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From bill taylor to this effect. it almost seemed like he was gathering evidence or trying to cover his back side when it came to what might come out of these text messages one day. and then you see the response from gordon sondland european union and also a big trump donor who basically respauponds in a he knows the isis part of a record and very carefully worded, defending the president saying there was no quid pro quo. i think everybody understood that there was something objectionable going ...

Power, but also a violation of a position of public trust. we need to remember that people in these positions, especially the president, has a fiduciary duty. this was an idea that was actually embodied by the framers. its in the oath to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, to faithfully uphold the constitution of the united states, that you are using your powers and authority for the benefit of the united states as a whole. and that means that when you use that authority to coniffer ...

Want phone calls and i always think, that country ukraine they needed our country. they needed our aid. they needed us to stand with them. he knew very well what that meant. and so for him to say on a phone call i need a favor from you. for him to say that to ask about his opponents to the president of china when were in the middle of major trade negotiations. it goes on and on. hes using our clout of the american people the leverage of the country for his own personal gain, whether it be busine...

Always think, that country ukraine they needed our country. they needed our aid. they needed us to stand with them. he knew very well what that meant. and so for him to say on a phone call i need a favor. for him to say that to ask about his opponent to the president of china. in the middle of major trade negotiations. it goes on and on. hes using our clout of the american people the leverage of the country for his own personal gain. whether it be business or partisan. it is wrong and it is ille...

Investigating the bideens. in the soup of the last week that is something that investigators must really be focused on here. the president out loud calling for another country to investigate his political rivals. >> yeah, certainly. and the timing of that that you just mentioned, the 30 seconds apart. the president was talking about the trade war with china when he mentioned the leverage that he could have on china. then he was asked about ukraine. he was not asked about china investigating. and...

The relationship. another piece of leverage, and this is really key, is u.s. military assistance to ukraine, a reminder to our viewers, ukraine is at war with russia for five years. russia has invaded the country, more than 13,000 ukrainians have died, they continue to die there, listen to this text, this one comes from bill taylor, long-time u.s. diplomat, actually this is not the right one, there is another one, where he says, as i said on the phone, i think its crazy to withhold security assi...

Condition here of, you know, having a meeting in exchange for doing something, i think that one thing we need to highlight is what they were looking for was a public announcement. now, this is really what, you know, makes the lie of were looking for corruption, versus looking for dirt and helping the campaign. if youre really wanting someone, another country to investigate, they can do it quietly, you wait for the findings and then, you know, let them take it on. what they wanted was a public an...

President used leverage, used government assets, made a power play with an ally in an arguable abuse of power. we know it was wrong. the only question is whether or not it warrants articles of impeachment. thats for the democrats to make the case. we already know this situation is a hell of a lot more than this president bargained for. all right. thats the argument. another important story we also have to watch closely, i know its not getting attention, but it should. that makes it a bolo, be on...

Narrative. not one thing. >> how can he say that when so clearly the text messages seem to corroborate many aspects of the whistle-blower complaint were joined by republican congressman charlie dent and cnn political commentator paul bugallap even when you have what seems to be black and white evidence -- i wont call it proof, just evidence wsh -- to exactly what the whistle-blower said in their complaint, you know, these signs of a quid pro quo, pressure, leverage on the ukrainian government to...

>> well, he was looking for a benefit. i think as andrew mccabe just said, you dont have to actually complete the transaction. you have to be using the authority and the leverage and the power that your office holds in order to be inducing someone. we have this in the law. the attempt, the solicitation, the -- basically asking someone for a private, you know, reciprocal favor in return for doing something out of the official duties of your office. >> so jenna -- >> it violates the bottom line of...