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To appear before the house of representatives and testify. she did not make a ruling as to whether executive privilege would apply in any given situation. i think that was also appropriate because the issue had not yet arisen. >> and let me quote judge jackson, open quote, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded american history is that presidents are not kings, closed quote. professorfeldman, in the famers view does the president act for like a leader of democracy or a monarch when he orders officials to zeefy congress as they try to investigate abuse of power and corruption ...

President and his men to solicit a personal advantage in the next election. this time, in the form of an investigation of his political adversaries by a foreign government. to obtain that private political advantage, president trump withheld both an official white house meeting from the newly elect elected president of a fragile democracy and withheld vital military aid from a vulnerable ally. when congress found out about this scheme and began to investigate, president trump took extraordinary and unprecedented steps to cover up his efforts and to withhold evidence from the investigators. and...

In both cases, he did everything in his power to prevent the american people from learning the truth about his conduct. on july 24th, the special counsel testified before this committee. he implored us to see the nature of the threat to our country. quote, over the course of my career, i have seen a number of challenges to our democracy. the russian government's effort to interfere in our elections is among the most serious. this deserves attention of every american, closed quote. ignoring that warning, president trump called the ukrainian president the very next day to ask him to investigate ...

The other forms of abuse of office, abuse of office to affect elections and abuse of office to compromise national security, were further forms that were familiar to the framers. now, how does this language of high crimes examine misdemeanors apply to president trump's alleged conduct? let me be clear. the constitution gives the house of representatives, that is the members of this committee and the other members of the house, quote, sole power of impeachment. it's not my responsibility or my job to determine the credibility of the witnesses who appeared before the house thus far. that is your...

And so i think the quote you read is fun, it's sort of catchy. but that's argument by adjective. what people should look is, is anyone challenging the facts and what is the law that should be applied. i think that's what people should keep their sort of attention focused on. because there's going to be a lot of distractions. >> garrett haake in the hallway outside this hearing. garrett, what can you add from your vantage point? >> reporter: brian, i was just in the hearing room kind of poking around as folks were getting set up. and the republican posters that they have put up behind the dias ...