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Passed the investigative portion. >> claire, the white house is saying their defense at this point, and even mick mulvaney kind of, you know, really stepped in it, but he did it, too, get over it. this is what we do. what's wrong with it? is this a crime? >> it is a crime. it is a crime to shake down a foreign government for your political purposes, and this is a classic shakedown. as somebody who prosecuted shakedown, this is a pry na fascia case has more than been made. it is time to take it to the jury which is the senate, and shame on republican senators if they try to smear this man. this...

Subtext to say no quid pro quo. i agree with david that it doesn't have to be quid pro quo. the president of the ukraine asked for antitank missiles because he has a problem, russian mercenary tanks. the president says, well, let me talk to you a minute about some other things, i'm a great friend of the ukraine except we haven't really been paid back, let's get into this biden matter. it's a classic shakedown. that's going to be the argument. these senate republicans, should the democrats vote impeachment which is far more likely than not, are going to be pinned down to a yes/no answer. if the...

Could provide him with a little something. they would have to hand over 20% of the company. shares worth roughly $4 billion. he said they could hand that over, what do we call it, an administrative fee? they would have to hand that over through him. he would pass the money on to the president and vice president of indonesia. and that is how freeport could get their new contract with the government of indonesia. it's a classic shakedown, right? and it was caught on tape. and the tape went public in indonesia just a few weeks after donald trump inexplicably introduced this guy to the american pr...

It's a classic shakedown, right? and it was caught on tape. and the tape went public in indonesia just a few weeks after donald trump inexplicably introduced this guy to the american press corps during the republican primary in the lobby of trump tower when he was making that announcement about the stupid pledge. and here we're all like, who's that guy? in indonesia, that's one of the most powerful politicians in that huge country. and he's caught red handed and it's on tape, and the tape goes public. huge scandal. the tapes were lurid. they were played over and over again in the indonesian me...

>> uh-oh, spaghetti-o's. >> no spaghetti-o's at my house. >> there is at mine! republican congressman joe barton causing quite the uproar yesterday, it was the most exciting part because the other guy wasn't saying anything. he accused the president of a $20 billion shakedown of b.p. vice president joe biden quickly responded calling the remarks outrageous. the texas congressman later apologized for his comments. >> the judge thinks that barton may have been right. how so, judge? >> well, the government doesn't have the -- we don't know what happened in the oval office. but you guys reported a...