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Focusing on somebody who didn't quite get as far as they wanted to. >> leading off our discussion on this historic night is harvard law professor laurence tribe. he is the co-author of "to end a presidency: the power of impeachment." professor tribe, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i want to begin with the fact that your book was cited by a republican member of congress in the hearing today emphasizing a passage about the undesirability of basically partisan impeachment processes, one party moving toward impeachment. but that was a selective reading of your book, which has more to ...

Catch that person, charge that person and ultimately remove that person from office. but impeachments are always focusing on somebody who didn't quite get as far as they wanted to. >> leading off our discussion on this historic night is harvard law professor lawrence tribe. he is the coauthor of "to end a presidency the power of impeachment." professor tribe, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i want to begin with the fact your book was cited by a republican member of congress in the hearing today emphasizing a passage about the undesirability of basically partisan impeachment process...

Congress? the power of congress is exclusive to be able to have these impeachment inquiries, to have the impeachment processes. if they essentially are dismissive of conduct that isn't even debatably a high crime or misdemeanor, bribery or treason, it would render impeachment completely spineless. it would mean nothing at any point in time. if congress has to endeavor to the pursuit of justice sometimes even more than the conviction itself. theets pursuit of separation of powers. and that's what's important here. >> just remember how we got here. three years ago, the u.s. experienced an unprec...

Were put through a closed door audition process in a cult-like atmosphere in the basement of the capitol. >> while it is a partisan venture and it's not a real impeachment the way that impeachment processes worked the other times it's been used. >> what have they delivered? the impeachment version of three card monte, notorious short con card trick where the mark, in this case president trump and the american public, stands no chance of winning. >> congressman nunes all over this report, and not in a good way. instead, according to democrats call records obtained by the committee from our pare...

He used the phrase at one point slip shot impeachment. he said there are two big problems. one is that you are in search of a crime. it is murky. you have not been able to find a crime. and the other is speed. that you are just in such a rush to judgment here, and you really have not taken the time. you have not heard from an awful lot of witnesses. yes, the white house has blocked some of them, but you did not subpoena a lot of these witnesses. john bolton most notably, mulvaney, a number of the othe others. and he is saying take your time, get the best evidence as alway always -- >> bill: he...