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Have article ii of the constitution here. and it says that a president can be removed on conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. so when you have it there, you use the word. >> david, its a lot easier to argue somebody took a bribe or offered a bribe than it is to get into a conversation about what is a high crime or misdemeanor. because its exactly in the constitution. i think this gives democrats a little more leverage. and its clear with the public. and what the...

Is corruption in ukraine. ukraine isnt the only country that confronts corruption. if the people in power in a country where krups is rampant are being asked by a foreign leader whos got a lot of leverage over them to conduct an investigation, could that be dangerous, because they could trump up charges against someone? if they wanted? >> they could. >> and i also want to ask you. i spoke to ambassador kent who made a comment yesterday about selective prosecutions, and what it means going forwar...

Pelosi is using the word bribery specifically and chairman schiff indicating bribery could be an impeachment charge against the president. is this essentially a rebranding of quid pro quo? bribery is now the new word that will be used because it is the word in the constitution? >> well, bribery and extortion are intricately interwoven in what the president did in the ukraine shakedown and essentially he took this $391 million that we voted into security assistance for a besieged foreign ally res...

Saying look, this is easier for people to digest. and by the way, i just happen to have article ii of the constitution here. and it says that a president can be removed on conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. so when you have it there, you use the word. >> david, its a lot easier to argue somebody took a bribe or offered a bribe than it is to get into a conversation about what is a high crime or misdemeanor. because its exactly in the constitution. i think this ...

A win that she got fired. she was fired for a number of reasons, she was really bad, she didnt talk to the media, she didnt raise a ruckus publicly when russia took sailors captive. she didnt push hard on germany which is building a pipeline to import russian gas directly, that is that for europe and ukraine. it will lose a lot of their economic leverage. shes better job and she is going to cry about it, she will win some sympathy but is it enough to undo the 2016 election? highly unlikely. shan...

Ukraine is not the only country that confronts corruption. if the people in power in a country where corruption is rampant are being asked by a foreign leader, who has a lot of leverage over them to conduct an investigation, could that be dangerous, because they could trump up charges against someone if they wanted? >> they could. >> and i also want to ask you, i spoke to ambassador kent, he made a comment yesterday about selective prosecutions, and what it means going forward. what kind of prec...

Released because of this scandal, thats how this thing is shaking out now, in terms of who benefits. quote, in the past american diplomats worked closely with kiev in any talks with moskow. they presented a united front to the kremlin. they cajoled the european union to maintain sanctions. they tried to reassure a nervous ukrainian public. but now the united states is largely absent from the political and diplomatic process over resolving the war in the east. the leader of one pro-u.s. political...

Telling "the washington post" today, quote, ukraine is now kind of naked. we are alone confronting russia. david ignaceous -- excuse me that was in "the new york times" not "the washington post." david ignaceous of "the washington post" raising much the same alarm today. trumps ukraine machinations have yielded the diminution of u.s. power and a corresponding increase in the leverage. the united states was an important backup for ukraine. losing that support puts kiev in a weaker bargaining posi...

Senators to have requested information from the trump organization on the presidents business dealings in turkey. senator, thank you so much for being here. i want to get right to the questions that you want answered regarding donald trump. is it is as sort of straightforward as whether or not trumps policies toward turkey are dictated by the fact turkey has his businesses in their purview? >> the fundmental point here is in fact whether donald trump has been so influenced and in fact corrupted ...

Answers to questions from senators about the presidents business interests in turkey. joining us now is one of the senators to have requested information from the trump organization on the presidents business dealings in turkey. senator, thank you so much for being here. i want to get right to the questions that you want answered regarding donald trump. is it is as sort of straightforward as whether or not trumps policies toward turkey are dictated by the fact turkey has his businesses in their ...