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Mystery deepens over who is the alleged whistleblower and who changed the intelligence communitys rules just last month eliminating a requirement that whistleblower complaints contained only direct, firsthand knowledge of alleged wrongdoing. chris, if democrats have their way, this could all move very quickly including more subpoenas this week, hearings scheduled is and a possible vote to impeach by november. chris? chris: kevin corke reporting from the white house, thanks for that. joining us n...

-- first place. >> president has betrayed his oath of office, engaged in serious wrong doing, pressured a foreign government to target an american citizen for political gain, that is classic abuse of power which undermines our national security, this is has serious as it gets. reporter: several g.o.p. lawmakers have come to presidents defense with some republicans claiming that impeachment inquiry is only latest in a song long series of investigations into the president trumps. >> there was a fa...

Necessarily nefarious. but nothing on the record at least for now. leland: everyone is still entitled to a lawyer, i believe, under our constitution. >> reporter: there you go. leland: kevin corke, thank you, sir. >> reporter: you bet. molly: and house democrats are pressing ahead on their impeachment inquiry despite congress being in recess with a house panel set to hear from the inspector general, michael at kin atkinson, in a closed hearing slated for friday. mark meredith has more. >> report...

Investigated. speaking with reuters from moscow, in particular its important to find out what work hunter biden actually did for a ukrainian gas company to justify being paid $50,000 a month. quote: if using his knowledge he played an active role, then theres nothing scandalous about it, but if he was simply on the books and getting money, then that can be seen as a violation of the law. the former prime minister fled ukraine in 2014 against uprisingsings by the russian government that was in po...

Hunter, have been cleared of any wrongdoing in their own dealings with ukraine and calls president trumps accusations of misconduct politically motivated. were back with dan henninger, kim strassel and jason riley. before we get to you biden, i want to finish up the point about impeachment politics on the house. jason, do you think having committed now to this inquiry, that nancy pelosi will drive the house to actually vote to impeach donald trump? >> im more certain that he will be censured tha...

That an impeachable offense? >> well, we hope that the administration will cooperate. that certainly hasnt been the case up-to-date. though there is some reason to believe that moving forward given the seriousness of these allegations that we will see cooperation from secretary pompeo. were going to follow the facts, apply the law, be guided by the constitution, were going to unearth the truth for the american people which relates to the fact that the president has betrayed his oath of office, h...

Volcker asked you to meet with an aid to president zelensky and you did. did anyone in the state department participate in that meeting? >> no, but he wasnt alone. the am bass doarps son spoke to me about it. they should all calm down and relax. no matter what obama holdovers in the state department are doing tonight, who are implicated in the wrongdoing. dont get nervous. you didnt do anything wrong. maybe i have been at it long enough. dont get nervous. judge jeanine: they asked you to get inv...

Concern -- wait, wait, should be a concern of a future president. question is when biden and obama saw that article about how the son was pulling down money for the most crooked oligarch in russia, did obama call biden in and say, joe, how could you be doing this? maria: yeah, i understand that. but the reality is that the democrats have the matter in the house. that means they have subpoena power, that means they are running the show. what are you going to do about them? the fact that there was...

Democrats. maria: what do you need to do to get -- >> i care about the american people. maria: but they know whats going on -- >> what am i supposed to do? maria: where are the indictments? where are the prosecutions for the people who actually did wrongdoing in the 2016 elections? >> thats a very good -- maria: have you spoken to bill barr about this? where is it? >> that is a very good question, and thats the question we should keep asking. and the reality is before they start criticizing me, ...

Judge jeanine: you say curt volcker asked you to meet with an aid to president zelensky and you did. did anyone in the state department participate in that meeting? >> no, but he wasnt alone. the am bass doarps son spoke to me about it. they should all calm down and relax. no matter what obama holdovers in the state department are doing tonight, who are implicated in the wrongdoing. dont get nervous. you didnt do anything wrong. maybe i have been at it long enough. dont get nervous. judge jeanin...