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Mr. chairman, when can we anticipate you choose a date for the minority day of mr. chairmaa question. when can we anticipate a date for the minority date of hearing? speak with the gentleman is recognized for the purpose of questioning the witness coming up from colleague to colleague. >> when then i will do that after my time. i yield my time. i thank my colleague from florida for yielding. professor turley, since we last talked questioning my colleagues across the aisle committed impact appear...

Unquote. we discussed here today the obstruction of congress, article impeachment against president president nixon. i think i would like to go a little bit deeper into that discussion and juxtapose it with president trumps actions. professor gerhardt, can you elaborate on how president nixon obstructed congress and how it compares to president trumps actions? >> as iowas discussing earlier including my written statement, president nixon ultimately refused to reply. he refuses to reply to those ...

Democracy, if you are going to remove a sitting president, then you have an obligation not to rely on inference when there is still information you can gather. thats what im saying. its not that you cant do this, you just cant do it this way. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> gentleman yields back. i now recognize miss jacksonly for the request of you that is consent >> a new statement on president trumps abuse of offices from the republican and democratic attorney generals. >> with that objection,...

>> professor karlan, context is important. isnt it? >> yes, sir. >> went are calling from florida presented a statement you made you said to the well, youve got to take the statement in context but it seems to be you dont want to extend or apply the same standard to the president. a now famous book about id like you to do us a favor, you said an hour and a half ago that it didnt mean us, admit the president himself. thats the clear reading of this. id like you to do us a favor because -- you kno...

Subpoenas." now, weve discussed here today the obstruction of congress article of impeachment against president nixon. but i think id like to go a little bit deeper into that discussion and juxtapose it with president trumps actions. professor gerhardt, can you elaborate on how president nixon obstructed congress and how it compares to president trumps actions? >> as i was discussing earlier and included in my written statement, president nixon ultimately refused to comply with four legislative ...

Londoners. >> reporter: absolutely, alex. and missing from those headlines you were just reading there, the serious questions now being asked here in london about how this happened, especially considering who the suspect is. police have identified him as 28-year-old usman khan. he was a convicted terrorist, convicted in 2012 of plotting to bomb the u.s. embassy as well as the london stock exchange. he was sent to prison but released early, something that the judge in 2012 warned authorities not ...

Anyway, his statement, his written statement was the strongest part of his testimony. >> right. >> he was not real good on really soft cross-examination and gave up, like, oh, im presuming this or i dont know this for a fact or i didnt have this conversation. so i had hoped for more during his cross-examination. when i did my own written statement, i raised things that i knew a lot about and was prepared to really turn the fire hose on if they asked me about it. that wasnt the case today. >> car...

Reprisal or attempt to retaliate against any u.s. government official for testifying before congress, including you or any of your colleagues. if you would please rise and raise your right hand. i will begin by swearing you in. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? let the record show the witness has answered in the affirmative. thank you and please be seated. the microphone is sensitive so please...

On classified information will be addressed separately. second congress will not tolerate any priceal. threat of reprisal or attempt to retaliate against any government official before testifying before congress including you or any of your colleagues, rise and raise your right hand and i will begin by swearing you in. do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god. let the record show the witness has answered ...

And youve given us a lot of evidence of precisely that conditionality of both the white house meeting and military assistance. youve told us, have you not, that you emailed the secretary of state and said that if these investigations were announced, the new justice person was put in place, that the ukrainians would be prepared to give the president what he wants and that would break the logjam. you testified and showed us documents about this, have you not? >> i have. >> in your written statemen...