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Process. do you look at these numbers, do these numbers matter to you? >> no, they dont. what matters to us is the american people want answers, they want to know what went on. we must do whats right. we must follow the constitution. this is a constitutionally prescripted policy and not a political contest. this is not a political poll. this is about adhering to the rules of the constitution, making sure we hold a president accountable for violating the law, from one who obstructs congress and a...

Their partisan corner. if youre a democrat, youre for the impeachment inquiry. if youre a republican, youre not. whatever you think about it, there is this thing called the constitution. its not just the democrats saying that the house has this authority under the constitution. the majority in the house can do this. this is marco rubios former general counsel. wow, this letter is bananas, meaning the white house letter. a middle finger to congress. no member of congress should accept it no matte...

He believes the entire united states government can be corrupted into furthering his personal political needs. hes even willing to hold congress and congressionally appropriated aid to a foreign nation hostage to his personal political demands. he believes if he does something, its legal, period. and perhaps most importantly, he believes there is nothing we can do about it. he believes he can and will get away with anything he does. we all laughed when he said he could stand in the middle of 5th...

President trump and his administration cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances. the house speaker nancy pelosi firing back overnight, warning the white house in a statement that, quote, continued efforts to hide the truth of the presidents abuse of power from the american people will be regarded as further evidence of obstruction. mr. president, you are not above the law. you will be held accountable. one democratic member of the intelligence co...

Ambassador. ive talked to kurt volker. gordon sonland, the eu ambassador. >> everyone mentioned by secretary perry there is a government employee, somebody with the official charge to do this business, except the presidents personal attorney, who i should also mention as he goes around accusing other people of corruption, his security firm has contracts with overseas people including in the past at least a pro russia party in the ukraine. >> yeah. i think this is also why giuliani has become suc...

This all comes amid this push to bring in more witnesses in front of these house committees. there are questions about whether more witnesses will be blocked from attending after ambassador sondland did not appear yesterday. will others not appear as well, democrats warning they will essentially roll all of that into an articles of impeachment against the president for obstructs congress and abusing power if he does not comply. at the moment, democrats will not get the evidence theyre looking fo...

There were a federal judge who ruled among other things that grand jury testimony had to be turned over to congress. this was part of the so-called road map for impeachment proceedings that came out of the watergate era. in court yesterday there was a department of justice lawyer who argued that he would rule differently. >> i think the preposterous position that the judge indicated by saying wow, you half expect barr to open up an investigation into nixon to see if he can exonerate him at this ...

Judiciary democrats during the clinton impeachment. lets listen to what lindsey graham said then in 1998. >> article iii of impeachment against richard nixon, the article was based on the idea that richard nixon as president failed to comply with articles of subpoena from congress. he took the power from congress over the impeachment process away from congress and he became the judge and jury. >> julian, rings a bell. >> yeah. this is alice in wonder land upside down reality. the white house is ...

>> what tells you that? >> well, the letter from the white house. they want to fight? okay. lets arm ourselves completely and totally with the full power of congress. the votes, im sure, are there. >> reporter: its very unlikely that votes going to happen within the next week, but what will happen within the next week is a debate in the democratic caucus about the strategy to move forward. nancy pelosi will be on that call. this topic will almost certainly come up next week. there are several me...

From the attorney general eric holder and the obama administration was resisting that. trey gowdy taking a bold stand for the house. >> the notion that you can withhold information and documents from congress no matter whether youre the party in power or not in power is wrong. respect for the rule of law must mean something irrespective of the vicissitudes of political cycles. >> i agree. >> theres so many great clips. weve seen lindsey graham clips. >> pompeo as secretary of state, gowdy on the...