahead. >> i think in watching the majority leader over a number of years and recognizing whats going on here, there are three key things that i think you need to keep in mind, first and foremost as you noted when it comes to the house process, hes not hesitating to rip nancy pelosi and what democrats are doing. to some degr...

This vote -- its going to pass with some -- we dont know exactly how much, but certainly nancy pelosi is going to win this vote. and the question of, will that prompt more republicans to start talking about the merits of the case against the president as opposed to the process. >> no, youve already heard it. now theyll impugn vindmans character. you heard what he led with which is, wheres the whistle-blower. i dont think ive heard from the whistle-blower yet. theyre casting about because as we h...

President and who sees mounting evidence of truly a betrayal of our democracy. and so theyre approaching two tracks. one is to focus on process as we saw with the political stunt from last week storming the scif and then going in and eating pizza there. and now they are trying to assassinate the character of a purple heart winner. you know, and weve seen this playbook before from this administration. obstruct, stonewall, and if that doesnt work, when people put their country over their own self-...

Is impeached in the house. so one of your colleagues, lindsey graham, has put forward a motion sort of condemning the house process. you havent signed on to that, but what is your view of the house process? >> the house process, the constitution is clear. it gives the house the responsibility of the impeachment process. and i have looked back and through history, i had my staff look back, john, and we have seen through the nixon impeachment process and through the clinton impeachment process tha...

We are going to let the facts dictate the timeline and the process. and this resolution that were taking up this week is a signal that we are moving from the private interviewing that is a process that was held up by the courts as recently as friday. republicans know that. moving to public hearings. and it is important that we have this resolution to set out how the evidence goes from the intelligence committee to the judicial committee. a more public viewing of these transcripts and live witnes...

It has been that way before. a bottle. due process starts at the they said this isnt working well in the public. out there. republicans will have as much so rather than rehashing that i beginning. it dont affirm a sham lets take it behind closed time to ask questions. vindman personal information, think its more important to doors and leak out what we want now its open and the world decorated iraq war veteran. talk about the significance of investigation all the way to leak out. through. if you ...

The path to donald trumps impeachment. this is speaker pelosi barreling ahead on a full house floor vote this thursday. and heres what we know. this actually tells us new things. resolution lays out where the impeachment probe goes over the next few weeks. the crucial period that could lead to the impeachment of donald trump. and the senate trial of donald trump. democrats are using this resolution to create the process and to figure out, to decide, to conclude once and for all whether sufficien...

Trumps larger white nationalist project, of his project to take down this democracy, is that we have people who tell us that the truth is -- that they are the victims of a sham. and in many ways that is how they feel about it. >> part of what youre gesturing at is in a healthier civic system, the facts would be saebd and the established and there are arguments over removing a president who has done things in the view of the many terrible. but youre saying were not there yet because were laying o...

For taking what has been a confidential investigation of the ukraine plot into public view. there is a framework now in here for public hearings. democrats say that will confront the complaints that the process of to date hasnt been transparent. there will also be rules for who can question the witnesses and rules for the gop can request its witnesses. today, some of the complaints continued. >> i applaud the speaker for admitting its a sham. >> pelosi needs to declare a mistrial. this has been ...