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♪ >> good evening. i'm fareed zakaria. the constitution's impeachment clause was written by men who fought a revolution to escape the tyranny of kings, and now they wanted to keep the president from becoming a monarch. in one version, the grounds for impeachment were treason and bribery. also proposed, maladministration, but james madison said that was too vague. what if, he asked, a president were to cook up a scheme of peblglation. in other words, what if he were a crook? so george mason came up with the additional phrase -- high crimes and misdemeanors, and that is article ii, section 4 o...

Clause was written by men who fought a revolution to escape the tyranny of kings, and now they wanted to keep the president from becoming a monarch. in one version, the grounds for impeachment were treason and bribery. also proposed, maladministration, but james madison said that was too vague. what if, he asked, a president were to cook up a scheme of peculation? in other words, what if the president were a crook? so george mason of virginia came up with the additional phrase, high crimes and misdemeanors, and that is article ii, section 4 of the constitution. there was a moment in our histor...

Conflict of interest statutes. it certainly raises the issue of the emoluments clause of the constitution. there are three mentions of emoluments clause in the contusion, one in article i, two in article ii, which require the president to report to congress, submit to canning any gift or receipt of gift from a govern government which he's absolutely refused to do. that's not surprise. he's the least transparent, the most opaque president in history. >> by the way, presidents, even when they get a gift, a horse or a pony or a vase or anything or a ring from a foreign government it. they have to...

Much under the protected branch of government. finally, they don't need it. one of the things they would have to show is they have particular eyes. they couldn't get it any other way. so far every question we think they're going to ask, they have the answer to. >> sean: 1.4 million documents. this surprised me to find out don't mcgann, the white house counsel, gave 30 hours of testimony? >> 34 hours of testimony. >> sean: you don't need anything else. >> 1.4 million documents, 32 witnesses. here's the big question on obstruction. why did you fire comey? well -- >> sean: he doesn't have to answ...

Executive branch of government. finally, they don't need it. one of the things they would have to show is they have particular needs. they couldn't get it any other way. so far every question we think they're going to ask, they have the answer to. >> sean: 1.4 million documents. this surprised me to find out don mcgann, the white house counsel, gave 30 hours of testimony? >> 34 hours of testimony. >> sean: you don't need anything else. >> 1.4 million documents, 32 witnesses. here's the big question on obstruction. why did you fire comey? well -- >> sean: he doesn't have to answer that. >> he s...