We are going to start with Daniel Freeman and alan baron. First im going to have them tell a little bit about themselves. Us a little bit about yourself. What is your background with impeachment in the u. S. Congress . My background includes two and then a gap of a few years judgeat i did two more, a and another judge. ,here have been eight judges effective all the convictions of judges involved eight judges and ive had the honor of handling three of the eight eight i cannot do the first one because it was in 1803 before my time. And obviously ive been interested in impeachment ever since. Daniel i worked on the House Judiciary Committee after watergate. During watergate there was the position created to have a Committee Parliamentarian who knew the rules. I had that job under peter rodino and that he retired and his successor jack brooks kept me on. Landslide,re was a Seismic Shift in american political process. And the cans took over the house. The incoming chairman of the House Judi
Potentially drawing up articles of impeachment against the president. House democrats invited three positive note scholars to testify. A Harvard Law School professor, gerhardt,an, michael a professor at the university of North Carolina school of law, and stanford professor pamela karlan. Republicans invited jonathan tur ley, a professor of Public Interest law at George Washington university. The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. Mr. Chairman youre upsurping the right to object. Objection is noted. I receiver tzrbreserve the r object. Peropportunity to cause g, im furnishing you with a demand on minority hearings on this subject signed by all the republican the gentleman will suspend. Pursuant to cause 2 j 1 rule 11 im furnish you with a letter signed by all the republican members of the committee. I request you set this date before the Committee Votes on any articles of impeachment i withdraw my reservation. We will confer on this later. The quorum is present. This i
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The rules committee will come to order. The rules committee will come to order. Its unfortunate that we have to be here today. But the actions of the president of the United States make that necessary. President trump withheld congressionally approved aid to ukraine, a partner under siege. Not to fight corruption, but to extract a personal political favor. President trump refused to meet with ukraines president in the white house until he completed this scheme. All the while leaders in russia, the very nation holding a large part of ukraine hostage, the very nation that interfered with our elections in 2016 had yet another meeting in the Oval Office Just last week. These are not my opinions. These are uncontested facts. We listened to the hearings. We have read the transcripts. Its clear that this president acted in a bay that not only violates the public trust but jeopardized our National Security. He undermined our democracy. He acted in a way that rises to the level of impeachment.
Capitol with two men who know the subject very well. We will start with Daniel Freeman, first and could have them tell about themselves. Alan. Tell us little bit about yourself. What your background with impeachment. Guest my background with impeachment starts with the impeachment of chairman of the Judiciary Committee who hired me to do that. While i was doing that one another one came up of walter nixon. So i did those two and then there was a gap of quite a few years and then i did two more. Kent,porteous and judge there have been eight judges and in fact all the convictions of impeachments involve eight judges and have had the honor of handling three of the eight. Couldnt do the first one because i think it was in 1803. A little before my time. And ive been very interested in impeachment ever since then. And tell us about yourself whats your involvement with impeachment. Guest i worked a house Judiciary Committee for peter wrote dino after watergate. During watergate he created the