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Feel of this scheme come that was the word, he is a habitual notetaker come he is your worst nightmare, very prepared. when you look at the testimony of taylor he said that there were irregular policy channels running contrary to long-standing goals of the u.s. policy. congressman you know that the first couple hours of this hearing are going to be crucial in the minds of the american people who are getting the first look at the questioning of these witnesses. >> you are right but if this is the...

Star witness. its not just what he can say. he is a voracious notetaker, perhaps because he was taking notes to write his book but he carries a lot of respect in conservative circles. he will not be able to be pai painted as a deep-state actor, biased against the president. now from trump he will say hes a disgruntled employee. >> nobody liked him. >> thats the argument he can make but republican senators at the end of the day will have this presidents fate in his hands, are we to get to an impe...

Cooper made that disclosure in a letter written to the house, in an effort to explain why his client needs a court order to testify before lawmakers. in that letter, boltons lawyers stated that both bolton and his deputy charles kupperman have information concerning national security and foreign affairs adding that bolton has information that has yet to be touched on publicly. bolton had been scheduled to testify as part of the impeachment probe last thursday. but he did not appear. both he and ...

Of mulvaneys press conference. i think mulvaney is trying to run out the clock for the administration. there is one foundational question that i dont know we have asked. we have seen president trump say over and over again. i would love for mick mulvaney to testify. now mick mulvaney has to join a suit that says the president have told me i am not permitted to testify and congress is telling me i must testify. i would like the court to break the tie. i mean there are so many curious angles to th...

Troops to venezuela. there is a lot of note taker of the white house. whats unclear is they had any sort of classifications stripped on them. thats a big subject of the last three or four years. there is still an open question. i dont think the white house is certain on this to what direction john bolton is going to go on all this whether hes going to stay loyal to the president or saw things thats troubling to him. when you read his letter or his lawyers, what hes arguing is bolton should be pr...

Democrats request to testify. people around the president say they are worried what kind of notes bolton might have kept and when he might divulge them. the sources which include current and former administration officials tell "axios" that bolton was the most prolific note taker at the top level of the white house and probably has more details than any impeachment inquiry witness so far about the presidents dealings with ukraine. weve also learned bolton has a new book deal with simon & schuste...

Sources close to vindman that they dont believe those claims have any merit. of course, vindman is not considered about any information that the president says has privately that may be coming out soon. one of the questions is whether or not he will be one of the officials who testifies publicly. democrats have already signaled theyre going to start calling people. he is one they saw as key to make their case, and were told, of course, the president has tried to imply he has political motivation...

The only other thing it was about with the shabby financial interests of rudy guiliani now indicted clients. that toxic mix of financial shenanigans and political gain was at the heart of this. guy likes bill taylor, thank god for them, dont pull their punches. when he saw it he did everything to bring it to his superiors, do the right thing, try to stop it within the system and he came and responded to a subpoena and told the truth and glad the public will hear it for themselves. the state depa...

Taylor is a very clear presenter of his facts. so as you said, he -- he -- hes sort of unimpeachable because hes worked as a political appointee in different administrations, four different administrations in different parties. he was an avid note taker. he was an experienced diplomat. and the stuffs all pretty clear. i mean, we got a lot of notes of things he says. he answers questions pretty succinctly. theres no great complexity to what he is saying. >> no, this is a diplomat. this is a caree...

Leadership in the house want to get this done by the end of this year, and if thats the case, you really cant broaden this out too far. so my expectation based -- again, baesed on the reporting that i have today is that theyre going to try and get this wrapped up by the week before christmas. if thats the case, you really cant expand this much wider. i think its very smart to pick taylor as their opening witness. he is the person -- even though he has secondhand knowledge, you know, hes relying ...