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correspondence, personal and post presidential records, and, quote, open quote, a lot of classified records. close quote. that is what sort of kicked this all off. all of these classified records that were found by the national archives when they eventually received this initial load of boxes that came in from the trump camp after he left office. >> i'm looking even on page two here. it says the fbi's investigation has established that documents bearing classification markings which appear to contain national defense information were among the materials contained in the 15 boxes stored at the premises in an unauthorized location. that is again the initial 15 boxes. further, some redactions then further, there is probable cause to believe additional documents that contained classified nda which is national defense information or that are presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the premises. there's also probable cause to

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CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin-20191212-20:33:00

saying that he did this to root out corruption and i think there are channels of pursuing help and investigations. on september 25th there was a public press release put out by the doj saying that president trump never asked them to investigate this matter. so i'm led to conclude that this must have been for the president's personal gain. the president interjected his personal lawyer rudy giuliani, who told us, and i quote "this is not about foreign policy." rudy giuliani went out to say, this information, open quote, "this information will be very, very helpful to my client." and, again, he said, open quote "i guarantee you, joe biden will not get to election day without being investigated."

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MSNBC Live With Ali Velshi-20191212-20:06:00

interests between the legislative and executive branches by the judicial branch. but here's the important thing. they said in that case, there's not an absolute, unqualified presidential privilege of immunity. that's the quote from the court. but the other side of that is truede as well. congress doesn't have an absolute unqualified authority to demand evidence from the presidentem either. that's f the whole reason that u have to go to the third branch of the judiciary. this is a legitimate claim of privilege. it is ala legitimate issue that the courts could decide. it is a case of first impression, as my colleague knows because this specific set ofth facts has not been address yet. and it should be n resolved by e courts. professor turley addressed this in his testimony to this committee. and he said, quote, hemo wrote his submission, the answer is obvious. a president cannot substitute his judgment for congress on what they're entitled to see and likewise, congress cannot substitute its judgment as to what the president can withhold. the balance of those interests is performed by the third branch, that is constitutionally invested with the authority to review andns resolve such

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MSNBC Live With Ali Velshi-20191212-20:25:00

and the intelligence committee as well, key testimony from any host of officials in our government.es and just to give you a historical context, i will read to you a quote. all members of the white house staff will appear voluntarily when requested by the committee. they will testify under oath. and they will answer fully all proper questions. that's from richard nixon's administration. so i hope, again, as we consider the gravity of the articles before us, that we can stay true to the facts. and recognize that when we say that nowe president in the histy of this republic has ever completelyic defied an impeachmt inquiry, as this one has, we mean it. and with that -- >> would the gentleman yield? >>ld i would yield to the distinguished gentle woman from

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MSNBC Live With Ali Velshi-20191212-20:42:00

review. in fact, the only direct evidence for the reasons for the pause comes from omb official who testified that he learned in september that the pause was related to, quote, the president's concern about other countries contributing more to ukraine. close quote. he explained how omb received request for information on what other countries were contributing to ukraine, which omb provided the first week of september. the aid was released, of course, on september 11. so democrats want to impeach the president for trying to ensure that taxpayer funds are spent efficiently and responsibly. democrats have accused this president of a myriad of things, including violation of the impoundment control act, which prohibits the executive from essentially pocket vetoing funds appropriated by congress. this letter that i'm trying to introduce shows, instead, that the administration never intended or actually violated the law. in fact, it shows it always intended to disperse the funds. that is why dod was permitted to engage in all activities in preparation for the delivery of the aid. you've not made your case,

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MSNBC Live With Ali Velshi-20191212-20:33:00

of, again, bipartisan-approved aid. and i know my colleagues are saying that heea did this to ro out corruption. and i think there are channels of pursuing help in investigations. on september 25th, there was a public press release put out by the doj saying that president trump never asked them to investigate this matter. so i'm led to conclude that this must have been for the president's personal gain. president interjected his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, who told us, and i quote, this is not about foreign policy. close quote. rudy giuliani went on to say, this information, open quote, this information will be very, very helpful to my client. close quote. and again, he said, open quote, i guarantee you joe biden will

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MSNBC Live With Ali Velshi-20191212-20:48:00

point in time. last week, president zelensky had his first meeting with president putin. and unfortunately, we were not there. he had that meeting alone. we absolutely compromised his ability to defend his nation. several times, it's been said that no lives were lost. but i would like to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record an article from "newsweek" talking about the fact that 13 ukrainian soldiers were killed. >> without objection. >> president zelensky agreed to publicly announce the investigations in an interview on cnn. but ukraine cancelled that interview days after the president's scheme was exposed and the military aid was released. with further underscores the pressure that the ukrainians felt when the aid was withheld. the president knew this when president zelensky asked for a, quote, favor. as lieutenant colonel vindman testified, this was not a friendly request. it was a demand.

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Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer-20191204-22:23:00

to appear before the house of representatives and testify. she did not make a ruling as to whether executive privilege would apply in any given situation. i think that was also appropriate because the issue had not yet arisen. >> and let me quote judge jackson, open quote, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded american history is that presidents are not kings, closed quote. professorfeldman, in the famers view does the president act for like a leader of democracy or a monarch when he orders officials to zeefy congress as they try to investigate abuse of power and corruption of elected. >> sir, i don't think the framers would think the president would refuse to participate in a impeachment inquiry given they gave the power of impeachment to the house of representatives and assumes the structure of the constitution would allow the congress to oversee the

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immunity which would protect a presidential advisor from having to appear before the house of representatives and testify. she did not make a ruling as to whether executive privilege would apply in any given situation. i think that was also appropriate because the issue had not yet arisen. >> and let me quote judge jackson. open quote, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded american history is that presidents are not kings. close quote. professor feldman, in the framers' view, does a president act more like a leader of democracy? or more like a monarch? when he orders officials to defy congress as it tries to investigate abuse of power and corruption of elected? >> sir, i don't even think the framers could have imagined that a president would flatly refuse to participate in an impeachment inquiry. given that they gave the power of impeachment to the house of representatives. and assumed that the structure of the constitution would allow

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