friday night. what is in a name? take a listen. there s no difference between what you re doing now and impeachment inquiry, correct? in effect. this is an impeachment investigation. we re crossing a threshold. absolutely. okay. democrats on the house judiciary committee have officially opened an impeachment inquiry. what s going on is that i think too much has been made of the phrase impeachment inquiry. you can define it as you please. undoubtedly, we are collecting overwhelming evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors committed by the president of the united states. hence the romeo and juliet illusions here. however, there is nothing poetic about the play being made here. however, just like romeo and juliet, no matter how much you wish otherwise, what you call something matters.
giving congress additional powers may give congress additional leverage, thus speeding up several cases. for example, this white house is denying access to grand jury material arguing that congress doesn t have a legitimate legislative purpose for requesting it. that s why they said what they said in court today, because an impeachment inquiry gives them more of a look of a judicial proceeding. so a court can allow them to be disclosed if it s in connection with the judicial proceeding. you get what i m saying? an impeachment inquiry looks more like that than just regular oversight. they re trying to make it not look like a run-of-the-mill congressional situation. saying the words impeachment inquiry could open the door to other information the democrats desperately want. like what? don mcgahn testimony, tax returns. it seems to be about avoiding a vote on the floor to start inquiry. republicans would likely be against it whipping democrats to get to a yes may not be a slam dunk. and
don mcgahn testimony. president tax returns. it seems to be about avoiding a vote on the floor to start inquiry. republicans would likely be against it whipping democrats to get to a yes may not be a slam dunk and also a hedge against the real risk the majority of the countr might take impeachment move as proof democrats are no better than the bully they see in the white house. to stick with willy here, the voters may say a plague on both your houses. bottom line. if the democrats want to play to advantage, be transparent. be sophisticated. be straightforward. there s already too much confusion about what is real and what s fake. democrats want to show they are fulfilling their oath. that oath is to hold power to account. in part. they also want to avoid a winding up like the stark cross lovers. they both die as a result of the actions. they re right to see the risk of
you re not so supposed to nvt to figure out whether or not you have enough to investigate. then today in court papers it says you are under consideration in the judiciary committee of articles of impeachment. when did this happen? well, there have been no normal articles drafted for consideration of the judiciary committee i think at the moment but i think the committee is effectively ginning such an inquiry. what does that mean effectively beginning such an inquiry? it seems like a hedge, like playing cutesy. that s why i m asking. no, i think it s not cutesy, though there may have been a little confusion at the press conference about it. in order to get access to the grand jury testimony that they ve requested, they have a much stronger case if this is part of congress s impeachment responsibilities. beyond that, this commit on its own initiate an impeachment inquiry.
all of the work the democrats have been doing is playing defense to donald trump s litigation challenges, and we will not prevail on this by just taking the defense. i believe in chairman nadler and what he s doing and i think he s begun an investigation that could lead to impeachment, it may not lead to impeachment. it is an appropriate inquiry. you keep talking straight to the american people about it. when up had your reservations, said what they were. when you had convictions, you said what they were. i believe that s what the people are going to expect here. to the extent there s a hesitation, what you see in the polls is they don t want more sneaky stuff going on. so straight talk is the currency. i couldn t agree with you more. and, chris, i think we also have a responsibility to lead with that straight talk. to just hold our finger up to the wind to see what the polls show doesn t take care of it. we have a responsibility under the constitution to go out and