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Cooper of the department of defense whose testimony undercut the republican talking point that trump could not have used military aid as leverage because the ukranians didnt know about the hold at the time of trumps july 25th call with the ukranian president. >> on july 25th a member of my staff got a question from the ukraine embassy contact asking what was going on with ukraine security assistance. that e-mail said that the ukranian embassy and house foreign affairs committee are asking about ...

Rabbit hole talking about devin nunes is maybe too far a field from the relevant impeachment inquiry focusing on the conduct of president trump. so it may be they dont want to go down that road. it gets complicated when you offer immunity to a witness to testify before congress because it could preclude charges against him later by the southern district of new york. and they may want to continue to keep the heat on him to use that as leverage to get information about rudy giuliani, president tru...

>> yeah. laura, lets go -- youve been watching these very closely and covering it all day. every day since it happened. can we go big picture here? what should the american people take away at the end of this phase of the impeachment -- this is just the inquiry part of it. what is next? >> well, this was the investigatory stage, akin to kind of the grand jury where you decide whether or not you have sufficient evidence to bring the charges against the president of the united states. there has be...

>> well, this was the investigatory stage, akin to kind of the grand jury where you decide whether or not you have sufficient evidence to bring the charges against the president of the united states. there has been untouched facts that have been asserted here, that at the direction of the president of the united states a quid pro quo using political leverage against this nation of ukraine, using taxpayer dollars to fund a re-election campaign oppo research endeavor. that is the facts. it has not...

Depositions and mid-hearing press conferences is not meant to discover the facts. it was designed to produce a specific story line to be pushed forward by the democrats and their supporters in the media. >> committee chairman adam schiff, a democrat, sees it very differently. here he is talking about ukraines president and then donald trump. >> this president, this new president who is negotiating with a far superior power that has invaded his country is going into a negotiation with putin over ...

The trial ever began. the spectacle with its secret depositions and mid hearing press conferences is not meant to discover the facts. it was designed to produce a specific story line to be pushed forward by the democrats and their supporters in the media. >> community chairman adam schiff, a democrat, sees it very differently. here he is talking about ukraines president and then donald trump. >> this president, this new president who is negotiating with a far superior power that has invaded his ...

That war but can you do me this favor. then ill lift the military assistance. thats the national security -- >> ill hand you the mike back. what youre saying is thats how extortion works. donald trump might not be skilled at everything but his business career and life shows he does find the weakness. he found the weakness that ukraine needed and thats where he focused in. >> thats right. its with both. zelensky is brand new president. hes a comedian. he needs that meeting. theres leverage there....

Its a fore gone conclusion that the house of representatives will impeach the president before christmas. now it will shift to the senate for a trial with chief justice roberts presiding. what will those rules be? how will john roberts handle an effort by democrat ifs the senate to command the appearance at a trial of any of the people that youve just identified? . ut th put that on the radar screen. >> that is a good one. so youre saying that justice roberts will be the arbiter of whether or no...

It means to the russians that we have their back. this president, this new president who is negotiating with the far superior power that has invaded his country is going into negotiation with putin over how to resolve this conflict, whether he has good leverage or lousy leverage depends on whether the russians think he has a relationship with the president. and the president wouldnt give him that, not without getting something in return. wouldnt give him that official act, that white house meeti...

Pro quo, the withholding of security assistance which no one can explain. there is no debate among my colleagues. everyone in the nsc and the state department, the defense department, everyones support, everyone, all the reviews that needed to be done to make sure ukraine was meeting its anti-corruption standards have been done. and they had found to meet the criteria, the aid should have been released but was withheld and no one could understand or get a clear explanation for why until it becam...