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To anything, including what time it starts and ends each day. so democrats hope that since mcconnell only had 53 republicans and there's at least three or four republicans who might not want a speedy trial, who might want to make this look at legitimate of a process as possible, that perhaps mcconnell isn't going to get exactly what he wants. >> leigh ann caldwell, thank you so much, appreciate it, my friend. back in 1998, republicans initiated impeachment proceedings against bill clinton in october, one month before elections. they were worried about polling but they pressed on, newt gingri...

Defense counsel instead of members of congress. it's pretty disappointing. >> it's interesting. i was talking to congressman mike johnson, and he was speaking about wanting bipartisanship and a bipartisan process in the house. i challenged him and said if, in fact, you feel like what the house did was not a bipartisan approach to this impeachment inquiry, why not have a bipartisan approach in the senate trial and have testimony as senator chuck schumer is asking for? >> right. >> and he kind of avoided the question in that. what do you expect to happen with the senate trial going forward, cons...

17 significant errors in the fisa process. and you say it was handled in a thoughtful and appropriate way. >> he's right, i was wrong. i was overconfident in the procedures that the fbi and justice have built over 20 years. i thought they were robust enough. it's incredibly hard to get a fisa. i was overconfident in those. he's right, there was real sloppiness, 17 things that either should have been in the applications or at least discussed and characterized differently. it was not acceptable. so he's right, i was wrong. >> "he is right, i was wrong." that was former fbi director jim comey tak...

Process. what is the likelihood that it's going to happen and the timing to which we could see some changes being made and would the public even be made aware of these changes made? >> in fact, yasmin, christopher wray upon receipt of this report had a news release ready to go where he announced a series of changes and reforms to the way the fbi will approach these fisa applications, who will approve them, various technical things. horowitz' response was, yeah, that's a good start but we would like to see other reforms. more broadly horowitz was troubled by the idea that the fbi could open an ...

Everyone knows he rigged the trial. if they're not going to hear any evidence, if senators announce that they've already made up their minds, they don't need to look at the facts, that doesn't clear the president if he's not convicted in the senate. that's just a political endeavor to protect a man who is guilty of abusing his power. >> do you think that the house judiciary committee could have done differently, done things differently this week to present the case of impeachment to the american people? was there anything lost in the shuffle of it all? >> i don't know. i mean, it was a very gr...