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Of people dismiss over time as to just how he talks. >> maggie haberman, thank you very much for that breaking news. i want to ask asha rangappa about. asha, the president is in dangerous territory here. >> yes. listen, the reason we have something called a whistleblower protection act, in this case for the intelligence community, is precisely to provide a mechanism for people to report wrongdoing without fear of retaliation. and what he is signalling is that he wants to know who it is so that h...

Whistleblowers about whether this system really works. if the subject of a complaint can stop that complaint from getting to congress, then the most serious complaints may never get here. and i want to thank the whistleblower for their courage. they didnt have to step forward. indeed, we know from the whistleblower complaint there were several others that have knowledge of many of the same events. and i would just say to those several others that have knowledge of those events, i hope that they,...

Troubling. >> i think that what this courageous individual has done has exposed serious wrongdoing, and i think its a travesty that this complaint was withheld as long it was because it was an urgent matter. it is an urgent matter, and there was simply no basis to keep this from the committee. and the idea that the department of justice would have intervened to prevent it from getting to congress throws the leadership of that department into further ill repute. >> i will tell people that it is d...

That theres even more wrongdoing going on underneath that rule breaking. >> among those allegations that have been leveled, what stands out most to you? >> first you have to look at the overall allegation. any time you have the president of the united states making an agreement or entering into some sort of deal with a secret deal with a foreign government, foreign leader, lets assume for a second that everything went forward as the president planned and there was an investigation opened and the...

The president at that time was withholding $391 million of assistance, holding that over that ukrainian presidents head. that ukrainian president raises in the conversation u.s. military assistance. defensive weapons. he has russian troops in this country. the president skgs for a favor, complains about ukrainian reciprocity. we have to get something from you if the were giving something to you. he names the political opponents by name, the bidens. the ukrainian president says hell do it, that h...

They have published commentary unhelpful to him or what he deems unflattering. hes reacting this way because the whistle-blower complaint reads like a rap sheet. everything needs to be corroborated, but if he had nothing to hide he wouldnt be reacting in this way and making these statements about the intelligence community. another point, this explicitly is intimidation. whether thats criminal wrongdoing ill leave to the lawyers. if youre the whistle-blower right now, you certainly know what the...

A political stooge or dishonorable. no one has said to. >> youve accused me of break egg the law, mr. chairman. >> but it is certainly our strong view, and we would hope it would be shared by the minority, that when the congress says that somebody shall be done, it shall be done. and when that involves the wrongdoing of the president, it is not an exception to the requirement of the statute. and the fact that this whistle-blower has been left twisting in the wind now for weeks, has been attacked...

Chances of that happening any time soon are zero to none. i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. director, would you rise for the only and raise your right hand? do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you will give today shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you. you may be seated. the record will reflect that the witness has been duly sworn. director mcguire, would you agree that the whistle-blower complaint alleges serious wrongdoing ...

What the president was trying to communicate with the president of ukraine. it would be funny if it wasnt such a graphic portrayal of the presidents oath of office. but as it does represent a real betrayal, theres nothing the president says here that is in americas interest after all. it is the most consequential form of tragedy. for it forces us to confront the remedy the founders provided for such a flagrant abuse of office, impeachment. this matter would not have come to the attention of our ...

A lot of people want to find out about that. whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. theres no evidence of wrongdoing, by biden or his son. >> president trump mentions biden three times and attorney general, barr, five times. that is raising questions about what barr knew and when. barr refused to open the investigation, even though the attorney general for the community asked d.o.j. to look into the matter. that is igniting concerns that barrs justice department is serving...