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To do. the first amendment took out the first article which was an abuse of power article because it was so unwarranted and wide and varied that you could charge any president with abuse of power. its not in the constitution. so weve been very specific about our approaches. >> listening to you watching whats going on, youve got 3-4 more fights to get in the middle of. ive got to send you back inside to thank you for bringing us to the historic hearing spread thats it for us to think that i want ...

To put service over self, to put the country over his personal interests. i note for my colleagues all four of the constitutional scholars who testified including the republicans own witness have confirmed that abuse of power is an impeachable offense. president trumps own actions in fact exemplify the framers fears and the very reason that abuse of power is high crime. worse than president nixon president trump pressured a foreign government to aid in his corrupt scheme. thats the abuse of powe...

The issue for any president is do we welcome a president getting a foreign power to intervene in our election so that it takes away from us the right to vote, the center piece of our freedom. i hope that is not going to be all right. >> thats where the abuse of power article that you advise them on does echo aspects of the nixon one which is when do you deny when the president can get away with these things. i appreciate you making time for us tonight. coming up, we have a serious fact check o...

Impeachment. thats the subject of the abuse of power article of impeachment, which is the conditioning of the aid and of the white house meeting for the political investigations. and i think the comments made in her remarks by congressman sheila jackson lee not so long ago are really right on, which is the strategy, the republican strategy, has been, as jeffrey said, to distract. its been distractions about the bidens, its been distractions about conspiracy theories about ukraines involvement in...

This is a rescuckoning for us aa moment we should be standing for the patriots. as dark as this moment is, i am very proud to stand with the patriots here on this committee, and i will continue to stand with the patriots who defend this country. i yield back. >> the gentlelady yields back. >> for what purposes does mr. cline seek recognition? >> move to strike the last word. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we already talked today about the lack of evidence and support...

America understands is the strange connection to russia. our national security is at risk when the president holds up funds to a democracy desperately in need because whos to benefit? our foe, putin. americans get that that is is not the right way for a president to behave. >> i have the articles right here and, i mean, theyre very short. right? theyre very thin. tell me why it was the right move to keep these articles so narrow because republicans attack what they see as the vagueness of the ab...

And then you are off to the races. >> right, exactly. its so, again, open-ended. and i agree with what bob just said, you can pour anything into that vessel, whatever suits you. whatever brew you want, you pour it into, thats very, very dangerous. and so, the three presidential impeachments previously, there has, in fact, been issues of a clear and flat-out violation of law, including crimes. now, abuse of power. abuse of power, i think, has been motivated by these democrats looking back to the ...

This is a moment when we should be standing with the patriots. i am very proud, as dark as this moment is, i am very proud to stand with the patriots here on this committee and i will continue to stand with the patriots who defend this country, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> the gentle lady yields back -- sorry, what purpose does mr. clancy seek recognition? >> moved to strike the last word. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman. weve already talked today about the lack of ev...

>> right, exactly. its so, again, open-ended. and i agree with what bob just said, you can pour anything into that vessel, whatever suits you. whatever brew you want, you pour it into, thats very, very dangerous. and so, the three presidential impeachments previously, there has, in fact, been issues of a clear and flat-out violation of law, including crimes. now, abuse of power. abuse of power, i think, has been motivated by these democrats looking back to the prior impeachments, and seeing the ...

Himself. this is a reckoning for us, and this is a moment when we should be standing with the patriots. i am very proud, as dark as this moment is, i am very proud to stand with the patriots here on this committee. and i will continue to stand with the patriots who defend this country. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> gentle lady yields back. what purpose does -- oh, sorry. what purpose does mr. cline seek recognition? >> move to strike last word. >> gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chai...