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Denies us our right to self govern. and then judge justice brett kavanaugh was so correct in seeing this at the supreme court, which as you know has taking campaign finance after case to talk about the first amendment. it is constitutional, and part of the election process. >> professor feldman, you were an impeachment skeptic at the time of the release of the mueller report, were you? >> i was. >> what has changed for you, sir? >> what changed was the revelation of the july 25th call and the ev...

>> is that obstruction of justice? >> it is quite serious, and that is not all, of course. we know as you have mentioned before, obstruction of justice as we recognize an impeachable offense in president clinton and president nixon. the evidence put forward by mr. mueller that is in the public record is very strong evidence of obstruction of justice. >> professor karlan, when you look at the department of justice russian investigation and how the president responded to that, and when you look at...

President could subvert or democracy and also by corrupting the election process. professor karlan, youre one of americas leading election law scholars. what role does impeachment play in protecting the integrity of elections especially in an enter nash name context in which vladimir putin and other tyrants are interfering to destabilize elections around the world? >> congress has enacted a series of laws to make sure that there isnt foreign influence in our elections and allowing the president ...

Of that task have been met. first, yes, the president has committed an impeachable offense. and the president asked the foreign governor to intervene in the elections and then got caught, then obstructed the investigators, twice. and witnesses told us all in no uncertain terms, this conduct constitutes high crimes and misdemeanors, including abuse of power. second, yes, the presidents alleged offenses with a direct effect to the constitutional order. professor karlan warned joining a government ...

Since then, countless other americans have fought and died to protect our right to vote. but the framers of our constitution realized that elections alone could not guarantee that the united states would remain a republic. one of the key reasons for including the impeachment power was a risk that unscrupulous officials might try to rig the election process. youve already heard two people give william davie his problems. hamilton got a whole musical and davey will just get this committee hearing....

Collectively, these are evidence of obstruction of justice. >> how serious is that evidence of obstruction of justice? >> it is quite serious. and thats not all of it, of course. and we know, as youve mentioned before and others have mentioned, obstruction of justice, as we recognize an impeachable offense both against president clinton and president nixon, this evidence thats been put forward by mr. mueller thats in the public record is very strong evidence of obstruction of justice. >> profess...

Impeachment while hes out of the country. we saw that same debate 21 years ago, the president of the united states was bombing iraq at the same time the house impeached him. the republicans delayed that vote by one day but refused to delay it by more. now we see democrats moving forward on impeachment, i think that that sort of dichotomy brings home, you know all thats at stake here, both domestically and internationally for this president and this country. >> peter, thank you, and adrian el rod...

Grounds for presidential impeachment. no other hearings have been scheduled at this point but more are expected in the coming weeks. once the hearings are finished the judiciary committee is expected to drop articles of impeachment. as politico is pointing out the most significant question facing the committee may be to limit the charges of, quote, abuse of power based on the ukraine probe or include, quote, obstruction of justice based on evidence supplied by special counsel bob mueller. democr...

For impeachment. let me be clear. all three parts of that test have been met. first, yes, the president has committed an impeachable offense. the president asked a foreign government to intervene in our elections, then got caught, then obstructed the investigators. twice. our witnesses told us in no uncertain terms that this conduct constitutes high crimes and misdemeanors including abuse of power. second, yes, the presidents alleged offenses represent a direct threat to the constitutional order...

Hoe d way to get him to his objective, if people to whom he listens, manage to convince him to do it that way. but i got to tell you, it is an uphill battle because dont forget were in an election process, a domestic election process, and first and foremost in the presidents mind and in the minds of people who he is closest to is his re-election. so i dont think that well get much progress on that score. >> colonel, as we approach the top of the hour and were seeing secretary of state mike pompe...