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Impeachment as well. witness intimidation or tampering, obstruction, and dont forget schiffs talk to an awful lot about obstruction and the fact the white house will not send certain people up to capitol hill to give depositions before the house committees. stephanie grisham the press secretary with the presidents back saying the tweet was not witness intimidation, it was simply the presidents opinion which he is entitled to. this is not a trial, it is a partisan political process. to put more a...

Just add fuel to the fire here? another line of questioning and another delay in the process. see, hes doing it now? >> it is worth remembering this is an obama appointee, it shouldnt be shocking as disappointing as it may be for her it shouldnt be shocking that when a new president comes in that president may replace many of the previous administrations. >> neil: what surprising as it took so long? usually they clean house of former presidential appointees right away. >> well i wouldnt tweet ne...

Look, i think this was expected. and i think donald trump has been incredibly effective in instituting discipline within the republican party and in demanding absolute loyalty. any speaking up against him, voting against him would be considered an act of disloyalty to be punished by mean tweets and going after them in campaigns. we have a lot less republicans than we did in the house of representatives but they are far more loyal, blindly loyal to donald trump. >> let me ask you. the republicans...

About the case, do you think? >> i think theyve made a good case on process. i love being out here with paul. i worked for newt gingrich. dick ebhart and newt gingrich worked together to write the rules on that. in fact, he asked him to look back on the watergate process and said what rights did the democrats offer. nancy pelosi said previously we cant do this unless its bipartisan. thats out the window. kevin mccarthy offered the same thing. what newt had with roguen and what gebhart voted for ...

Committee. >> i do have one thing for mr. schiff. he wants to be a special counsel, setting himself up, here is my challenge to mr. schiff. you want to be ken starr, be ken starr. come to the judiciary committee. be the first witness and take every question asked of you. >> what do you make of that? >> first off, they can ask any colleague they want on the floor. second of all, be careful what you wish for. doug collins, find me. he wont win a battle of wits with adam schiff. you want an open pr...

>> can we acknowledge there have been massive facts. ppp had a poll in february 2017 where the mantle of democrats wanted to impeach the president a month after he was inaugurated in office. >> exactly and she didnt do it. she didnt do it for political reasons. >> well come back to you with momentous vote for impeachment inquiry, whats the white house strategy now that they can no longer attack the process with as much vigor? homes turned to ashes in a matter of minutes in california as firef...

Here. >> do you think this is smart, the idea -- hes no mr. nice guy? >> yeah. >> its an acknowledgement. we get sometimes you dont like what he does. >> i think thats really smart. its interesting were talking about no process. a lot of whats in that ad comes from data. there are swing voters in the swing states who will respond very well to that. that comes rou s right out of f group groups. theyre not focused on helping you. that is a really good re-election message for him. its almost a tabl...

Through this. >> we could be talking about christmas fruitcake and you would bring up aoc. >> they hold their people accountable, too, for the same thing. >> congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is living rent free. >> theres no one leading response team in the white house, no new lawyers looking at whats going on. you were with clinton during his impeachment. are they making a mistake? it seems kind of malpractice for the presidents team to say we need a war room. >> its not even just the pro...

Serve with that dont like the results of the 2016 election. >> reporter: calling the inquiry a sham. >> when you look at this soviet style process, it shows you that they dont really want to get to the truth. they want to remove a sitting president. >> despite calling for and now getting a full house vote to move forward with the inquiry, republicans say democrats have already compromised the process. >> this is a process that has been fundamentally tainted. the president has had no rights insid...

>> and the trivia, who beat roguen in the house race? adam schiff. it comes full circle. republicans can protest, bring it to a full committee vote but there are more democrats than republicans on the committee. it really isnt a fully bipartisan process in that way. >> no. democrats are definitely in the drivers seat and theyre strategizing how not to let republicans derail this. that will be part of the strategy here. you heard it on the floor today, talking talk about it as a sham, how partisa...