you don t like but it might be a high crime or misdemeanor in the context of impeachment. it just so happens that the current chair of the judiciary committee, the one for starting the impeachment process, sees things in very similar terms. crimes and impeachable offenses are two different things. they re just two different tests. we can t depend on the mueller investigation for this. the mueller investigation, number one, we don t know when it s ending, despite lots of rumors. number two, it s focused on specific crimes. and we have to focus much more broadly. under nadler, the house judiciary committee is launching a massive investigation of the president, requesting documents from 81 entities and individuals close to him and they re targeting the exact category of conduct that yielded articles of impeachment against anybody s, abuse of the president s power. to help understand what that category means and how we should evaluate this president, i m joined by chris murphy of conne
maybe it s not impeachable. probably not. on the other hand, it may not be a crime to sending the justice department after media outlets you don t like but it might be a high crime or misdemeanor in the context of impeachment. it just so happens that the current chair of the judiciary committee, the one for starting the impeachment process, sees things in very similar terms. crimes and impeachable offenses are two different things. they re just two different tests. we can t depend on the mueller investigation for this. the mueller investigation, number one, we don t know when it s ending, despite lots of rumors. number two, it s focused on specific crimes. and we have to focus much more broadly. under nadler, the house judiciary committee is launching a massive investigation of the president, requesting documents from 81 entities and individuals close to him and they re targeting the exact category of conduct that yielded articles of impeachment against anybody s, abuse of the pres
they cannot rely on robert mueller s report. he said the timing is up in the air and its russia focus is too narrow. crimes and impeachable offenses are two different things. they can be crimes that are not impeachable offenses. they re two different tasks. but we have to lay out for the american people, and we can t depend on the mueller investigation for this. the mueller investigation, number one, we don t know anything, despite lots of rumors. number two, it s focused on specific crimes. reporter: we just received statement from the committee s ranking republican who said, quote, we don t even know what the mueller report says, but democrats are already hedging their bets after recklessly prejudging the president for obstruction, chairman nadler is pursuing evidence to back up his conclusion because, as he admits, we don t have the facts yet. so setting the table for what will be a drawn out contentious back and forth over the witnesses and the documents,
everybody. you know the beautiful thing is? no collusion. it s a hoax. you ll hear more about that as you grow older. it s a political hoax. there s no collusion. on the sunday talk shows, the committees jerry nadler said they can t rely on robert mueller s report because the timing is in the air and the russia focus is too narrow. we can t depend on the mueller investigation for this. the mueller investigation, number 1, we don t know when it s ending despite rumors. it s focused on specific crimes. earlier today we heard from the ranking republican that said they don t know what the report says. democrats are hedging their bets. chairman nadler is pursuing evidence to back up his conclusion. as he admits, we don t have the facts yet, trace. trace: catherine, republicans
herridge. what are we learning so far today? good morning. the democrats investigation appears to signal ashift from collusion to financial crime that preceded the 2016 election. the democratic chairman said on the sunday shows they cannot rely on special counsel robert mueller s report because its russian focus is too narrow and timing up in the air. the mueller report could be delivered to attorney general william barr as early as this week. no timeline on when the attorney general s report will be public or how comprehensive it will be. crimes and impeachable offenses are two different things. there are two different tests. but we have to lay out for the american people. we can t depend on the mueller investigation for this. the mueller investigation number one, we don t know what is happening despite lots of rumors. number two it is focused on specific crimes.