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Beforehand. i say that because in keeping with what the president was saying earlier when he was really attacking adam schiff. he called him deranged. at the end of a one sided sham process, from grich m, chairman schiff and the democrats failed to produce any evidence of wrong doing by president trump. this report reflects nothing more than their frustrations. chairman schiffs report reads like the ramblings of a basement blogger straining to prove something when theres evidence of nothing. tha...

Multiple articles of impeachment focusing on abuse of power, obstruction of congress, potentially obstruction of justice as well. now the white house turned down an invitation to participate in wednesdays hearing saying they were not given enough time to provide witnesses and saying this is a sham process as theyve done so far. they can participate in future hearings. but they have until friday to respond to that. but already republicans are attacking this process. democrats believe there are fa...

To submit prospective witnesses that they would like the committee to take up if the white house chooses not to participate they lose all of those rights. theres also a political calculation and that is the white house perspective from the president on down has long been that this is a sham process in their words. why do you want to participate in something in a way as one republican told me earlier today that would legitimize it, particularly when you know if the house votes to impeach the pres...

To decide whether or not he or his attorneys are going to participate in the impeachment proceedings going to the judiciary committee and whether or not theyre going to participate as it goes further. if they choose not to, what message do you think that sends to the public? >> well, i think it reinforces how disingenuous president trump and his supporters have been because every criticism that theyve offered has been refuted. they were saying that they didnt have a chance to ask questions. they...

Weeks. >> but, chris, is it a messages problem or how you frame the message that the democrats are having because you have to deal with whether or not it is impeachable or whether it rises to the level of removal. but you also have that if he is not impeached or removed, have we established a precedent now that an american president can use aid to a foreign country to interfere with an american election? isnt that another question that i dont hear the democrats raising a lot, but isnt that somet...

Clinton. his white house counsel, charles rough, asked the question does keeping the president in office put at risk the liberties of the american people. and i would argue that a president who interferes with an upcoming election puts at risk the liberties of the american people, and thats where democrats ought to be. thats why this is fundamentally distinguishable from all the other investigations of donald trump. this is about subverting the political process. >> rena, do you feel the preside...

There is no factual defense for what hes done. theres no constitutional defense for what hes done. so, theyre just going to wave their arms and say that the process is flawed and stand back and not participate. not only of course will the president not likely participate, but he is preventing the key witnesses that he says could offer exculpatory information -- pompeo, bolton, mulvaney. if they can somehow exonerate this president, why on earth are they so timid and shy and frightened to come fo...

Zelizer also. and so we have these deadlines for the white house to get involved in the impeachment inquiry. to some extent it has been complaining that it hasnt been involved, but now the time is here. will the white house engage or is it as kristen says they may not be because it would now legitimize the process that they have said is unfair or incorrect? >> i think kristen is right. so far there is no indication that the president or his legal team will participate in these hearings. all alon...

Are two deadlines, one tomorrow deals with a hearing wednesday and the other is more sweeping. the president has some decisions to make. and will he send his lawyers, white house lawyers to attend the next impeachment hearings? will he request some of his own witnesses? this choice puts the president in a bit of a bind. because he has complained that hes been excluded and at the same time he derides impeachment as a sham process. >> the president spending the rest of this long holiday weekend in...

Conversation. thank you for that. joining me now, anne gearan, white house correspondent and john harwood, cnbc editor at large. welcome, guys. kelly did a great job setting it up, as the president seems to be between a rock and a hard place, because youve got chairman nadler, whos offering the president and his attorneys to appear, to call witnesses and the like. so that really refutes the argument that they have no say in house proceedings. how, john, do you think the white house reacts now? >...