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Secondhand information. they didnt talk to donald trump directly, they didnt participate in the events or testify about it directly. and yet theyre holding up all the direct participants and not letting them testify. does it surprise you that the response of the house committee has not been to simply subpoena and order the direct participants to testify, or do you think its smarter to say their not testifying just becomes another article of impeachment? >> we have, of course, the presidents own ...

Participants to testify, or do you think its smarter to say they their not testifying just becomes another article of impeachment? >> we have, of course, the presidents own admission of wrongdoing. we have the telephone transcript in the presidents own words. we have the whistle-blower report that details the elaborate scheme. all of that has been corroborated by witnesses. were going to hear additional witnesses who have direct knowledge of conversations. lieutenant colonel vindman who listed i...

Political opponents. and, you know, the president admitted that on camera. he released a telephone transcript, a report of that that confirms it. and theres of course the whistle-blower report that details the scheme in its entirety. but we have subsequently heard from a number of witnesses now who have corroborated the essential parts of this scheme. so the whistle-blowers identity is really irrelevant. it was to point to the misconduct of the president. the presidents admitted it. the transcri...

Substance of the evidence, that is president attempting to interfere in a presidential election, holding out military assistance as leverage to try to get him to gin up a false investigation against one of his political opponents. and, you know, the president admitted that on camera. he released a telephone transcript, a report of that that confirms it. and theres of course the whistle-blower report that details the scheme in its entirety. but we have suksquently heard from a number of witnesses...

Light eva peron that we are going to conduct a formal impeachment. which they really are conducting not a formal impeachment but trying to pick their topics to focus on. she had to have known about the complaints because schiff knew about the complaint from a staffer by then. she had to know the h complaint. they thought they had the president of the united states with the secondhand cia operative democrat with connections to biden complaint. but then the president says you know what, im going t...

Declared, like eva pa -- p paro, they will conduct a formal impeachment inquiry. she had to have known about the complaint, schiff knew from his staffer by then. she had to know. they thought they had the president of united states with second-hand cia operative, democrat with connection to biden complaint, then the president said, you know what, im going release this thing. he released the telephone transcript. after conferring with president of ukraine. in and of itself what does that do to a ...

Declared, like eva pa -- p paro, they will conduct a formal impeachment inquiry. she had to have known about the complaint, schiff knew from his staffer by then. she had to know. they thought they had the president of united states with second-hand cia operative, democrat with connection to biden complaint, then the president said, you know what, im going release this thing. he released the telephone transcript. after conferring with president of ukraine. in and of itself what does that do to a ...

The president would suggest that we need to get our people together and i know well work it out, something along those lines. not anything of this specific transactional nature. >> larry, thank you very much for starting us off tonight. i really appreciate it. >> you bet. >> joining us is sean patrick maloney from new york, member of the house intelligence committee. he has read the whistle-blowers actual complaint earlier tonight, and will be questioning the acting director of national intellig...

How does it compare and how much does it add to what we see in the telephone transcript? >> well, im not going to get into the substance of the report obviously. it remains classified. so i want to be respectful and careful about that. what i can tell you is that theres going to be some very tough questions tomorrow about why it was withheld from the congress. >> and does the whistle-blowers report go beyond the phone call? does it have a scope wider than just this one phone call? >> well, again...

Verify or defeat that information. i would go after any american sit zblends that works hand in hand with a foreign administration to -- only a patriot would -- only a patriot would stand up for the united states, and theres a lot of people here right now i got to tell you, im wondering about their patriotism because they seem to want to corps this up as much and as quickly as possible zbroosh to get that warrant, you would have to have evidence. >> you have to have evidence, right? it you cant ...