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We be i work on presidential impeachments as part of the judiciary committee twice before. this third time brings me no joy. president nixon attempted to corrupt elections. then just like president trump he tried to cover it up then he resigned. this is even worst. president trump not only abused his power to help his reelection, he used a foreign government to do it. he used military aid provided to fight the russians as a leverage solely to benefit his own political campaign. george washington...

Mcconnell is letting the president and his legal team call the shots. just explain, professor, then, when you say the house should refuse to allow mcconnell to hold a trial like this, youre saying that schumer should be using this leverage, how can the house do this, for them to actually do what youre suggesting? >> well, a lot of important things arent ease toy do. this one is relatively easy. the house should wait until mcconnell makes some reasonable agreement. if they dont, schumer should pr...

Thwart mitch mcconnells plans when it comes to the structure of the senate trial and get them to support something that is lengthier and has meat to it, than what mitch mcdonneconnell thrown out there, which is a trial that has no witnesses that has a presentation from the house managers and a presentation from president trumps defense team. and perhaps a vote to acquit. so, chuck schumer seems to be trying to pick off the moderate senators to have more leverage when it comes to voting for proce...

Just, you know, a pretend trial, a faux trial, we shouldnt just hand the impeachment articles over to him. after all, the president wants to be exonerated. he doesnt want to have things end where they are now. which as of wednesday is going to be a conclusion by the house of representatives, not just that there should be a trial, but that he is guilty. guilty of abusing his power to get a foreign government to help him in the election. guilty of shaking down a foreign government, and as long as ...

The world. we should have some interest? what happens to ukraine and whether russia will trample them or not. if we say that forever hereafter were going to allow the president of the united states to use the awesome powers of his office to shake down particular governments, whether theyre tyrants and despits or struggling democracies that need our help but the president is allowed to shake them down, get them involved in a covert basis in our campaign. guess what? the president might think hes ...

>> a tremendous burden. thats true about the senate regardless of the posturing. a fair trial should gather the evidence no matter where it leads. unlike criminal trials, a senate trial can make up most of the rules as it proceeds and change most of them without any vote. that may put pressure on mcconnell, at least more than usual because they can do it in the middle of this thing which potentially gives senate democrats some leverage along the way if they figure out how to use it. we turn now ...

Whatever rules it wants to set. >> and the republicans have the majority. >> thats right. now there are some factors in the democrats favor that give them some leverage. they havent yet sent the articles of impeachment. first they need to pass them then they would transmit to the senate. theres some question about how long to wait. if the president is serious he wants the opportunity to defend himself in the senate, then he want that is to happen quickly. the house could say were waiting to make...

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But certainly the rules are a lot more fluid in the senate than the house. the house has a certain regimented way of doing it, so well definitely be waiting and seeing a little more than we have on this side of the aisle. >> thats really the key. the rules are more fluid. its really what 51 senators agree that the rules are. >> exactly. >> ive heard now from people on boothe sides of the aisle about the fact that -- this sounds processy, but hold on a second because this matters for how this is ...

I think its fair, and as i said all along, i think the leverage is if the house says, were not going to send the articles over if this isnt a fair trial. >> you know, i think its an interesting idea, i think its one that a lot of democrats on the house side have rejected. partly because there were a group of moderates who were interested in censuring president trump instead of voting out articles of impeachment. that idea was really slapped down by a lot of prominent democrats who say, thats not...