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Happened one day after bob mueller testified and it became clear president trump was not going to get impeached. they need to stop him. theyre view. >> yes. adam schiff makes the case what the president viewed with mueller as an exoneration and said, no holds barred. pick up the phone and do it again. so thats one case of the deaths. the invocation of the mueller report is also interesting as even just democrats on this committee and larger democratic caucus have a decision to make. do you write...

Value in the form of investigations or announcement of investigations and he did so corruptly for personal gain, then that would constitute bribery under the meaning of the constitution. and it would not be lawless. it would be bribery under the law. >> so the supreme court case and mcdonald interpreting the statute would not be relevant? >> the constitution is the supreme law and the constitution specifies what bribery means. federal statutes cant defeat whats in the constitution. >> thank you....

Their invitation. so we will now proceed to questions under the five-minute rule. i yield myself five minutes for the purpose of questioning the witnesses. professor feldman, would you respond to professor turleys comments about bribery, especially about the relevance of the elements of criminal bribery? >> yes. bribery had a clear meaning to the framers. it was when the president using the power of his office solicited or receives something of personal value from someone affected by his officia...

>> we cant charge the president with obstruction of congress for refusing all subpoenas as long as he has any fanciful claims. >> i want to respectfully disagree. his refusal to comply with those subpoenas is an independent event. its apart from the courts. its a direct assault on the legitimacy of this inquiry which is crucial to the exercise of this power. >> professor karlan, ill give you a chance to respond. >> i wanted to respond to the first question about prescribe ri. although counsel fo...

>> as an academic i was pretty darn impressed. i just want to note one thing, which may explain part of our difference. the statutes today on bravery are written broadly just like they were back then. the meaning is subject to interpretation. theyre written broadly because they dont want them to be too narrow. that was the case in the 18th century as they are today. but the idea that bad practices could be the definition of bribery, really? is that what you get from the contusion constitutional ...

Argument to say well the constitution is law. upon that, we are in agreement. but the constitution refers to a crime to say well you cant trump the constitution pause it defines the crime. it references the crime. they comport with real bribery. to say that the supreme courts decision on what constitutes bribery is somehow irrelevant is rather odd. what the constitution contains is a reference to a crime and then we have to decide if that crime has been committed. >> i think one of the things th...

Process moved too fast, that we wish we could hear from our people as they very likely will say im going to vote no and let my constituents decide. >> weve heard a lot today andy mccabe, former director of the fbi. we heard a lot today about whether or not what president trump rises to the criminal statute of bribery. turley saying no way does it rise to that level. as a former law man, based on the evidence we have, not what we think happened or not what we suspect happened, but based on the ev...

We cannot charge the president with obstruction of congress for refusing subpoenas as long as he has any fanciful claim until the courts reject those fanciful claims? >> i have to respectfully disagree, his refusal to comply with the subpoenas is an independent event apart from the courts. it is a direct assault on the legitimacy of this inquiry, which is crucial to the exercise of this power. >> professor karlan, i will give you an answer to respond to the same question. >> i wanted to respond ...

Argument to say well, the constitution is law, upon that we are in agreement. but the refers to a crime to say well, you cannot trump the constitution because it defines a crime, it does not define the crime. it references the crime. the crime examples were given during the constitutional convention, but those do not comport with bad practices. they comport with real bribery. but to say that the supreme courts decision on what constitutes bribery is somehow irrelevant is rather odd. what the con...

Not bribery. obstruction must be based on proof and not assumptions. the question of the abuse of power, impeaching the president for the charges, it is your abuse of power. that break should go for some time. we will rejoin it when that happens. until then, this has been special coverage of the house judiciary committee impeachment hearing. please stay tuned to the fox news channel and the fox station for the continuing coverage on the story throughout the day and possibly into the evening hour...