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Voted to impeach the president. and those members have only grown since then, to the point where the majority is now pushing forward with a final vote on impeachment, heedless of where it takes the country and regardless of whether or not theyve proven their case. and if my colleagues and the majority believe they have proven their case, let me be clear, they have not. the entire premise of these articles of impeachment rests on a pause placed on ukrainian security assistance. a pause of 55 days...

Senate democrats want to see come forward in what he is describing as a fair trial, would be the white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, his senior adviser, robert blare, john bolton and michael duffey, a associate director for security programs at the national security council. duffey is one of the officials who signed off on several of the documents on that aid freeze of $400 million in security aid to ukraine. this is the opening offer were hearing from chuck schumer. schumer and mitch mcc...

The white house have started coalescing around this notion of a shorter trial that would have no witnesses. but just as that is happening, weve now heard from the senate minority leader, the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer, and he is making his pitch for what he would like to see in a senate trial. and it involves witnesses. it involves subpoenaing documents. four key witnesses that senate democrats want senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the republicans to agree to bring forwa...

Happening, were hearing from the top democrat in the senate, the senate minority leader, chuck schumer, and he is making his own pitch for how a senate trial would go forward. he would like to see witnesses come forward. he would like to see documents be subpoenaed. the four witnesses he says senate democrats want to see come forward in what he is describing as a fair trial, would be the white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, his senior adviser, robert blare, john bolton and michael duffy, a...

See in a senate trial. and it involves witnesses. it involves subpoenaing documents. four key witnesses that senate democrats want senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the republicans to agree to bring forward and subpoena in a senate trial. they are the white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, his senior adviser robert blair, the former national security adviser john bolton, as well as michael duffy, who is the associate director for national security programs. hes one of those officials...

House have been coalescing around this notion of a short impeachment trial and would have no witnesses coming forward. as that conversation is happening, were hearing from the top democrat in the senate, the senate minority leader, chuck schumer, and he is making his own pitch for how a senate trial would go forward. he would like to see witnesses come forward. he would like to see documents be subpoenaed. the four witnesses he says senate democrats want to see come forward in what he is describ...

Arguing the president pressured ukraine to investigate his political rival by withholding a who you say meeting and u.s. security aid. >> mr. chairman, there are 23 ayes and 17 nos. >> the article is agreed to. the question now is on article two of the resolution, impeaching president donald j. trump for obstructing congress. >> it approved the second article for obstructioning the investigation. >> there are 23 ayes and 17 nos. >> the article is agreed to. >> the final vote, exposing partisan t...

History to be formally impeached by the house of representatives. that is not a stain on his legacy that he is relishing at all. at the same time, chris, were also learning from the office of management and budget their latest official explanation for why in fact that security aid, that nearly $400 million in security aid to ukraine was indeed frozen. let me read you a portion from this legal memo that we obtained. >> please. >> from the general counsel for the office of management and budget. h...

Mcconnell really trying to move swiftly here then ultimately acquit the president. >> jeremy, theres news tonight from the office of management and budget. what do you know? >> yeah, well, the office of management and budgets top attorney, the general counsel, mark poletta, has written a legal memo to the government accountability office essentially defending once again this decision over the summer to freeze that security aid, nearly $400 million of security aid to ukraine, saying that this was...

Exact political points out of his opponents. bringing forward hunter biden, the whistleblower. and using this trial in the senate as an opportunity to turn the tables on democrats and ignore the alligations hes facing and instead focuses on conspiracy theories and other issues the president has wanted to focus on. now were told hes acknowledging the reality that sebt republicans dont want this long show trial. hes beginning to accept the the notion this will likely be something much shorter with...