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And learned a lesson. because it didnt work so well for them. now in the ukraine matter, they havent had anybody appear before congress. thats the difference. >> the other thing is if you have been following both the cases theyre not actually separate. the ukraine narrative is really mutually reenforcing to the obstruction of justice issues in the mueller investigation. meaning the goal was the same. in mueller it was to prevent the investigation so that russia wouldnt be blamed. in the ukraine ...

To dismiss so as to not prolong it. they need to lean on the obstruction narrative. what republicans have right now is a choice between either arguing the case wasnt proven, which really doesnt stand up to the facts, particularly when key witnesses have been withheld by the white house, or its not impeachable. it appears the house wants to settle on not proven, but i would urge republicans to reconsider this. if youre arguing not proven, then youre suggesting you dont care about the facts or the...

Presidents direction? thats what makes this timing issue so difficult. and it seems that over the last week or two, weve been getting new evidence. not just cumulative evidence that reinforces things that we already know. as long as the democrats are still getting new evidence, they might want to stay in a crouch a little bit longer to let that evidence come in. but at some point, the evidence becomes merely cumulative and its time to move on. >> david, same question to you. marinate or move? >>...

Something untoward is me on a conversation like that? >> of course not. joe biden admitted this publicly many times. he was proud of the fact that he pressured members of the ukraine to stop this investigation so his son could make money. our president didnt do anything of the sort. and the difference now is the media doesnt like the fact that they cant get the donald trump when it became the collusion narrative, the obstruction narrative or the impeachment narrative. now they want to go after h...

Something untoward is me on a conversation like that? >> of course not. joe biden admitted this publicly many times. he was proud of the fact that he pressured members of the ukraine to stop this investigation so his son could make money. our president didnt do anything of the sort. and the difference now is the media doesnt like the fact that they cant get the donald trump when it became the collusion narrative, the obstruction narrative or the impeachment narrative. now they want to go after h...

Something untoward is me on a conversation like that? >> of course not. joe biden admitted this publicly many times. he was proud of the fact that he pressured members of the ukraine to stop this investigation so his son could make money. our president didnt do anything of the sort. and the difference now is the media doesnt like the fact that they cant get the donald trump when it became the collusion narrative, the obstruction narrative or the impeachment narrative. now they want to go after h...

Gentlely public diplomacy signaling, so theyre trying to put some -- get the case out in public. and put some pressure on mueller. and im sure muellers supporters have doing very much the same thing. i do think its good going to come to a conclusion soon. if you a prediction from me. >> melissa: yes, go ahead. >> i do not see such an interview taking place in large part because i think, unfortunately, the special counsel appears to be heavily invested in the whole obstruction narrative and, agai...

Been violated. and the u.s. attorneys manual, for example, says that a pending proceeding for purposes of the obstruction statute cant be an fbi investigation. so, mueller has been proceeding or people who are behind the obstruction narrative have been proceeding along the assumption that what was obstructed here were fbi investigations, whether its the criminal investigation of flynn or the counter intelligence investigation of russias interference in the election. and for purposes of the crimi...