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General has exonerated the president of any wrongdoing. but more importantly, here is what we also know. we have the transcript. the transcript, to me, not only exonerates the president, but it shows the president, because we know from a ukrainian court in politico that they in fact did interfere in our 2016 election, i thought democrats cared about that. we know the president was doing his job -- in other words, faithfully executing the laws. we know that joe biden admits on tape to a real quid...

The past? >> the white house is really circling the wagons and trying to make sure that these house republicans are ready to defend the president and really display the kind of fierce loyalty that president trump craves. the president trump, of course, with that is that the president is continuously trying to adjust his messaging. you have army lieutenant vindman coming -- army lieutenant colonel vindman coming and he was really damaging witness for the president. i spoke to someone who was fami...

They spectators today? >> i felt they were a little more subdued, quite frankly. i think at this point its been made clear by chairman schiff and also the counsel for the witnesses that theyre not going to allow for anybody to get them to intentionally or inadvertently release the names of any people that could be the whistle-blowers. as you know the whistle-blowers are protected under statute and regulations from being exposed. and we also know that president trump and his allies in congress wa...

Her. if that is done not only will it harm the whistle-blower in question, but it will create a tremendous chilling effect for anyone else who wants to come forward with evidence of wrongdoing who might be in the rank and file of our government. the american people devised the whistle-blower system for one reason alone, and that is they want the rank and file people to come forward so they can get good government. and the reason why the trump administration wants to create this chilling effect i...

He did it. >> but -- and i want to be careful with how i word this, given how bill barr has served this country or the president, since hes been in his position, could one make a leap and say, he sort of acts as though hes on the presidents legal team. >> well, he definitely does, and its actually before he became attorney general, he wrote an audition memo. lets not forget that. he wrote a memo saying the president cannot be investigated, cannot be convicted, cannot be indicted. its all over. >...

Happened. because if hes there under subpoena, he must testify under oath, he wont be perceived as having slammed the administration. consider if he had voluntary come in and said i cant wait and then he comes in and destroys the president, imagine, with this story of nefarious wrong-doing, well then the president would say he had an ax to grind, he volunteered to come in, he wanted to come in and slam me. so why would you believe somebody like that. i think strategically, waiting for a subpoena...

Affiliation. this is a moment where we need to put principle over party. we need to put the constitution over corruption. we need to put democracy over dereliction of duty which is exactly what many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle unfortunately are not doing. >> do you want to hear from the whistle-blower? >> well, adam schiff has made the determination at the moment that the whistle-blowers complaint, which is clearly validated by multiple witnesses and trump appointees is the c...

What do you say to that argument? >> well, that is the purpose of the inquiry right now where were exploring whether a betrayal by the president of his oath of office, the undermining of our national security interest and the elevating of the presidents own personal/political interest rises to the level of an abuse of power. i think the evidence of wrongdoing right now is hiding in plain sight. but as we move forward, well give this president like any president every opportunity to present excul...

Deserved better than that scandalous attack. i also want to say this because ive been asked questions about this all day as i go to vote and come back. the president would love to punish the whistle-blower. the presidents comments and actions have jeopardized the whistle-blowers safety. the presidents allies would like nothing better than to help the president out this whistle-blower. our committee will not be a part of that. we will not stand for that and i would hope that more of my gop collea...

Seeking to smear ambassador yovanovitch. is that correct? >> i was. >> and seeking to remove her. >> i was. >> and did you know mr. giuliani was one of those people? >> i believed he was, yes. >> cnn national security reporter kylie atwood is with me. so why, kylie, did sullivan believe giuliani was the one behind the ambassadors firing? >> i want to take a step back and look at sullivan and the fact you said, brooke, he was the one who had to meet with ambassador yovanovitch when she was recall...