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But lets talk about the republican defenses. the one thing they havent talked about at all are the merits. you know, the first defense was i didnt do it. the second defense was mick mulvaney, so what if i did. and the third defense is that the hearings are rigged and a sham process and that its boring. but not a single defense has been offered on the merits of what the president asked for in that favor. so i think thats an indication of how weak that is. the president has a well earned reputatio...

Ifnc the best defense you have that it appears the president committed is boring, i dont think thats particularly p persuasive. the first offense was i didnt do. mick mulvaney, so what if i did. and the third is that theyre a sham process and that its boring.ha but not a single it defense has been i offered on the merits of what the president asked for in that favor. so i think thats an indication of how weak it is. i and the president, of of course, has a well had earned reputation for telling ...

>> the gentle women will suspend. >> what is the interruption this time? since the chairman has gafed out a all of my colleagues, im going to read for the record many of the chairmans comments in september of this importance of hearing from the whistleblower. >> the witness was able to answer questions, as you saw. the only people limited from asking questions were republican members because were muzzled by adam schiff. >> i mean the question we have is, is that true? >> well, they knew the rule...

During a joint press conference with the president of turkey, president erdogan. take a look. >> you are talking about the witch hunt. is that what you are talking about? i hear it is a joke. i havent watch for one minute because ive been with the president which is much more important, this is a sham. and it should not be allowed. it was a situation caused byit people that should not have allowed it to happen. i want to find out who is the whistle-blower. because the whistle-blower gave a lot o...

The press conference with the president of turkey, take a look. >> you are talking about, is that what you are talking about, i hear it is a joke. i havent watch for one minute because ive been with the president which is much more important, this is a sham. and it should not be allowed. it was a situation caused by people that should not have allowed it to happen. i want to find out who is the whistle-blower. because the whistle-blower gave out incorrect information including my call with the p...

Undertake for his political benefit. let me get your reaction to that. >> there is two things. its almost laughable. we talk about a sham process, we have been involved with a sham process that adam schiff has been directing for the last six weeks. thats why your viewers are just now getting to hear from these witnesses where we have heard behind closed doors. the second part of this is any adam schiff narrative that would suggest that this is not a partisan attack is just not based on the facts...

Joining me is josh dawsey and kim whaly, a former federal prosecutor. she served as an associate independent council in the white water investigations. thank you so much for being here. josh, you have this great reporting about mulvaneys move on friday to join this lawsuit thats been kind of lingering out there, asking a judge to decide who he should follow, white house guidance to not testify or a congressional subpoena. how surprised were folks about this move and why were they? >> well, john ...

Told aids to stonewall. do not testify, do not do anything, do not cooperate with what he considers to be a sham process. but mulvaney said, i dont want to be held in contempt by the house. i want to know what my legal rights are and joined this lawsuit. it was a move that surprised boltons team and surprised many in the white house. >> one of the words thats not often used, but definitely seems to apply here, flabbergasted, as you described it, folks were with this move. kim, so mulvaney is now...

Are you getting any sense of their strategy going into this week. >> i think the fact that we saw their witness list, they want to hear from the whistle-blower, they want to hear from hunter biden. and of course, kate, those are no witnesses that democrats are not going to allow to come forward. that gives republicans an opportunity to sort of decry the process further. we heard from lindsey graham. the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, who said, any hearing that doesnt include the whi...

Appeared to directly attack one of the potential witnesses, marie yovanovitch. he suggested on twitter, retweeting a transcript of hers from one of the house republicans on the committee but suggested that she was a liar. joe, thats different from what the president in the past has said about marie yovanovitch. he said she seems like a nice lady. hes basically tried to maintain that he didnt really know a lot of these people, whether its tim morrison, marie yovanovitch, gordon sondland, even tho...