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There are constitutional crimes. and the vastness of the impeachment process does include the abuse of power by the president of the united states. i knew barbara jordan and my friends wanted to quote her. she also saido the framers confided in the congress of power if need be to remove a president in order to strike a delicate balance between a president swollen with power and grown tyrannical. you can violate the crimes of the constitution, abuse of power includes, that. this amendment should ...

Professor turley said in a different hearing, weve met the enemy and he is us. and with that, i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. what purpose does mr. deutsch seek recognition? >> move to strike last word. >> recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. chairman, there are two articles of impeachment. each is vitally important. obstruction of congress matters to all of us who value the separation of powers here in the house, and it will matter to all of those who value the separation of power...

The democrats and the republicans. and weve heard largely what weve been hearing so far from both sides, making their case. so a lot of democrats explaining why they believe that the evidence that they have gathered so far, in their investigation, warrants the impeachment of president donald trump, and republicans saying that this is a political process, and that democrats trying to convey this as a solo serious problem are just lying is what ranking members are calling it. a little different fr...

Very impeachment proceeding, why would we think that there would be an effort by the president to acknowledge and work in good faith to resolve said dispute? better in their minds to wait for the courts to resolve it which is their right. president obama during the fast and furious investigation invoked executive privilege and barred essential testimony and documents. during its litigation, the obama administration argued it had no authority over the denial of witnesses and evidence to congress....

Doj, go to your pals in the senate, have them investigate it. >> you and i both agree that was wrong. >> listen, then there was a way to go about it and thats not what this president did. im out of time. >> theres a way to go after this, too, with the president but dragging at american people through an impeachment process that they know will go nowhere in the senate is absolutely a waste of time and does nothing but divide the country. >> i appreciate your argument. all ill end it with is if th...

At a rally overnight that was metaphorically in the twilight zone, he lied about the severity of the impeachment charges he faces. the report found no evidence that the fbi spayied on the tru campaign at all but the president lied and said they did. attorney general bill barr also seems to be discrediting the ig fanding. for the first time on this matter we will hear from the inspector general himself when he testifies before the senate judiciary committee. a lot to go over including the histori...

Wrong. >> listen, then there was a way to go about it and thats not what this president did. im out of time. >> theres a way to go after this, too, with the president but dragging at american people through an impeachment process they know will go nowhere this the senate is a waste of time and does nothing but divide the country. >> all ill end it with if they didnt do this, what precedential value is it that the president cant do these things. youre always welcome here. be well until then. >> a...

In the history of our country by far. its not even like an impeachment. >> except for one thing. impeachment is impeachment. >> it is. and it is something that the president does not want. hes out there and downplaying it and saying it is no big deal but were told privately he has been griping to aides and stewing about the process and concerned that this is what people will remember from his presidency. he believes that is the case with bill clinton and as you know bill clinton gave him the adv...

You make the objective of this process being anything other than sending a political message? >> when i said the record will show, at some point this president is going to leave office and everything he has been hiding will come out. at that point i believe the record will show that this man was the most corrupt president in the history of the united states, more so than even richard nixon. nixon was corrupt but he wasnt a traitor. >> what does it say about when it comes to the impeachment proce...

Military aide to ukraine. mulvaney didnt testify. a dozen congressional officials -- administration officials were subpoenaed by congress. but congress did not go to court to pursue this. they essentially said well charge that as obstruction and move forward quickly. that is a decision they made. its a political decision about wanting to move ahead as fast as possible with the impeachment process. with the election looming. its interesting because they would have had a strong case in the court. ...