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Right? that was the senate trial and, by the way, you had republicans, mitch mcconnell among them, who said if we dont vote to remove here, there is another legal avenue to this, so isnt this the legal avenue? right? to -- if presidents can be prosecuted for breaking the law, isnt this the path? >> to be clear, presidents can be prosecuted for breaking the law. there is justice department guidance is very clear on this. so, jim, look, there is a number of processes for holding someone accountabl...

>> i think that would be very, very powerful evidence because we have been hearing reports of how trump wanted to pressure him, but to hear it directly from him, the person, the vice president of the united states being told by the president what was to be done, which was inappropriate, that would be very powerful. and i do think he should be subpoenaed. i think we have to be careful of adjusting this new situation were in where there has been so much blatant fraud, so much blatant efforts to un...

Inviting it again in the future. and to be a strong self-sustaining, self respecting democracy, we cannot allow people to decide that theyre above the law, that theyre more important than our constitutional processes. >> we cannot allow people to decide they are above the law. >> joining me now is olivia troye, former top aide to then vice president, mike pence, hes now a chief strategist for the renewed american movement. olivia, thanks for coming back on the show you of course work for my pant...

Respecting democracy, we cannot allow people to decide that theyre above the law, that theyre more important than our constitutional processes. >> we cannot allow people to decide they are above the law. >> joining me now is olivia troye, former top aide to then vice president, mike pence, shes now a chief strategist for the renewed american movement. olivia, thanks for coming back on the show you of course work for mike pence, you are sitting in the hearing room. could you were sitting in the h...

In real time. within 48 hours, if not youre stuck with the ticket. i find myself hopping between flights finding one that isnt canceled. seats are dropping. seats are coming. then that flight cancels. its a mess. the airlines are trying to determine which pilots need to be where. there are restrictions how long they fly versus how long they can rest. when you talked to captain casey murphy, a pilot himself, president of southwest airlines, you did a great talk but unclear in his description how ...

Here in mexico what might happen. so, yes, my colleagues and i are talking. i know everybody is watching very closely as to what occurs here, but i will say this is exactly why we built so many checks and balances into our process. here in new mexico weve identified a vulnerability. ill be working with my colleagues to make sure their processes in their state are completely shored up so it doesnt fall on lets say one individual who participated in the january 6th insurrection to completely overt...

Might happen, again, in november of this year or of 2024. so, yes, my colleagues and i are talking. i know everybody is watching very closely as to what occurs here. but i will say this is exactly why we build so many checks and balances into our election process. i think here in new mexico, however, weve identified the vulnerability. so, ill be working with my colleagues to make sure that their processes in their states are completely shored up so that it doesnt fall on, lets just save one indi...

Fighting for ukraine? its a delicate situation. and thats why americans should not be going to ukraine to fight for them. >> several other headlines coming out of the war in ukraine today including another move to bring ukraine closer to the west. the european commission repding ukraine receive candidate status to join the eu. now, this may not mean additional military commitments, but what does it mean for russia? >> well, it certainly is an information victory for ukraine. because what is goin...

>> i dont think it is ridiculous. we are making that referral to the attorney general, this commission has taken a number of unlawful actions over the course of the last couple we. they took a vote which is ultimately symbolic, but to ban the state certified voting systems in their county, they took a vote to remove certified monitor container to receive absentee ballots, mail-in ballots which is also counter to state law. they order were attempting to order a hand recount of the results and non...

Primary. they are ordered to certify the results. the deadline is there friday. are you confident the votes will get certified? >> well, i mean, lets be lo honest, were in unchartered territory. we never had a situation like this happen. our county commission act as our board of canvas to just review and approve the canvas report, make sure the results are accurate if theres any questions to ask those and they have a very narrow set of processes they can follow but they havent. you know, again, ...