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today. >> you wonder if these people were not in the positions they were at the time, what would have heaped to democracy, wolf? these top-former doj officials described how they were essentially the guardians of democracy. relentlessly pressured by the former president of the united states, donald trump, to use the power of doj to overturn the election results even after doj had investigated the fraud and found there was no widespread fraud. he here is a clip of the remarkable exchange former acting attorney general jeff rosen described in talking to trump during that time. >> you a...

The full house vote. kaitlan collins is live for us at the white house and bringing us the story. kaitlan, what reason is the white house giving. >> reporter: it is a brief letter. about two paragraphs and sent about 24 minutes before the deadline. i'm going to read you in full from pat sip loan the white house counsel to jerry nadler the chair of the house judiciary committee. and he begins as you know your impeachment inquiry is baseless and violated basis principles of due process and fundamental fairness nevertheless the speaker of the house ordered house democrats to proceed with articles...

>> reporter: this is a new tactic. across the white house, you see this from congressional republicans as well. they're attacking the process. they feel as though, when you talk to white house allies, they feel as though they're winning the process argument. you had the letter over the weekend from pat sip own knee. he had strong language from adam schiff. it sounded he went further calling adam schiff deranged. we'll have to go back and look at his list of schiff insults, to see if that advances it in any material way. the main new line of attack they have on these hearings is they're unpatri...

Point out it is the president who is responsible for taking disciplinary action when it comes to violating the hatch act and he's clearly not likely to do so based on what we've been told. and just in elijah cummings has announced he will hold a hearing with the office of special counsel. what more could you tell us about that? >> reporter: because this act is seen as the toothless. we've seen the special counsel not related to robert mueller office saying that because kellyanne conway is a repeat offender if no action is taken it sends a message to federal employees they could violate the law...

I am not thinking that the white house may have been aware that the white house counsel was doing that, and maybe to communicate to the reset a little bit for him and a little bit for the general public. i understand they owe the president loyalty, and i am g g going to be doing the job as long as he wants me to, and the investigation is appropriate and everybody calm down was the message there, and i wonder if it is part of the premidterm communication to the president, hold on, let's not rush into anything here. >> is so you speak about the white house counsel, and sarah sanders said today, ...