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There were issues with donald trump on the moscow trump tower. his son welcomed incriminating information or data about hillary clinton. trump and the campaign knew about the hacked e-mails that were stolen and released. so there is a lot of information about collusion and obstruction of justice. it may not rise to the level of an indictment. proof beyond a reasonable doubt. the special counsel may have concluded he has to abide by the department of justice office of legal counsel opinion. it is not a rule, but opinion, that a sitting president can't be indicted. we need to know a lot of that ...

Security clearances with our and that's the real oversight function. so i'm confident that the courts would rule for us. >> congressman, thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. just ahead, we'll have more on the breaking news. a top democrat says his kmiet tee has now received tens of thousands of documents before tonight's deadline for responses from 81 individuals and organizations connected with the president. also, one theory about president trump's latest twitter tirade. it's tied to pending developments in the special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. so, you're ...

Aggressive oversight function as it relates to being a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch that is our responsibility. with respect to impeachment, as you know, listen, the house fundamentally is the grand jury. the senate is the ultimate jury. >> uh-huh. >> impeachment is like an indictment, and we can indict in the house of representatives if the evidence is compelling enough to move forward. but the ultimate objective presumably of the people who believe appropriately that donald trump has presided over chaos, crisis, confusion, and a culture of corruption is to remove h...

Talking about which is his border policy, how he can be tough on immigration, then you obviously have house democrats launching these investigations. no question that investigations play well with the base. certainly did when republicans tried to take on president obama. but do they, do the democrats worry about alienating the center that cares more about policy than they do the politics of document requests? >> i think it's a delicate balance. i don't think we would necessarily be here if the republicans had done their job the first two years that they held control of congress over president ...

Sometimes did say look, congress, you've gone too far. this is not within your legitimate function. though if i were one of the people who got a letter or a subpoena, i would at least think about the possibility of bringing a lawsuit and suggesting that congress is abusing its oversight function. as far as the environment is concerned, i'm a strong supporter of the environment but we need a balanced environment. >> sean: we can get rid of oil in airplanes and cows. we need cows. i will buy you a steak, professor. last word. >> what they're looking to do with this green new deal is they want to...