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But the constitution sets out this power not merely for political payback or pushback against policies. google the johnson impeachment for the true precedent. he was impeached on 11 counts. it was a laundry list of all the things they didn't like about him, a racist, a bully. he went after people. but the senate came up one vote short of removal twice. the message, this can't just be about politics. clinton, also a cautionary tale for both sides. certainly informs why this president was so wary of sitting under oath with mr. mueller, because that's what led to clinton getting caught in the lew...

To them that's how these cycles go. we have seen it before, but this does have some odd parallels does it not, to what happened to comey in the beginning and the march towards using leverage of government to stop this presidency. >> look nancy pelosi is right. what she said is no one is above the law but that means congress is not above the law. congress may not impeach a president unless the president has committed an impeachable offense. the constitution sets out what the offenses are. you don't go around convicting the president, verdict first, trial later. "alice in wonderland" type of jus...

Go. we have seen it before, but this does have some odd parallels does it not, to what happened with comey in the beginning and the march towards using leverage of government to stop this presidency. >> look nancy pelosi is right. what she said is no one is above the law but that means congress is not above the law. congress may not impeach a president unless the president m has committed an impeachable offense. the constitution sets out what the impeachable offenses are. you don't go around convicting the president, verdict first trial later. "alice in wonderland" type of injustice. they have...

Think it's over. there are two critical things here. number one they have got to make crystal clear through questioning mueller, you know, that trump was found to have satisfied the elements of obstruction of justice but that uniquely among americans the prosecutors here declined to bring a charge against him. they need to explain why, and they need to explain that the reason they did want is because he's the president of the united states. and, you know, an american would have been charged. and secondly they need to make clear that mueller found the constitution sets forward a process other t...

Make crystal clear through questioning mueller that trump was found to have satisfied the elements of obstruction of justice. but that ewe uniquely they need explain why. and explain that the reason they didn't is because he's the president of the united states. and any other american would have been charged. >> secondly. they need to make clear that mueller found the constitution sets forth a process other than criminal justice to deal with a situation like this. and they need to bring out of him the fact that the other process is impeachment. this has to be brought down to these two points. ...