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Working with over there is so tainted that it poisons the whole effect of what hes trying to do. i mean to think the main point thats been reported, the main person hes been talking to, his father was head of intelligence for the kgb in ukraine. the man himself graduated from a kgb school in moscow. and the man himself was a member of a french party in the parliament of ukraine, a pro russian party. are we now going to have impeachment turn on the word of a kgb agent? come on. give me a break. >...

Government to help his political campaign? reasonable minds can differ on that. >> bill: understood on that. thank you for that. andy mccarthy. your rebuttal. >> first of all with respect even to the obstruction count, a lot of the evidence that is in the schiff report deals with actions that the executive branch took before the house formally voted to have its impeachment inquiry. and i think they took a defensible position in the white house prior to that point that unless the house voted form...

Accounts like the obstruction count which is so specious, but hes insisting on his constitutional prerogatives to withhold witnesses and documentary evidence. most things couldnt go down to the trial but im actually looking forward to it because it would put immigrants back down the trail. >> i think that is part of their nervousness, about losing control of this because then its in the hands of the senate and the president will have an actual opportunity and his defenders with make things. but ...

Impeachment inquiry. the time to get mulvaney, people are suggesting, is in the senate trial. if they go ahead and vote on the impeachment, it moves to the senate. with chief justice roberts in the chair presiding, they can subpoena witnesses to the senate trial and justice roberts will rule then and there about any applicable privileges so that witnesses, even if they are claiming some sort of executive privilege, might be forced to testify there. that may be what theyre thinking. i think they ...

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...

Supposedly interfering in the 2016 elections, as opposed to russia, which is, of course, a big bogus claim, which we can talk about that separately. but its very important that we hear from mr. sondland. >> do you expect we got this letter from the white house today essentially saying that were going to pretend that the impeachment proceeding isnt happening? as far as were concerned, its not a real thing, so dont expect to get anything from us. i didnt read that as a legalistic argument from the...

2016 elections, as opposed to russia, which is, of course, a big bogus claim, which we can talk about that separately. but its very important that we hear from mr. sondland. >> do you expect we got this letter from the white house today essentially saying that were going to pretend that the impeachment proceeding isnt happening? as far as were concerned, its not a real thing, so dont expect to get anything from us. i didnt read that as a legalistic argument from the white house counsels office. ...

Release them pretty easily, ambassador sondland has actually turned his documents over to the state department and how the state department, the commits have have to fight directly with pompeo and the state department for them. clearly its going to be very critical testimony. >> thats an important point to make. >>the former ambassador va von vic will be up on tuesday. shes not pushing ukrainians to do these investigations. so were getting witnesses in the middle of what could be a prolonged doc...

Evidence that underlies it before the next person can take the next obstruction count. >> glen, do you have concerns on this point that these comey questions, if these are used as a prototype that it would be direct but incomplete. >> yeah. its a tough call whether you want to ask mueller leading questions or nonleading questions. a leading question boxes the witness in. its like special counsel mueller, isnt it true that you found that the president asked white house counsel don mcgahn to lie a...

The importance of the special counsel and political reporter aat the "new york times" and political are porter for the "daily beast." does trump not know that he cant pardon state crimes? i noticed that waffle. >> i think everybody else in america knows that. have been doing that for 18 months. so maybe the president is watching the wrong channel. >> to use a colloquial phrase, we shot the shoo would pile on. she could have gone up to ten total. >> she didnt and she was explicit. her sentence wa...