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Power to determine its own rules. When president nixon during the time he was going to be impeached ruling how that proceeding would go forward. When the Clinton Impeachment was brought forward, there was a unanimous consent request to govern how we conducted ourselves and im not sure how likely it would be that we would get a unanimous consent request. Id like to ask unanimous consent without objection to enter into the record a letter that was sent to the chairman of the Judiciary Committee si...

He writes in part that these claims have been scrutinized by the trump justice department and the u.s. attorney and therefore the impeachment trial of the former president that centered around these very issues. over and over again they have been found to lack credibility. congressional republicans today meanwhile at least a freedom caucus contingent are calling for impeachment against the president listen to this. >> i dont think its any secret that i would vote for an impeachment, but people a...

The very problem we have and ill just address one thing. ill give it to him. >> im looking at the president, the transcript that i would like you to do us a favor. do you think it was a perfect call? >> lieutenant colonel vindman said it was a perfect political call. whatever it was asked, whatever u.s. policy to ask a foreign leader to open a political investigation. certainly the president was well in his right to do that. >> do you think the presidents right to ask a foreign government to inv...

Your report because you said he were like ken starr, then you come sit before the committee and take questions from all sides. >> martha: a lot of people would like to have that opportunity to ask him. theres a report that connects some of the dots with the whistle-blower and its interesting because there is a of the council according to this reporting who left on july 26th and joined adam schiffs staff who apparently was that in touch with the individual who many people believe is the whistle-b...

Whether donald trump obstructed the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. part of that inquiry and siding with congressional democrats, the federal judge has determined the justice department must share with the house judiciary committee grand jury evidence from the mueller investigation. democrat chairman of the house judiciary committee jerry nadler writes the courts thoughtful ruling recognizes our impeachment inquiry comports with the constitution and rej...

Senator roy blunt saying he believed if you ask mick mulvaney, he would acknowledge it wasnt his best performance over the last couple of interviews. senator john thune, the number two ranked republican said it is, quote, a rough patch for mick mulvaney. youre seeing frustration about how the white house has addressed the allegations. how the white house has addressed what house democrats are investigating up to this point. what youre not seeing is a major break of senate republicans. and certai...

Important to talk to rudy giuliani. i also want to know who did rudy giuliani actual -- actually talked to. he needs to testify. its important. >> jon: lawmakers saying rudy giuliani should testify before congress days after he refused to cooperate with what he calls an unconstitutional impeachment inquiry. jim trusty, a former prosecutor at the justice department and partner in a law firm. what do you think, jim, about rudy giulianis characterization of the impeachment inquiry as unconstitution...

She is deceiving the american people and deceiving her own conference and so is adam schiff. i will agree with him. if you stop calling it an impeachment inquiry i will agree with everything he said. the problem is hes calling it impeachment inquiry which commentates the inquiries of clinton and nixon which had a whole different set of procedures and precedent. what hes doing is a normal hearing on capitol hill in which the majority controls everything and runs everything. if he to drops the inq...

Black eye. a key witness refused to appear for congressional hearings and the white house is fighting really for some legal leg to stand on in the letter to congress. so, whats their plan now? lets break it down by asking and answering the right questions. we already know the why. why is there an impeachment inquiry? because of the potential of abuse of power related to that ukraine call. why doesnt trump want it impeachment inquiry? because he wants to stay president of the united states. we go...

Impeachment inquiry or not. everyone has their own definition. its clear speaker pelosi doesnt want to call it impeachment inquiry and chairman nadler does. a bit of a difference in their leadership. the challenge democrats have is that, you know, proceeding with impeachment is possible among the base. you rightly noted 134 of their members more than half support it. the problem is, receipts they need to hold to keep the majority. 31 seats with democratic members of congress to trump, only two o...