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Eventually want this to be tried in the sen m. but as i said their point of leverage, their sole point of leverage is the ability to focus attention on the reluctance of the majority to have anything that approaches a trial. dont forget even in the bill clinton case there was several witnesses deposed in the senate trial and that came after a counsel investigation in which anyone relevant spoke including the president himself. we are in a very different situation today when so many key figures h...

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 ...

At this point theyre just hanging over him and hanging over his legacy. and i think the democrats will try to use that as leverage to try to get at least something from the senate in terms of how the trial will play out. >> what exactly does the leeway look like? >> its unclear. people are wrangled that they are used to seeing the criminal justice system where both sides get a fair trial. thats not what this is shaping up to be. at least if mitch mcconnell gets his way. people dont want this to ...

And mulvaney, but whats the leverage to get those witnesses? is there a strategy behind hurry up and wait? >> no. its very clear, nancy pelosi controls the house. mitch mcconnell controls the senate. and, you know, even beyond that, in the senate theres real not a whole lot of power that the democrats have in the situation, except to potentially get mcconnell to a point where they come to an agreement on the very first steps, which might be simply, you know, getting the trial started and then de...

Majority leader and that is leaving questions whether or not this trial will start the first week of january or perhaps even later. now majority leader mcconnell is prepared to go to the floor and start the trial even if he cant get an agreement with schumer. but he has to get the articles of impeachment first from pelosi. >> how many leverage does the speaker have in holding these? >> republicans have argued none. because this is not something theyre anxious to get started on. you heard from fr...

Is there? >> this is the one leverage democrats have in the senate which is holding up articles of impeachment, naming the managers and really pressuring all of us and the country to talk about what mitch mcconnell has been saying the rules he envisions in the senate. obviously with 53 votes mcconnell can set the rules against republicans break it, and its hard to see it getting up to quite that many. the one leverage i think democrats have is this period where attention is being focused on mcco...

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...

Nancy pelosi, under our constitution, has no role in what happens next. to be sure, she is trying to milk every bit of leverage she can buy withholding these articles of impeachment and delaying the process, but at the end of the day, the framers expressly gave the united states senate the power to conduct a trial, and they didnt give any power to the speaker of the house. >> mike: bradley, i want to play a clip from president trump, and i will ask you to react to it. >> all i know is my poll nu...

Tried to cover up and its interesting because its true. i dont think i can really disagree about the facts and plate and what the degree about is about the defense, the beachs not done a good job with the people outside the carcass. shes doing her best not to take what she has an leverage into more, but im not sure how well, its working. im not claiming that president trump covered up particularly the best argument given that whatever else you want to say about what hes doing, he released all th...

Trafficking, places like ohio in the middle of the country with a lot of interstates and connectivity. one of the things i am glad to see that federal law enforcement is looking at this, part of grooming behavior, obviously engaging in a pattern of criminal activity but if there are states like ohio that she is somehow engaged in activity, whether or not they are american or not might actually be able to expedite this process for her. they have stronger laws of the state level that they can expe...