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Focused on the charges brought against the president, walk through them and then take a vote. the present is not going to get anywhere close to convicted, thats why this is such an obvious waste of time. go ahead, harris. >> harris: i was just going to ask, we know everybodys getting ready to take their holiday break and just thinking about how quickly this has gone, nancy pelosi getting us this impeachment through the house and all of a sudden slowing it down, what is the strategy? >> its lever...

Wants an acquittal. >> he doesnt want an impeachment and so far he doesnt have it. its not passed. >> the vote has been taken and headlines written. i think the president wants something -- if he wants a show trial, okay. he really wants an acquittal. >> by the way, here is article 1, section 3, clause 6 of the constitution. look it up. the senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. >> sandra: pelosi has second thoughts mcconnell should hold a trial with or without house managers....

Process. this was known two months ago. and i dont quite understand. because i dont think theres any leverage for nancy pelosi to get more of what she wants out of a trial by withholding the articles of impeachment. i think for mitch mcconnells perspective is, great, why dont you hold them to 2021. >> john clen then they would expire. does she have leverage? >> i dont think she has leverage in a traditional way we understand. i do think donald trump is eager to have people defend him. we know th...

The senate until mcconnell provides more details about how he intends to run the trial. democrats want new witnesses while mcconnell does not. >> democrats want a fair trial that examines the relevant facts. the message from leader mcconnell at the moment is that he has no intention of conducting a fair trial, no intention of acting impartially, no intention of getting the facts. >> there are a few reasons why pelosi may be withholding these articles of impeachment. she could be using them as le...

Could take it over in mid-january instead of early january. >> nancy pelosi has not sent over the articles of impeachment to the senate, leading the republicans to say pelosi does not have any leverage over a senate trial in her behavior is bizarre. >> i dont think anybody is arguing that shes outwitted anybody. people are wondering what exactly is she doing? i dont think she knows right now. i think she thought this was going to be something where the country sided with them. frankly, they neve...

That, please? no wonder her caucus seems confused. >> i think they should give the house leverage to ensure that its not going to be paid a quarter there. speaker pelosi is not holding anything. this is not a strategy to try and leverage and get something from the senate. >> are you suggesting its possible you may never transmit the articles of impeachment? >> if it were me, yes, thats what im saying. >> laura: they are all going -- its like the scarecrow in "the wizard of oz"! which way are the...

Senate. i dont think we believe this republican senators are going to vote in large numbers to remove the president but we at least want a fair trial. this is the only way we can negotiate for that. hopefully things can be worked out and the trial can begin. in early january. >> jon: you dont really have any leverage. you either take the articles of impeachment to senator mcconnell or you dont. >> that gives us some leverage. we could take them over in mid-january instead of early january. he ma...

The first vote of the first article and said, you know, we are purple and swollen. how does that square with her now saying she wants to get some leverage in terms of the trial? does that look political? >> sure. the whole thing is political. her argument, i guess would be, im trying to use whatever leverage i have to try to ensure they have a full trial in the senate. and clearly didnt have in terms of getting all the witnesses in the house. the one thing that kind of contradicts is, how many t...

>> the constitution says that it shall be the sole power of the house to impeach but it will be the sole power of the senate to try the impeachment and nancy pelosi says it is not your sole power. im speaker of the house and i will use this as leverage to try to have you describe to me to my approval what you are going to do and how you are going to proceed before i send you the impeachment itself. this is an extraordinary move. the progressives in the democratic party are going to love it and t...

And more petty. it will not serve the democrats well. if i were mitch mcconnell i would say great, were going to try to proceed in january with the business of the senate and if you want to send it over to us we will deal with it then but this strong-arm move by nancy pelosi but she doesnt have any leverage in the situation because the longer she holds that the weaker her case looks and the more partisan she appears because she is. shannon: maybe she will sneak it into his christmas stocking in ...