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But second and politically, theres no support from the republicans for a censure. they have totally circled the wagons for the president. what he did is perfect as far as the president is concerned to my republican colleagues. so you would not get a single republican vote. second, you dont have democratic support. and the reason you dont have democratic support is on this question of what the president did in ukraine, essentially using his authority as president to get ukraine involved in the 20...

About -- among moderate democrats about other options. still this option of censure instead of impeachment. doesnt look like thats going anywhere. some moderate democrats discussing the idea of voting up on the abuse of power article, down on the obstruction of congress article. just as a way to say to voters in their districts, you know, i looked at this in a measured way. i wasnt fully on board. where do we think this ultimately is going to end next week in the house? is it going to be an over...

What they are impeaching him for is that these actions that he took in the ukraine scandal are part of a broader pattern. literally thats the word they use at the end of both of these articles. at the end of the first article of impeachment, the abuse of power article, heres how that article ends. quote, these actions were consistent with president trumps previous invitations of foreign interference in u.s. elections. in all of this, president trump abused the powers of the presidency by ignorin...

Articles, the conduct absolutely impeachable. it sounds like you are certainly leaning in one direction. is that fair to say? >> my assumption is that the abuse of power article, which again i have not read in full, summarizes the activities i just described. and if it does, i just think that there ultimately has to be a firm line drawn in the sand by the american people and by the united states congress if, in fact, that is the substance of the article that theyre sending to the senate. >> quic...

Congressman, chairman nadler seemed to allude to the russia investigation findings saying trumps ukraine dealings, nadler said, were consistent with his behavior in the 2016 election. should we expect in this abuse of power article of impeachment, should we expect to be more links in there, to your committees own work, own investigation of the russia question? >> theres language that is continuing conduct from the previous elections. russia if youre listening. there was collusion. he welcomed wh...

Threat to national security and the constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self governance and the rule of law. democrats made a careful political calculation, charlie. do they believe keeping the articles narrowly focused will protect, for example, moderate lawmakers in purple districts? whats your take on the bigger decision how they move forward here? >> so i would say there are two take aways on the article of impeachment you mentione...

Constitutional law icon larry tribe, who is making the case. andma we know that he was advisg democrats on saturday, nicolle, that not only was the president trying to smear the bidens. but because he was trying to essentially unsmear putin by blaming ukraine for all of the election meddling. that, that in and of itself, could be a nod to obstruction in a broader abuse of power article. so tribe was giving them options for how to fold, essentially, obstruction into that broader article. because ...

I want to bring back scott wong with "the hill." we want to talk more about this with just how this is all going to be laid out. kelly mentioned the meat and substance here of the articles of impeachment, democrats would like to introduce them as early as next week. what do you think the scope might be and how many might be drafted? >> well, that is being discussed as we speak. and in fact house democrats on the judiciary panel have been instructed by the chairman to stay and work through the we...

Impeachment might look alike. sources ive talked to say that there is at least going to be likely an abuse of power article, theres going to be an accusation of obstruction of justice because the white house has blocked witnesses as well as documents from being turned over to the white house --s to congress, rather. the other thing, though, is this idea of whether or not mueller is going to be included in all this. now, the white house is claiming and jonathan turley the gop witness yesterday sa...

They say it was the intelligence community inspector general who said this was urgent. thats whyy were moving fast. but pelosi went back to the idea that it was this 2 1/2 year investigation thats the timeline here, not the ig report or theg whistle-blower as the start ofhe this. that says to me theres at least some element of the mueller report, something theyre considering as theyre moving for wort and i think thats important to watch. whether this goes beyond an abuse of power article, obstru...