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Texted the ambassador to yeah crane bill taylor, quote, call me? they knew what they were doing and conseal it all because they were conscious they were committing wrongdoing. now despite their best efforts the whole story is about to be told right out in the open. i'm joined now by a member of one of the committees running the impeachment process jamie raskin. let's start, congressman, what does today's resolution introduce and the vote on the committee, what does it mean? >> it gives us the procedure for closing out the investigation by the intelligence committee by moving into the open hear...

European union, trump appointee gordon sondland, would not have avoided putting anything in writing. remember when he infamously texted the ambassador to yeah crane bill taylor, quote, call me? they knew what they were doing and conseal it all because they were conscious they were committing wrongdoing. they tried again and again to cover their tracks, but now despite their best efforts, the whole story's about to be told right out in the open. i'm joined now by a member of one of the committees running the impeachment process jamie raskin of maryland who is a member of the house judiciary com...

The scope as delineated by the rules resolution that the democrats have introduced? >> the hr-660, the rules resolution, just talks about high crimes and misdemeanors and impeachable offenses. obviously we're still in the thick of the fact investigation. in the phase that's being run by the intelligence committee assisted by oversight and foreign affairs, and so we're still in the middle of that. so we're still discovering things on a daily basis and there are more witnesses coming in. but we are getting ready to move to the open hearing phase, which i know the public is eager for and we're al...

You guys changed the rules. >> again, that wasn't for impeachment. that doesn't matter. >> you changed the rules, period. you didn't say not for impeachment. >> not for impeachment. >> you said period. >> the impeachment rules are changed so dramatically -- >> there are no rules for impeachment. >> there are rules for impeachment. they were set in '74 and '98. >> but each one was different. >> they give equal access to the minority for subpoena, for cross-examination -- >> in the hearing phase. >> they give access to the president's counsel. >> the majority still had to approve everything that...

Set up to make sure it's absolutely fair and objective to -- >> no. with nixon -- >> in '74 and '98 it did happen. >> nixon and starr both had investigations in private, then handed off to congress. to be fair, henry hyde and clinton and even in nixon then had their own rounds of private depositions. after they got it from starr. and then -- >> no. >> -- there was confrontation. >> the house process gave certain rights to the minority every step of the way in the house in '74 and '98. >> no. only when they got to hearing level. >> that's not true. >> yes. >> the attorneys to the republican min...