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And taken it to where it belongs, which is obstruction of justice. as he indicated in his twitter feed, very real logic and depth that you dont have to have a criminal offense to meet the threshold for high crimes and misdemeanors. its very, very powerful. >> very interesting response from house speaker nancy pelosi tonight when i asked about this. justin amash is now out past her, right? he is officially on the record that the president has committed impeachable offenses. this is what she says ...

Political. [ talking at the same time ] >> there are a few others as well. nancy pelosi could easily marginalize those coming on board with less experience or maybe those like representative al green whos been calling for impeachment since january 20, 2017. its hard to do that with congress people who have waited in the cut. what you hear cicilline drum beating now, im looking at the same evidence youre looking at. im not overreacting but im saying we have a threshold. which means she has to def...

Pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment. muellers report satisfies all the elements of obstruction of justice and any person who is not the president of the united states would be indicted based on such evidence. impeachment which is a special form of indictment does not even require probable cause that a crime obstruction of justice, has been committed. it simply requires a finding that an official has engaged in careless abusive corrupt or otherwise dishonorable conduct. wh...

Now, that comes as call for impeachment has officially gone bipartisan over the weekend. congressman justin amash of michigan became the first republican to join in after completing his own review of the mueller report. he explained his thinking in a long twitter thread over the weekend and it is worth taking the time to read through that whole thing. amashs principal conclusions were that one, attorney general barr has deliberately misrepresented the report. two, president trump has engaged in ...

Pelosi has done of a broad reference to participate tim. >> doesnt it put more pressure on that you a conservative republican says the threshold for impeachment has been met? >> no. >> no? >> no. >> why? >> this isnt about politics. it is not about passion. it is not about prejudice. it is not about politics. it is about patriotism. >> it is about patriotism. but the problem with that talking point would seem to be that those arguing the president violated the constitution and should not get awa...

Our coverage on cnn continues right now. happening now, breaking news. siding with congress. a federal judge tells president trumps longtime accounting firm it will need to turn over his records from before his presidency to the house oversight committee. the silence of mcgahn. the white house steps in to prevent former counsel don mcgahn from testifying to a house panel, arguing that he has immunity. does that mean mcgahns chair will be empty at tomorrows judiciary committee hearing? will h...

Redacted mueller report and that the president had met the threshold for impeachment when it comes to obstruction of justice charges. special counsel robert mueller did not reach a conclusion of course on obstruction but attorney general william barr says he does not think prosecutors could prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. jim lauer announced this morning that hes running for amashs seat. hes calling himself a pro up the candidate and decided to make the announcement earlier than planned beca...

Get your questions answered by awesome experts store. its a now theres one store that connects your life like never before store. the xfinity store is here. and its simple, easy, awesome. all right. top of the hour. good morning, everyone. im poppy harlow in new york. >> im jim sciutto here in washington where gop congressman justen amash remains a party of one. so far, none of his republican lawmakers has joined him in declaring that president trump, and im quoting here, engaged in specific a...

A legally contested situation like this is wait until a court can resolve it. i dont think this is going to go the presidents way. one reason is theyve waived it. theyve given it away. mcgahn has already talked to mueller. you can go to barnes & noble and buy the report. how can it be privilege? i think theres other infirmities with the argument as well. >> all right. thank you so much. now to michigan congressman justin amash who is going where none of his fellow capitol hill republicans have...

President trump behaved that meet the threshold for impeachment. our a-team is back. david, i guess it is the first crack in the gop wall. do you think there will be move? >> a move of someone about to switch parties. justin amash must have decided that running as a democrat will be easier than running as a republican. he already has now an opponent who will challenge him in the republican primary. not surprising. this has been in the works for sometime now. but a comment like that he is not sta...