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We dont know how they were using this money is not factually true. you heard mcclk chin tok saying he had the -- mcclintock saying that he had the prosecutor fired. yet those talking points are respited despite the fact theyre not based on fact. >> its an important moment. i want to get your sense of the history of what were about to see. you see the members showing up, the staff, theyre showing up. the witnesses will be there. theyll be sworn in as well. its a moment that doesnt happen very oft...

One of the witnesses who appeared in the live hearing because i would not speak about these things without reviewing the facts, so im insulted by the suggestion that as a law professor i dont care about those facts. but everything i read on those occasions tells me that when president trump invited, indeed, demanded, foreign involvement in our upcoming election, he struck at the very heart of what makes this a republic to which which pledge allegiance. >> that demand as professor feldman just ex...

For the opportunity to appear. my name is noah feldman, i serve as the -- >> the witness will proceed. >> i serve as the felix frankforter professor of law at the harvard law school. >> i seek recognition. >> my job is to study -- >> the gentleman will suspend, the time is the witnesses. >> the privilege motion needs to be recognized. >> you can call it not a privilege. >> in between the witnesses, it may be recognized, not once i recognize the witness. the witness will proceed. well entertain t...

Testimony. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee, thank you so much for the opportunity to testify. twice i have had the privilege of representing this committee and its leadership in voting rights cases before the supreme court. once when it was under the leadership of the chairman sensenbrenner and its good to see you again, sir, and with mr. shabba as one of my other clients and once under the leader scholarship of chairman conyers. it was a great honor for me to represent this committ...

The other forms of abuse of office, abuse of office to effect elections and abuse of office to compromise national security were further forms that were familiar to the framers. now, how does this language of high crimes and misdemeanors apply to president trumps alleged conduct? let me be clear. the constitution gives the house of representatives, that is, the members of this committee and the other members of the house, quote, sole power of impeachment. its not my responsibility or my job to d...

Misdemeanors captured the other ways in which a high official might as justice joseph story explained disregard public interests in the discharge of the duties of political office. based on the evidentiary record before you, what has happened in the case today is something i do not think we have ever seen before, a president who has doubled down on violating his oath to faithfully execute the laws and to protect and defend the constitution. the evidence reveals a president who used the powers of...

We are empowered to recommend the impeachment to the house f. we find he has committed treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. our witness panel will help us to guide that conversation. in a few day, we will reconvene and hear from the committees that worked to uncover the facts before us. and when we apply the constitution to those facts, if it is true president trump has committed an impeachable offense or multiple impeachable offense, then we must move swiftly to do our duty a...

Government. he said they would influence what we thought. the very idea that a president might seek the aid of a foreign government in his re-election campaign would have harified them. based on the evidentially record, that is what president trump has done. the list of impeachable offenses that the framers included in the constitution shows that the essence of an impeachable offense is a presidents decision to sacrifice the national interests for his own private ends. treason, the first thing l...

Americans have fought and died to protect our right to vote. but the framers of our constitution realize that elections alone could not guarantee that the united states would remain republic. one of the key reasons for including the impeachment power was a risk that unskrup lus officials might try to rig the election process. youve already heard two people give william davie his props. you know, hamilton got a whole musical and william davie will get this committee hearing. he warned unless the ...

Ultimately released the funds that ukraine so desperately needed. it matters that he enlisted a foreperson government to intervene in our elections in the first place. it does not matter that president trump felt that these investigations were unfair to him. it matters that he used his office not merely to defend himself but to obstruct investigators at every turn. we are all aware that the next election is looming. but we cannot wait for the election to address the present crisis. the integrity...