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From office and the assumption is of course that would happen. to me mind it is not only that they can do. theyre obligated to do it. because given the doj policy, this is the only way to hold the president account for obstruction of justice and ten instances outlined including one involving mcgahn. >> fascinating. when it comes to the -- what is happening in court, there is like two things that are running into each other in conflict right now. the white house saying on one hand that democrats ...

Calculations, the senate trial that were talking about with ukraine and the two articles of obstruction will be over. so the timing here is just a big problem for the democrats. >> is there any possibility that well ever hear from don mcgahn? what could be the setting after this all plays out? >> we could still hear from don mcgahn. it would have to be separate from the current ukraine and obstruction of congress impeachment. congress still has a right to say wed like to investigate. we want to ...

>> david, go ahead. did you want to add something? >> yeah, i just want to say a couple things. i think a lots going to depend on what the various senators, the key senators hear back home. this next two weeks is going to be pivotal in that regard. and there is, you know, coming out of the impeachment process, there was a widespread view especially in the press that the winds were flowing against the democrats, that they had lost some momentum. there are new polls out in the last 24 hours that s...

The every tire impeachment process calling the house proceedings unfair, he wasnt afforded a lawyer or witnesses. you were the fact checking king here. what do you know about those claims? >> on the lawyer part in particular, theres some truth and some falseness. it is true that the white house, trump himself, the white house counsel, was not permitted to participate in the house intelligence committee hearings that kicked off the impeachment process. however, republicans on the committee were a...

Getting reinforcement from the people around him and being very vocal about it. >> no question about that. kristen holmes from west palm beach. thank you. and ke discuss with ar national security correspondent and a former security prosecutor. thank you to you all for being here. and president trump rantsed about the entire impeachment process. saying he wasnt afforded a lawyer or witnesses. you were there for all of it. fact check for us. >> the fact of the matter, he was offered opportunity ...

>> good morning, ryan. thats absolutely right. in the pedestriast weve seen pt trump make these calls political. he starts to slam judges. he has before bashed migrants heading to the southern border, essentially going off script from this holiday message and really talking to whatever is on his mind. and, ryan, this holiday season, it is very clear that impeachment is what is on president trumps mind. we havent seen much of him, but we have heard quite a bit, especially on twitter. even this mo...

Impeachment process is subject to the same rights as, say, a criminal trial. like hes a criminal defendant. thats not the case. its not true at all. so the premise of trumps complaints is simply not accurate. >> right. launching from there, misstatements like that one. all right. daniel, thank you. boris, the president once again also repeating this false claim today about fbi spies. take a listen to this. >> and also tremendous amounts of information are being written about even by the fake new...

Soros is hardly a jew. i am more of a jew than he is. joining me now is dana bash. >> rudy giuliani keeps on free willing back and forth with reporters. can you tell what hes trying to do here? >> hes continuing to do what he has done increasingly, you know, for the past year but especially since he returned from ukraine. he went at this impeachment really started to heat up. that changed when he headed to ukraine and double, triple and quadruple down on what is the core of the impeachment proce...

Beach near the presidents mar-a-lago resort, and the president has said, boris, that the impeachment process was rigged and that democrats want senate republicans to do, quote, wonderful things for them. thats part of what he said today. >> reporter: thats right, brianna, the president arguing that democrats calling witnesses in a senate trial would be unfair to him. he also tried to argue that democrats are scrambling for evidence because they dont have a strong enough case against him. obvious...

Coverage at all, but you know if president trump has cameras in front of him, hell make some kind of statement. it appears today he wanted to have the last word before the christmas holiday and doesnt pay any attention to the impeachment process. essentially when youve seen him do here is what hes done since the beginning of the impeachment process is throw a word salad out and let the people grab the narrative they want to feel comfortable with. he throws out words like spy and witch hunt, all ...