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He had evidence from a number of witnesses willing to testify who all agreed on ambassador jovanovichs wrongdoing from telling people trump will be impeached to getting to the george soros case and others dismissed to her partisan involvement in the 2016 election. as the hearing began, the white house released a memorandum of president trumps first phone call with the country president zelensky. the president invites id like to invite you to the white house. well have a lot of things to talk abo...

And as "the new york times" writes pelosis use of the word bribery is significant because its suggested that democrats are increasingly working to put a name to the presidents alleged wrongdoing and moving toward a more specific set of charges that could be codified in articles of impeachment in the coming weeks. leading off our discussion democratic congressman david of rhode island a member of the house judiciary committee and house foreign affairs committee. joyce vance, former u.s. attorney ...

>> whats on your list? >> whats on my list is rand paul calling for the exposing of the identity of the whistle-blower. the whistle-blower act is designed to protect the identity of federal employees who want to expose wrongdoing, to protect them from retaliation. and rand paul is up there next to president trump saying we need to expose the identity of the whistle-blower. to me that is violation of the law just to even do that. >> pj, when we were getting ready for this segment i heard you have...

To purchase those javelins if you investigate the bidens. so, yeah, i believe that the word bribery is clearly appropriate when you look at the wrongdoing by the president. >> what do you feel like you learned yesterday that you didnt know, and what are you hoping to find out tomorrow? >> well, you know, i just think that ambassador taylor as well as mr. kent were just two phenomenal witnesses. they are both career foreign service officers who have dedicated decades to our country just quietly s...

Whatever they rob. its wonderful to have your expertise. eli, its always wonderful to have you. thank you, my friend, for spending some time with us. after the break for a president who says he is completely innocent of all wrongdoing, he sure has a lot of friends going to jail. more on the latest convicted felon in donald trumps inner, inner circle. thats next. inner circle thats next. we didnt know where to turn for more information. thats why i recommend a free service called a place for mo...

House or state department not to, notwithstanding the fact that as you testified earlier the president implicitly threatened you in that call record. and now the president in real-time is attacking you. what effect do you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing? >> its very intimidating. >> its designed to intimidate, is it not? >> i mean, i cant speak to what the president is trying to do. but i think the effect is to be intimidating. >> well, i want ...

Ill yield back. >> mr. chairman, may i be recognized for a motion? >> no, i have some concluding remarks. ambassador, i want to thank you for your decades of service. i want to thank you you as mr. maloney said, for being the first one through the gap. what you did in coming forward and answering a lawful subpoena was to give courage to others that also witnessed wrongdoing. that they, too, could show the same courage that you have. that they could stand up, speak out, answer questions. they cou...

Compelling testimony in todays impeachment hearing and the criminal conviction of his long time associate roger stone who was found guilty on all seven counts today. accusations of witness intimidation were a major headline in todays impeachment hearing after the president decided to attack the witness, his former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, while she was testifying about his conduct. >> now, the president real time is attacking you. what effect do you think that has on other witne...

Secondhand information. they didnt talk to donald trump directly, they didnt participate in the events or testify about it directly. and yet theyre holding up all the direct participants and not letting them testify. does it surprise you that the response of the house committee has not been to simply subpoena and order the direct participants to testify, or do you think its smarter to say their not testifying just becomes another article of impeachment? >> we have, of course, the presidents own ...

Today is not something that we view in isolation. this is part of a pattern the president of the united states, a pattern that goes back to praising paul manafort for not cooperating. condemning michael cohen as a rat because he was cooperating with authorities. attacking other witnesses who come forward. suggesting that we ought to treat those like the whistle-blower who exposed wrongdoing in his administration as we treat traitors and spies. and we used to execute traitors and spies. this is a...