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Best. and the argument that that really constitutes an impeachable offense becomes more of a process argument that doesnt go to the merits. notice also hear that you are so far away from talking about what i thought this was supposed to be about, which was efforts by the democrats to contend that this really was bribery. you dont hear bribery in either of those -- its extremely dangerous. read federalist 75. what hamilton says is that the judiciary is the empire between the executive and the leg...

>> reporter: this is a new tactic. across the white house, you see this from congressional republicans as well. theyre attacking the process. they feel as though, when you talk to white house allies, they feel as though theyre winning the process argument. you had the letter over the weekend from pat sip own knee. he had strong language from adam schiff. it sounded he went further calling adam schiff deranged. well have to go back and look at his list of schiff insults, to see if that advances i...

There are always strategies going in. what are you hearing now? >> we dont know publicly who the witnesses are. we know there is going to be about four mostly law professors laying out the constitutional and academic argument on the impeachment issue. thats really allowed the president, the white house and republicans to see that process. they pointed out a comparable hearing. they had 19 witnesses totaled and they had two and a half weeks advance to prepare for these meetings. the timeline is c...

The democrats perverting what is a constitutional process by sort of forcing it down the throat of the american people without giving due process to the sitting american president, without giving him the right to defend himself. the president wants to make that argument, too, but he still cant quite let go of the idea of wanting to defend himself on the substance as well. >> i think its easier for them to make that process argument when theyre on the outside. its easier to shout from the outside...

Table. so will -- would the democrats even entertain a list of potential candidates that the republicans might extend, you know, aside from the request for a white house counsel. >> well, republicans, if they submit a serious request for witnesses, then i think democrats would absolutely entertain that idea. but doug collins has also said that they want adam schiff, the chairman of the intelligence committee, to be their first witness, which democrats of course are not going to entertain that id...

In the next step of the process. theres going to be a big hearing on the 4th on wednesday, and youre going to see -- weve seen signs so far that yes, they may not fully participate in the process despite the complaints of being shut out of the process. and youve also seen congressional republicans also continuing to make that process argument. theyre saying, you know, during a similar hearing during the clinton process you got 19 witnesses, theres only going to be four. we need some equality in ...

Outside of the white house, it seems to me that they think that the actual process argument that theyre on. the idea that this is an entire sham, the impeachment hoax as they like to say. that theyre winning on the process argument. and you extrapolate from there. it seems as though theyd be disinclined to participate in any meaningful way in a house investigation unless its a fundamentally different kind of investigation. the kind of investigation that initially called for where they would be a...

Caldwell. and with me onset, josh letterman. well start with you, hans. does the white house plan to send a representative to this judiciary committee hearing? >> theyre reviewing nadlers letter. they need to make a decision on whether or not they want to focus on process or substance. theres a bit of a hint from the white house that they think the process argument is cutting in their favor. in that statement we have, grisham refers to it as a i illegitimate sham process. theyre looking at some ...

American is this letter comes at the end of an illegitimate, sham, partisan process." thats an indication to me, chris, that the white house thinks that theyre winning on the process argument, right? there have always been two tracks on this, the substance and the process. the white house has worked at pains to really try to question the process of all this. and when you look at the polling numbers, the fact that it hasnt moved all that much -- in some states, polls like in wisconsin, where the ...

Side he shouldnt be removed from office for it. >> youre seeing the strategy of the republican defense, phase one process argument, comblapla about the process which is always a loser because americans dont care about a process argument. they shifted to, two, oh, it wasnt first hand, its so far removed. >> hear say. >> third -- >> lindsey grahams new definition of whether hearsay evidence is admissible or not. that was fun for the senate judiciary chairman to hear him rewrite that. >> lasted for...