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Whatwe that means, its to use e power of the office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring orfi injuring the national interest, or acts in ways that are grossly inconsistent with and undermine the separation of powers that is the foundation of our democratic system. Now, this question of whether the president engaged in abuse of power came up before when this congress considered the impeachment of president nixon. And president nixon famously said, if the president does it, it is ...

That wered gathered as part of the impeachment inquiry into president trumps actions. nothing more and nothing less. the three investigating committees ran a fair, professional and thorough investigation. wero followed the house rules f depositionss and public hearin, including the rule against agency counsel being present for depositions, and members and staff from both parties had equal time to ask questions and there were no substantive questions that weresu prevented from being asked and ans...

Mr. cline votes no. mr. armstrong votes no. mr. steube votes no. >> mr. chairman, how am i recorded? >> mr. bigs, you are not recorded. i said no. >> mr. biggs votes no. >> has every member voted who wishes to vote? the clerk will report. mr. chairman, there are 24 ayes and 14 nos. >> may i make a parliamentary inquiry. >> i will not recognize a parliamentary inquiry at this time. >> good morning, chairman nadler and members of the committee and staff. my name is steve castor, i serve with ther,...

Interview careerug staff who performed these security clearancepe reviews. but declined the witness initially to appear with agency counsel. the house and the white house were at an impasse, however, after a i little bit of time, w the republican staff with the help of mr. jordan, convinced the witness to appear with agency counsel for our own transcribed interview and the democrats came along. the subsequent interviews in the security clearance investigation were conducted with agency counsel. ...

Witnesses to a peer with agency lawyers or initiating contempt proceedings. sometimes the threat of a contempt proceeding gets you a different tsresult, sometimes t witnesses choose to appear when contempt is on the table. democrats even withdrew a subpoena to one witness who asked a federal court to resolve conflicting orders from congress and thein executive, either because the democrats did not want to waite for the court to rule, or they didnt like the presiding judge, judge leon. instead, d...

>> the gentleman yields back. thank anyou, both for your presentations. mr. burke, you are now excused. >> mr. chairman, i have a parliamentary inquiry. >> the gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry. >> pursuant to house b of the house torules, the chairman is allowed to administer an oath, notr mandated to. but it has been the practice of this committee to administer oaths to witnesses. im wondering why we have not administered the oathwe in this situation. >> im going to administer the...

Their own who is going to be their next president. this record also does not support a conclusion that president trump obstructed congress during the impeachment inquiry. for many of theenru procedural defects i touched on earlier. additionally as a factual matter, the only direct testimony theth investigation h obtained about the presidents reaction tohe the inquiry, is fm ambassador sondland, who testified president trump told him to cooperate and tell the truth. president trump has also decla...