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Squirrel and i think potentially illegal attack by the president of the united states during the time of her testimony. it was just a remarkable moment. and that -- that one particular moment, whether it ends up being part of an impeachment article or not i think is going to be more than just a footnote in american history. that was an amazing caricature i suppose of how this president has conducted himself for the last three years. >> representative, you come from the great state of michigan. p...

Who are not inclined to accept any argument that the democrats make or the center left makes. one way to do that is to appeal to the plain meaning of the constitution and thats what speaker pelosi was doing there by -- by pointing out that the impeachment article, which is brief says treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. thats the plain common sense of what the constitution wanted. and you know, conservatives say they love the rule of law. they love the federalist papers. remem...

Put together some sort of impeachment article. it needs to be done. what weve seen so far is the judiciary committee has been signed here. theyre a secondary committee at this point, secondary to adam schiff and his intelligence committee that doesnt seem important to everybody in america but is important because clearly nancy pelosi has more trust in adam schiff and the people on that committee than she does on the judiciary committee which they stumbled in terrell stages of this impeachment. w...

Impeachable behavior by the president of the united states. the republicans four arguments are all trying to undermine a quid pro quo argument. corroborating evidence will overcome it, but democrats have to make a decision. do they require quid pro quo to move an impeachment article or not? >> yeah, its so clear that its the solicitation that is the violation. >> thats right. >> and thats all you need is the solicitation, and the solicitation doesnt have to be rewarded with action by the other s...

The jury didnt understand the case. and that is because cases can be very complex and complicated. at the end of the day, they taught us simplify it, start your opening statement with a sentence this case is about blank. personal gain. extortion. sho choose a simple theme for people to understand. because if it gets very complicated, then the party that has the burden of proof will lose. because if the jury isnt satisfied that it was met, that means that they cant return a guilty verdict or in t...

Investigation?in i mean, do democrats really think this rises to that level? >> laura: they dont care. >> its absolutely ridiculous. >> laura: robert, really quickly, this idea they are going to haul micky mulvaney or any member of the white house counsel, any official that doesnt want -- its ludicrous, and now theyre going to add that to an impeachment article? an article of impeachment, obstruction? really quick, robert. >> that is a process, and the american people are not going to be deceive...

Think this rises to that level? >> laura: they dont care. >> its absolutely ridiculous. >> laura: robert, really quickly, this idea they are going to haul mick mulvaney or any member of the house white house counsel, any officil that doesnt want -- its ludicrous, and now theyre going to add that to an impeachment article? an article of impeachment, obstruction? really quick, robert. >> that is a process, and the american people are not going to be deceived or affected by the notion that in a sep...

Policies. so thats a stonewalling of congress that is an impeachment article in my mind. you of course have the obstruction by the president saying nobody can testify, im not cooperating. you certainly have all the obstruction that you had during the watergate case. in this case, all of the meetings that led up to the july phone call between zelensky and trump, you have the shadow foreign policy of someone who is not part of the state department but who all the state department officials felt wa...

Hope of getting his impeachment affirmed as to say by conviction in the senate. everybody said its clear that the senate will not do this. i think its very unlikely the senate would do this. after all, the president -- that there are 53 republicans in the senate. the president can lose 19 of them. 19. and still survive in office. so a lot of this is about trying to protect his democrats and still proceed with this impeachment inquiry and its about trying to win over some republicans in the senat...

Todays sound bite world, a simpler impeachment article is probably going to be more effective. >> interesting. so, your lesson from johnson, not stipulating where you fall on these issues, but your lesson is if you do want to impeach a president, as many in congress are on record of wanting to do, you say simple and fewer articles? >> number of articles, im not as interested in. i do think an article should be clear and simple and easy to understand. this is a political process. nobody is going ...