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Vast conspiracy to subvert this document. to put out a o false one. >> yeah. it goes through multiple layers of proof and, of editing, several people review it to ensure the classification is correct, so its not like one person could tamper with it and then put it out. >> tucker: right. its not like corey lewandowski bangs it out on his ipad. >> one important point, it takes a whole of people thatt arent even political appointees in this administration. it would take career people doing this, do...

So my worries are getting stuff done. i really want to do good things and i want to do it in a bipartisan way. i really want to see the country move forward. i really know that tasha brought i think that people could look at this and think that our country is disorganized in turmoil, that we are split apart, and i think it will split people in society apart. i think folks literally in the united states of america are even going to get angrier at each other. e i dont believe its going to bring pe...

>> tucker: is asking a foreign leader to investigate corruption a crime? some of our angriest, most partisan news anchors are claiming of course, if trump did it, it must be a crime, but in legal world, the experts are divided. theres been a debate about it right here on this channel. we will sort through it after the break. ♪ here, it all starts with a simple...

>> tucker: you know, we are not psychiatrists here, but honestly adam schiff is a nutcase. its true. its hard to believe he is in congress. if the poor people of anaheim or wherever hes from, southern california, the valley somewhere. its hard to believe he is actually in congress. hes actually a committee chairman, to buy the 25th amendment doesnt apply to members of congress. to be fair, most democrats are not anywhere near as crazy as adam schiff,f, not a menacing ballpark, they are just very...

I dont want to put you in an awkward situation, but you serve on this committee with adam schiff and so again, if this is awkward for you i hope you will say so. >> imn used to being on your show, its always awkward with you. >> tucker: [laughs] let me make it worse. adam schiff has set a couple of things in the last 24 hours that gift, i think, sober people pause and raise concerns about his mental fitness. he suggested that the president was, for example, doctoring this transcript and then sub...

Will say, weve seen some really secret stuff, we cant tell you about it, but just trust us, this is really going to be the time that we are going to catch president trump with his hand in the cookie jar. >> tucker: thats lying, isnt it? >> well, one persons life is another mans just trying to get to the truth, is what they would always say. look, we are going to see more of it tomorrow. tomorrow we have the director of national intelligence, the acting director coming in tohi testify, 9:00 a.m.,...

Ukrainian president was illegal, so we wanted to get to the bottom of that, obviously. so last night we watched -- former u.s. attorney and we put that question to him. he said theres no evidence its illegal at all. that statement and some accompanying statements caused quite a firestorm and so weve asked joe to come back tonight for an update. thanks so much for coming on today. i want for our viewers who are not familiar with what exactly happened, to know, so heres a quick update. so yesterda...

On our air in our work home is repugnant. >> tucker: repugnant! not clear if that was you or me, but someone is repugnant and heres what finally -- last sound bite, heres how judge napolitano responded. >> a lot of legal authority and i join it on the other side and the other side basically says anything that helps the campaign, whether its cash, or emails, or smearing your opponent is a thing of value. >> and therefore requesting it is a crime. >> yes. >> tucker: im like maybe some day site hos...

Its embarrassing now given that the transcripts have come out, but i think you also make a good point that there are plenty ofra democrats, especially the radical left, and those of the ones who most dislike this president, who would be perfectly fine if this took joe biden out of the race and clear the field for a more progressive nominee. hes got the support of certain quarters of the party, but those are not the part of the party that has got most of the power and the attention at the moment....

Is likely to do the most damage to their moderate democrats because the flimsiness of these charges. >> tucker: yeah. i think thats exactly right. and by the way, i think impeachment really ought to be reserved for extreme violations of the law, because your short-circuiting democracy, but i would support impeachment of this or any other president if one of those violations came to light. i would. i think most people would, but this is so far from that, its so weird and theres nothing to it. so ...