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Weighing in on a contested issue. at any impeachment trial. that would be of questionable impropriety, whether or not it postdated any impeachment trial. the question now is for the house, they voted to impeach the president were waiting on whether there is a trial, so doj is saying, stay out. >> i want to break down this now with dana bash. and also paul callan. >> thank you, jessica. >> the trump add ming station says theres no urge sensecy for a couple reasons, the house went ahead and voted ...

Getting ready to talk to shannon in a second. mika, i want to start with you. two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. surprising or not? >> no, i think there were questions whether or not they would include the obstruction articles from the mueller investigation, but as theyve made clear in these later hearings, this is about the 2020 election and preventing the president from manipulating that. so were keeping it limited to just those things that are about ukrai...

Really. just as the ten obstruction articles in the mueller report against president trump. you never see evidence of obstruction like that. someone -- the ringleader ordering people to destroy evidence and file false documents and commit perjury, ive never seen that in an obstruction case, and ive presided over quite a few. >> please stay with us across this commercial break. i want to pick up exactly there when we come back, be right back with bill weld. ♪everybody

And saying it doesnt really doesnt advance the inquiry very much. >> youre a former federal prosecutor, former u.s. attorney in boston. evidence like that is the kind of evidence that you are always, i assume, trying to find? >> oh, yeah. no, this is a slam dunk case. really. just ask the 10 obstruction articles against -- in the mueller report, against president trump. you never see evidence of obstruction like that. someone -- the ringleader ordering people to destroy evidence and file false d...

Obstruction articles in the clinton impeachment and nixon. does he have a point? >> he has a point, but thats not a legal point. thats a question of whether you can win it in the so-called trial and whether the politicians will vote one way or the other. but legally, its actually a great technique from an ex-prosecutor standpoint that you can add in basically an obstruction count for the targets behavior. its very powerful actually. >> jackie, the calls to mitch mcconnells office. mcconnells off...

For no explanation whatsoever. and going back to hope hicks and exerting pressure. even though they dont work for the government anymore. i would expect one big article and then theyll kind of list all of these different examples of how the house investigation has been obstructed and then theyll vote on that. >> because congressman mike quigley who we just had from the intelligence committee said, quote, at this point in time, i believe there are multiple obstruction articles that this president...

Understands that the republicans are playing a game. again, i have no problem with this vote. i think it should move forward with the news weve learned in the last several weeks and the actions by the administration today. all bets are off. lets move forward. lets take the republicans up on this game because the numbers are moving in the opposite direction. and again, thats why i think the president is starting to panic. >> will this refusal or blocking rather of ambassador sondland testifying, ...

Executive hangout. and what those who drafted nixons articles of impeachment know, that yes, the use of executive privilege was literally part of the basis for the obstruction articles against nixon in his impeachment because it includes that nixon tried to cover up the facts of watergate and attempted to extend executive privilege to former aides and attempted to prevent their testimony. just let that sink in. nixons abuse of executive privilege for aides was itself key to the impeachment case ...