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Instead focus again on some very farcical process arguments in my view. i'm compelled to respond to at least one of those, this notion about the closed-door depositions. because as i understand it from reading these transcripts, many minority members were present and granted equal time to question witnesses brought before the intelligence committee, the foreign affairs committee and the government oversight committee. some of those members are actually on this committee. so i struggle to understand the objections in that regard. the idea that the intelligence committee's investigation was not ...

>> they played the tape. during the senate trial. >> why. >> they chose to. the senate has the sole power to try impeachment case. they can do it any way they want. >> president trump wants the witnesses to be in person. he made it clear. opposed to having the recordings and depositions. we have not heard the same from republican senators who said essentially they think that could get out of hand. they favor video tapes. >> republicans have not been making an argument about the evidence. they have been process arguments. by and large. are they going to be continuing to do that?

Want. >> president trump wants the witnesses to be in person. he made it clear. opposed to having the recordings and depositions. we have not heard the same from republican senators who said essentially they think that could get out of hand. they favor video tapes. >> republicans have not been making an argument about the evidence. they have been process arguments. by and large. are they going to be continuing to do that? it seem hike the president wants them to make actually backing up this was all a perfect call. >> some soft witnesses the president would want to call would make the case aro...

The way that those who are watching it really closely are thinking about it. sure was a topic around thanksgiving dinner tables. but did people have the same command of the facts and the import of it that those who are watching closely did. they don't want to lose too much more time. once you get into january, then that republican argument which is process arguments, not engaging with the facts but saying why are they doing this in an election year when voters will have a say, let's have the vote versers have a say. >> defending the president is now defending the president propagating a conspi...

They didn't do it for some reason of the main process here, chris, they will not take the time to get any first-hand witnesses that have direct knowledge of this matter and the president's statements and state of mind. mick mulvaney, acting chief of staff, rudy giuliani, any of these people because it might take another two months or so. and i think a lot of the process arguments at the moment will be forgotten in the fullness of time but the fact they're sending a flagrantly incomplete fact all record to the senate on this most consequential constitutional process that will be remembered and ...