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The previous three impeachment cases, johnson in 1868 and nixon and bill clinton, there was more evidence he did what he was accused of. the question was whether or not that net criteria of high crimes and misdemeanors. and its whether or not is evidence and more importantly whether they should use that for what they consider the good of the country. >> what do you think about chairman schiff saying one of the impeachable offences is bribery? >> thats reallyinatesting because it you want to go b...

Presidency. >> no doubt about it. everything that happens from this point on will look back and say this is where the story changed. whats really fascinating is to see how the story is changing from the white house. and from republicans supporters at this point. who really have moved their discussion in many ways from a question of whether or not the president did something to essentially conceding something was done and asking us to consider what it means. the reason social security significant...

The case. the argument he cant say anything beyond the 448 pages of the report just strikes me as untrue. there are major questions that have to be answered. what i did hear mueller saying pretty clearly is im not going to be your messiah. im not going to deliver a verdict. all all impeachment cases, this is a conflict of legal and political issues and ethical judgments that only congress itself can resolve. people keep looking to bob mueller to sort of give us the answer and he demurred. >> cal...

Subpoena eventually. the time hurts the president because this cloud and the drama thats going to hang over him in the midterm elections, time is on muellers side, not president trumps. >> youve got two good guests here tonight. youve got my colleague, whos worked with mueller, and ive represented a lot of public officials including in impeachment cases. and i will tell you this. i think it is incredibly unlikely, vanishingly unlikely that the president is going to sit for an interview or testim...

But hes saying basically, well only answer questions if theres no exposure for the president if he lies. theres no such question that bob mueller is going to agree to. of course hes going proceed. and ill tell you right now that ive done an analysis. ive written a lot about the law. i think that in the end of the day given the overwhelming evidence here, the u.s. v. nixon precedent, similar but not identical, that the presidents going to be forced to appear for a testimony under a mueller subpoe...

Jail the superintendent over the word benediction and invocation? before you move to impeach him, youd like to know why he said it. clearly since the congress has the power to impeach -- >> what if he said, no thank you, im not coming? >> well, that is what happens in impeachment cases. in an impeachment case, the house studies whether or not -- the house brings them in, the house subpoenas them. as a general rule, they show up. youre raising the core question. are judges above the rest of the c...

Jail the superintendent over the word ben do diction? before you move to impeach him, youd like to know why he said it. clearly since the congress has the power to impeach -- >> what if he said, no thank you, im not coming? >> well, that is what happens in impeachment cases. in an impeachment case, the house studies whether or not -- the house brings them in, the house subpoenas them. as a general rule, they show up. youre raising the core question. are judges above the rest of the constitution?...

Youd like to know why he said it. clearly since the congress has the power to impeach -- >> what if he said, no thank you, im not coming? >> well, that is what happens in impeachment cases. in an impeachment case, the house studies whether or not -- the house brings them in, the house subpoenas them. as a general rule, they show up. youre raising the core question. are judges above the rest of the constitution? or are judges one of the three co-equal branches? >> joining me now, professor at rei...