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What -- what do you do with all of this information? because most of the witnesses, whether they were fact witnesses or they could create context, had a very similar story. two of them who didnt, volker and -- and sondland -- ended up revising their stories to be a little more in line with everybody elses. so there doesnt seem to be a whole lot of dispute despite what some republicans are saying about what the facts of this situation are. >> yeah. i think that the facts have come into focus. and...

A presidential -- >> impeachment, the impeachment standard is quite clear, this is not subject to debate among anyone in the scholarship, it is clear from hamilton. a violation would be against society itself. it is worse, what he is accused of doing is different and worse than shooting somebody on fifth avenue. does it violate the social politics, that is the first point, and to process again, the law is completely against it. first you bring forward the trial in the charges, then and as it wil...

Process. so there is not actually a legal stad they have to meet. its whatever members of congress think meets the impeachment standard. >> but as a rule how does it strengthen the case. >> thats abused of his office. what mulvaney said yesterday and i watched the whole thing again late last night to be sure i heard what he said. and he -- i think he was talking about the motivation for withholding the ukrainian money and he was very clear there was a deliberate decision to withhold it. and he w...

That they can help make a judgement about whether the president should be held to an impeachment standard, they need to make sure that the american people understand the facts. so getting mueller to read the report or put the report in his own words or restate it is a critical thing, and particularly the critical thing is to get him to confirm that there was evidence of conspiracy with the russians, just not enough evidence to permit an indictment. and secondly, that there was substantial eviden...

Critical point is that most people have not read the mueller report. the democrats and really anybody who is sincere about trying to educate the american people so that they can help make a judgement about whether the president should be held to an impeachment standard, they need to make sure that the american people understand the facts. so getting mueller to read the report or put the report in his own words or restate it is a critical thing, and particularly the critical thing is to get him t...

Hatch, is familiar with his thinking, orrin hatch. this is what orrin hatch said in 1999 about clinton. committing crimes of moral turpitude such as perjury and obstruction of justice did go to the heart of qualification for office. the individual who swore to faithfully execute the laws of the united states. >> source close to orrin hatch was right back then. look, this is the situational ethics that makes people sick about washington. when you are a senator of this kind of long standing, you s...