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Yob that i dont know that i can speak for all of miel co -- my colleagues but thats how i feel. >> youre the one i wanted to talk to. i appreciate this. i hope its part of a continuing conversation. >> thank you for having me. >> thats a good window into the challenge for the democrats. how do they keep the temptation to go after the president and balance against the constitutional duty of oversight? well watch. biden 2020 is something that the right and left are both bracing for. some are relis...

That as a reasonable justification at this point. why to you is it such an easy leap? >> i dont think its an easy leap. its completely the reason that we have to keep following this. we have to keep finding the evidence and making sure that we are doing our due diligence. its our constitutional responsibility. impeachment is a political thing as much as it is anything else, unfortunately. so we have to recognize that reality and its our job to do the investigations and present the evidence and i...

California representative katie hill is one of the democrats leading the push on oversight. big news. paul manafort, 47 months. some people thought he was going to spend life in jail. this isnt even four years. your thoughts? >> i do think its short. i think that its -- this is the judicial process. we can only do what we can do. theres a lot that comes clear after this. all of these charges were in relation to what he was doing with a russian backed ukrainian president and ukrainian government ...

Independently have merit. they were worthy of prosecution on their own separate and apart from the political context his real problem he was never charged with. you understand this very well but collusion is a behavior, not a crime, unless were talking about securities law. youd have to have a furtherance of it, actually coordination that points to a conspiracy. >> the judge was trying to signal that early on in the proceedings when he said look, i think more than anything else to say everybody ...

Since i was independent counsel. along is that if what youre talking about is using prosecution as an alternative tool toward politics. >> this is congressional oversight. >> thats fine but i think they need to be more candid about what their intentions are. oversight is one thing. if really what theyre talking about here is they dont want -- the leadership doesnt want to signal what their intentions are but this is about impeachment, thats a problem. >> you knew he was lying to you about things...

I hope its part of a continuing conversation. >> thank you for having me. >> thats a good window into the challenge for the democrats. how do they keep the temptation to go after the president and balance against the constitutional duty of oversight? its not going to be easy and well watch. biden 2020 is something that the right and left are both bracing for. some are relishing on both sides. how hell fit and what apparently is a changing democrat party. who better to ask than the ax? david axel...

What he doesnt do, he doesnt do. stop with this oversight. its harassment. i say no. manafort is an example of what you mean. he met with him and he gave him polling data from that campaign. i would argue that behavior is solution. im not saying its a crime. i dont think it is but if youre looking for members of the campaign that reached out to the wrong people and did things that robert ray would have never done, there you go. >> sure. >> but thats troublesome. it warrants investigation and ove...

Evidence and making sure that we are doing our due diligence. its our constitutional responsibility. does that mean well impeach? impeachment is a political thing as much as it is anything else, unfortunately. so we have to recognize that reality and its our job to do the investigations and present the evidence and if it is political its going to have to be both parties that get on board. >> true. >> the only way that happens is if the pressure comes from the american people. thats why the job w...

Prosecution as an alternative tool toward politics. >> this is congressional oversight. >> thats fine but i think they need to be more candid about what their intentions are. oversight is one thing. if really what theyre talking about here is they dont want -- the leadership doesnt want to signal what their intentions are but this is about impeachment, thats a problem. >> you knew he was lying to you about things. why, you dont know but you know he lied about when he was negotiating a deal. he l...

When mueller is done. no more. what he doesnt do, he doesnt do. stop with this oversight. its harassment. i say no. manafort is an example of what you mean. he met with him and he gave him polling data from that campaign. i would argue that behavior is collusion. im not saying its a crime. i dont think it is but if youre looking for members of the campaign that reached out to the wrong people and did things that robert ray would have never done, there you go. >> sure. >> but thats troublesome. i...