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When they started this process, it was critical, critical, critical, a threat to the republic we impeach a president, remove him from office, and then decided to sit on it indefinitely. they prove to be more political moves and less concerned about their constitutional duties. that plays into the hands of mcconnell and trump. >> charley, how do you see it? >> well, i think scott is right, that the speaker pelosi really doesnt have a whole lot of leverage here. shes taken a hostage, the articles ...

And that she has the cards on her side in which she controls when this impeachment process goes through. he is upset with the process and that he was impeached. even though he is on holiday with his family, he is still tweeting out. nancy pelosi knows the little amount of leverage she has now that the impeachment has gone through the house is in determining the calendar and determining how quickly it moves to the senate. and the fact that president trump is so be on assessed and is tweeting cons...

Going on television. we have senators on both sides of the aisle talking about their impression of impeachment, whether they support it or dont support it. we could have an objective look at this when we know what so many already think about the impeachment process. >> well, its going to be very hard. as you point out, they know a lot of evidence already which is not how trials usually work. there is a lot of evidence still to come. if we see bolton, pompeo, and mulvaney, we will learn what pres...

>> mark: "feel the power." if you say so. no doubt nancy pelosi finds all of this praise highly enjoyable. why throw it away by letting the senate take over the impeachment process and conduct a trial that could make her look bad? in silly? she has a better idea. already, her party is talking about introducing and voting on even more articles of impeachment. the impeachment of the week, with no senate trial insight. congressman matt gaetz presents florida, also on the judiciary e joins us tonigh...

Experiencing -- earlier today, hes been going back and forth with house speaker nancy pelosi, really focusing on her impeachment charge in the house. the speaker has now responded, she tweeted earlier today, "these are clear, president trump abused his power from his own personal gain. #defendourdemocracy. the house speaker has stalled the impeachment process, she wants senate republicans to allow witnesses. democrats and republicans, lisa murkowski says she is disturbed by comments made by sena...

Minority leader chuck schumer, their drive to try to rig the trial against the president i think is misplaced. this needs to play out in a fair and objective manner. when that happens, this president will be exonerated. griff: thats really the question, bill. when will it happen? do you believe that pelosi has a constitutional duty to ultimately be forced to hand them over or not? >> she realize thrs is not enough of article to turn them over to the house. he understands a fair process in the se...

Impeachment process went down. she realizes she has a political and legal problem by handing down these articles of impeachment that have no factual basis. this president should be reelected, not impeached. griff: so, bill, we have seen, obviously, democrats and some in the media. we played it in the last segment, have a problem with the murkowski criticism saying that you know, leader mcconnell and the white house should not be working so closely together. is that a fair criticism? >> i dont be...

They dont bring up bills he doesnt want to sign, they are essentially there particularly mcconnell as a kind of adjunct in some ways, hes certainly turned himself into that. what is your understanding of how the constitution both in theory and practice envisions the role of the senate in this undertake something. >> well, i think they are not exactly jurors. that is they have a broader scope of -- a broader scope of discretion i think than jurors would have. but on the other hand they take an oa...

Could come out that americans dont know yet. >> yes. and the idea that the senate should restrict evidence that wasnt presented at the house doesnt make a lot of sense. again, if its anything like a trial and if the house is anything like a grand jury, the only mission at a grand jury is to get just enough evidence in, without showing the prosecutions complete hand. but introduce more evidence later on at the criminal trial. once you get to the senate trial, in the spirit of a criminal trial, mo...

Fairer trial than the one weve been hearing the senate is planning on having. the president is going to look to go from those depths into a place in which republicans have a chance of taking back the house in 2020 because of his impeachment process. is that fanciful thinking? >> not necessarily, ali. the president wants a few things, probably still wants them. the best we can tell from our reporting, thats not going to get them here, including a longer and more detailed trial, calling witnesses ...