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Trance mi transmit. i know it sounds wonky but welcome to the constitution which is a class that were getting in this process, when the house must transfer the articles over to the senate. you studied impeachment. what are the rules, and do you think the democrats would have leverage here? >> yeah, so it is wonky. its also unusual. remember, this is the third impeachment of a president in u.s. history. this doesnt happen all the time. there arent that many rules. there are some senate rules that...

Of this? theres talk of maybe this will give leverage to schumer in the senate and maybe give them an opportunity to hammer home the message that based on what mcconnell has said about his relationship to the white house, about the fact that hes not, quote impartial when it comes to this trial, that this isnt going to be a fair process. a process that you and i know is going to lead to the acquittal of the senate. were in uncharted territory. >> i mean, look, the one weird thing thats going to h...

Speeches. pelosi has said were not going to show you what were going to do, were not naming our impeachment managers until we see what this will look like. >> right now this is about will the senate convict and remove the president of the united states. nobody expects that to happen. argument number two is this is about five or six or seven republicans who might break from the republicans on leadership issues and say we want these wnt witnesses or these procedures or rules. leader mcconnell just...

There-been rumors. and the second one is most republicans are chuckling about. the idea mcconnell would give up any leverage based on pautsz rr happen. i quote f the speaker thinks this magically gives democrats len leverage in the senate, she hasnt been paying close attention to how mcconnell operates. hes not going to move off his position that he doesnt believe witnesses should come forwrtd and doesnt believe current or former administration officials should come testify. however, i think eve...

The white house. why not pause it. whats the political harm to democrats who say weve accomplished what we wanted. were done. >> the harm could be that it hurts their messaging that this is something thats urgent. they need to get this done. youve seen democrats go back and forth on that. they need to do it urgenty or that theres no rush. there were questions that republicans in the white house raised after chuck schumer sent that letter calling on there to be witnesses in the senate trial and t...

Articles over -- >> not inresolution. >> i think this idea they can hold it in order to -- as leverage to get the senate to change its rules i dont think is -- they can to that indefinitely. and i dont think its the right thing to do democratically. when someone is charged they have the right to a speedy trial. professor tribe argued, what would you do if you have an indictment and on your way knew the president was not going to do my job? >> in that case you could get the jurors kicked off. bec...

Articles of impeachment, we wont have a trial, thats fine with us. >> thats a little cute. the fact is the president is very eager, i think, to move this process forward. the real leverage is mitch mcconnell is trying to construct a process that will conceal the truth. the leverage should be the american public demands to know what the president did and to hear from the people with that knowledge. why is the president withholding documents and witnesses who know? >> he says, you could have gone ...

You dont actually want. if you dont give me what i want i am not going to give it to you. he doesnt necessarily want to go through impeachment. holding on to it i dont know how that gives her leverage. >> it allows republicans to fill in the blanks. you just heard mitch mcconnell saying you know they rushed this through and now they are holding back, they are talking about how maybe democrats dont think their case is strong enough. and josh holmes who is mcconnells former chief of staff, he twee...

All the facts of the trial and should be an ex-position of what happened and opportunity to judge for the public and senators who still might have an open mind. mitch mcconnell, from the very beginning made clear he is trying to subvert that basic idea. call me skeptical about his proposal. i dont want to get ahead of the speaker. im glad hes moving a bit and that shows the wisdom of her course. the house just finished last night and we have a few days. remember, the speaker needs to make decisi...

Senate trial ahead of time. if you dont have a deal you could have the bidens and mick mulvaney and this could be the greatest spectacle of all time but it is hard to believe after weve been through this impeachment process it is a distinct possibility that you could not have a senate trial if you dont send over those articles despite all this conversation it might not happen so long as nancy pelosi controls them all and shes always looking for leverage and mitch mcconnell might say im not going...