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And credible and passed it along to congress. if fox news is told there was never any move to fire atkinson, not even any serious consideration given to removing him. >> democrats in washington would rather pursue outrageous hoaxes and a delusional witch hunts which are going absolutely nowhere. >> at the economic club of new york today, president trump venting his frustration with democrats for pursuing impeachment over important economic issues like ratifying the usmca. >> if you had to vote today, i think most of them would actually vote for it but nancy pelosi, nervous nancy, has to put it...

Investigating lev parnas and fruman. let me read a little of this so far. i think it's a stunning development, especially on the eve of impeachment. we have a summary of a transcript of a call the white house released and then locked down in a lock box of their own making, whatever the heck it was. and now we have this, that donald trump sought to fire the inspector general who corroborated and then transmitted the whistleblower complaint. trump discussed dismissing michael atkinson because atkinson discussed the interaction with ukraine and mr. trump expressed dismay around the time the whist...

Complaint about president trump's interactions to ukraine to congress after concluding it was credible, according to four people familiar with the discussions. mr. trump first expressed his dismay about mr. atkinson around the time the whistleblower's complaint became public in september. in recent weeks, he has continued to raise with aides the possibility of firing him, one of the people said. the president has said i does not understand why mr. atkinson shared the complaint, which outlined how mr. trump asked the ukranian president to investigate mr. trump's political rivals at the same tim...

Party would seem to be exacerbated by stories like this. now the republicans, if they don't see to it to at least consider this impeachment proceeding, to at least consider conviction, then his power includes firing as retribution independent watchdogs. >> that's what's so amazing about the information charlie raised, the idea we think trump is unleashed now post-acquittal, post-election, what the republican party has normalized for him, has said it's okay. the guardrails he's broken and they've looked away. i was actually impressed a bunch of them stepped up for the whistleblower being protec...

Before he was fired for disloyalty, he had asked the inspector general to look at his conduct, because jim comey knew what inspectors do and how they're useful. we don't always agree with their findings, we quibble, we quarrel, but we respect what they do because they're an independent body. mr. trump misunderstands this process. people like mr. atkinson, people like bob mueller, people who don't make a lot of money but are guided by someone other than the president. >> i just don't care if he misunderstands. then he's not fit to be president of the united states. it's an amazing process becau...