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>> do president trumps demands on ukraine also establish the high crime of bribery? >> yes, they do. >> can you explain why, please? >> sure. so the high crime or misdemeanor bribery, i think its important to distinguish that from whatever the u.s. code calls bribery today. the reason for this in part is because in 1789 when the framers were writing the constitution, there was no federal criminal code. the first bribery statutes that the united states congress passed would not have reached a pre...

Happens in washington that doesnt have some political motivation. thats why you see all of this testimony, it is not expert witnesses saying here is the section of the us code that was violated. it is a lot of unelected officials telling us how they feel about what happened. >> sandra: breaking news, jennifer williams is the mike pence aide appearing on capitol hill this morning. were now getting word from our own capitol hill reporter chad per gram that they ultimately did issue a subpoena. the...

Dismiss the indictment or judges exclude evidence or in extreme cases a conviction can be overturned. and so youre exactly right about that. chuck rosenberg and i had this conversation earlier tonight. and the cousin of perjury that we came up with was 18 u.s. code, 1001, false statements or a leak to do with this investigation. its very difficult to contemplate what the federal crime that investigators would be looking at so hard could possibly be. >> ellen farkas, next week tim morrison testif...

Prosecution, and defendants have the opportunity to move to dismiss the indictment or judges exclude evidence or in extreme cases a conviction can be overturned. and so youre exactly right about that. chuck rosenberg and i had this conversation earlier tonight. and the cousin of perjury that we came up with was 18 u.s. code, 10001, false statements o a leak to do with this investigation. its very difficult to contemplate what the federal crime that investigators would be looking at so hard could...

Withholding this aid. i think hes going to be forthcoming. he is the current acting ambassador to ukraine and can really help to shed light on whether this policy toward ukraine has been driven by american national interests or whether the president has hijacked it for his own re-election in 2020 and outsourced it to rudy giuliani. >> let me ask you about the whistle-blower that brought this to the taepgs of the worattenti. the president asked if there was even a whistle-blower, pointing to adam...

Fathers intended in the texts of the constitution. >> i always pointed to hamiltons words. at its core, impeachment is reserved for a president or a government official who abuses the public trust and who violates their oath of office and you know we get distracted steph, by trying to fit around pegged into a square hall because we open up a current u.s. code which has thousands of laws and we try to cram the presidents kconduct precisely into the elements of some crime thats articulated in the ...

There are no controls. plus, we have heard all week long in relation to ukraine, senior members of the administration, including hand-picked people by donald trump, say i didnt feel comfortable, but the president told me -- >> -- to do it. >> so, what is happening here with mick mulvaney? because he was also part of that story. >> and quickly just to stay with you for a moment. our friend ellie had a great piece on abovethelaw.com, where he talks about the fact that its more than just the emolum...

Becomes everything. and you know, the priestifrustr about the u.s. code, what is a purpose, and they reference you to improper purpose, that doesnt make much more sense, but here is why, if the president had a legitimate reason to ask for an investigation by ukraine, it is a proper purpose. >> let me follow-up quickly about that point. you are saying it is okay for the president to conduct foreign affairs as part of the defense strategy but it is hard to know this, would he have called for this ...

Criminally speaking? >> first, the statute im referring to, title 18 of the u.s. code, actually says it could be direct or indirect. so alex, if ive got the ability to give you a ton of cash, and you know that, and i say, alex, i need you to do me a personal favor -- you can infer that that favor is tied to me giving you that cash. and it doesnt have to be direct. and plenty of public officials throughout the united states have been convicted for corruption simply because of an indirect inferenc...

Are not seeking asylum. a lot of them are undocumented immigrants, right? and you said recently that the reason you didnt want to repeal section 1325 was because you were concerned about human trafficking and drug trafficking. but let me tell you what, section 18 -- title 18 of the u.s. code, title 21 and title 22 already cover -- i think you should do your homework on this issue. if you did your homework on this issue you would know -- >> who as president would sign on to the 2015 nuclear deal ...