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>> which is to say you can call it gobbledygook, but process matters. thats why its important they begin the process with an impeachment vote which is whats taken place on the three previous impeachment queries. >> is that impeachable if a president tells a foreign government to interfere in our election, uses the power of his office to benefit him politically, is that impeachable or not? >> absolutely. in other words, is it wrong? yes. but the question of -- is it impeachable is, again, a polit...

Laid out by our founding fathers. and so i do think we ought to be incremental. are there troubling charges out there? yes. do they need to be investigated? yes. but to jump to conclusions and say he needs to be impeached, what hes done is treasonous is to say were not going to go through the process the founding fathers laid out. >> jake, you go through the process, but again, mark, with all due respect, the president of the united states, and this is not the first time hes done it, is telling ...

Intelligence community inspector general and that has firsthand accounts that back up the first whistleblower. your answer sounded like you were saying the impeachment process should go forward but you didnt say you would be ready to convict right now. i understand youre a believer in the process. do you think its irresponsible for senators to say right now that they would vote to convict in is that irresponsible? >> i think people will say different things. i personally as a former prosecutor l...

Regardless of that legal position, you argue theres a process to follow. why shouldnt the process include opening a vote on a formal impeachment inquiry? >> i dont think thats necessary. we know by the house rules the speaker can do that herself. to me, again, these are a bunch of the nuances of this. but what really matters to me is that people come forward and testify. you already have those attacks which are high level diplomats trying to push for investigation while foreign aid security is o...

Speaking out and challenging president trump for the republican presidential nomination. former congressman mark sanford and former congressman joe walsh. congressman sanford, let me start with you. the president called for both ukraine and china to investigate biden and he did that publicly and diplomats pushing the ukrainians to announce a probe for a white house meeting and a u.s. diplomat expressed concerns that military aid was withheld awaiting the announcement for an investigation into th...

Challenging president trump for the republican presidential nomination. mark sanford and joe walsh. congressman sonford, the president called for both ukraine and china to investigate biden. he did that publicly. we saw pushing the ukrainians to push a probe if they wanted a u.s. meeting. military aid was being held awaiting the announcement for an investigation into the bidens. you have said the impeachment inquiry is justified. would you vote to support such an inquiry if you were in the house...

On purpose. donald trump is a traitor. now, i know theres a lot of talk about treason. right? people on both sides, jake, have been irresponsible using that word, treason. im not accusing this president of treason. our founders were very specific as to what treason is. but when you look at traitor more broadly defined, this president betrayed our country again this week. its not the first time he did it. excuse me. i dont know that we should move forward incrementally. this president needs to be...

Position, you argue there is a process to follow here. why shouldnt the process include a vote on the house floor to open an impeachment inquiry. >> i dont think that is necessary. because we know about the house rules that the speaker can do that herself. to me, again, these are a bunch of the nuances of this but what really matters to me is that people come forward and testify. you already have those texts which are very damning with high-level diplomats trying to deal with the fact about the ...

Spoken to the inspector general and have firsthand accounts to black up the whistle-blower. but you are saying this should go forward and impeachable but not ready to convict right now. i understand your a believer in the process. do you think it is irresponsible for senators who will be jurors to say right now they would vote to convict? is that irresponsible? >> think people will say different things. as a former prosecutor i like to look at all of the eds because you might convict on a number...

Because if you dont come up with the 20 republican senators on the senate side, guess what. hes not impeached. and, therefore, you do set precedent going forward on, again, what he did and guess it must be okay. he got cleared by the senate. he wasnt impeached. >> washington d.c. gobbledygook. either the republican party stands up now and says we oppose this, we oppose collusion. we oppose foreign governments interfering in our election. either we stand up with one unifying voice with that right...