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Constitution. that's why we need to go forward. and then there was the fact that the president of the united states is the first president in history, john, who has instructed everyone in his administration to refuse -- he's instructed all of them not to cooperate with the congress in this impeachment inquiry. when you cut through all the noise yesterday, all of the misinformation and the attempts to spin -- the fact that republican colleagues wouldn't defend the president's actions, they can't. and we have to act now to protect our constitution and to protect our election. >> a few times yest...

Armstrong and i ask unanimous consent that be included in the record. >> object. >> the entire reason we are here today is because democrats have accused the president of conditioning aid to ukraine on investigations of his political opponent. withheld or froze foreign aid but the omb letter walks through the entire process behind this temporary delay. first, the money was paused. but dod was permitted to engage in all of the activities short of obligation necessary to ensure that dod would not be precluded from on hi gating the funds prior to expiration. what was the policy decision? your two...

Code, because there was no federal criminal code when the constitution was promulgated at the end of the 18th century. >> this is a lot about what the framers intended and why they wrote what they wrote. >> right. so i think that's a message that is undoubtedly true. i don't think there's any dispute about that. since most people are not following -- who are not students of the constitution, it may be unfamiliar to them. the other point is the issue of abuse of power. did the president through his interactions with ukraine abuse his power by conditioning aid on political advantage? now, this i...

Ally, in a war thats fighting against russia. so in the simplest possible terms, the president put his personal gain ahead of the national security interests as expressed, according to evidence before you, by the entirety of a unanimous national security community. >> sir, is it your view that the framers would conclude that there was a betrayal of the national interest or national security by president trump on these facts? >> in my view, if the framers were aware that a president of the united states had put his personal gain and interests ahead of the national security of the united states ...

>> bret: they were are are two things that adam schiff gave the president. one, the made-up statement of the call which he read in the congressional testimony which the president has denied again and again and then this story. >> there are two falls i would say. they do emphasize the fact that when you have something moving this fast, people are going to commit to their pitfalls. but i agree with the president muddied waters but the problem with muddied waters, the president however this whistle-blower, whether a set up or not, the president himself to read the transcript that supports the und...