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KPIX CBS Evening News With Norah ODonnell January 22, 2020 11:21:00

if that's not impeachable, nothing is. >> o'donnell: the president's legal team said he did not obstruct congress because he acted with extraordinary and unprecedented transparency by declassifying and releasing those call summaries. >> he has not released a single document. he tried to obstruct every single member of the administration from appearing before the congress responding to the subpoenas. this has never before happened in the history of the united states. >> you really have to give them credit for nerve, though, norah. the argument really boils down to this in their answer: we have to obstruct the congress to protect the congress. we have to subvert the constitution to save the constitution. we have to violate our national security to further our national security. those are absurdist arguments, but those are the ones they're making. >> and let's remember, the release of the call record was not about transparency. the release of the call record was about being caught, and he had no choice but to release the

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