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Investigation. All persons having business before the Honorable United States Court of appeals for the District Of Columbia circuit. Draw near and give their attention so the court is now sitting. Be seated, please. Case number 195331 committee on the judiciary of the United States house of representatives versus Donald F Mcgahn 2nd appellate. Good morning, your honor. May it please the court. The House Judiciary Committee seeks to assert an implied cause of action to enforce the subpoena to compel mr. Mcgahn to testify regarding his duties as white House Counsel over the objection of the pres...

This one says chuck schumer, the democratic leader will speak on the senate floor at about 3 50. We passed that. You can follow that over on our companion network, cspan2. Were getting your thoughts on the potential impeachment of the president and the whistleblower complaint filed with the director of National Intelligence. 2027482940, the line for democrats. 2027482941 for republicans. Or all others, 2027488922. One more tweet before we go to calls. This is not a partisan matter. The president authorizing the release of the transcript of the phone call with the president of ukraine. Lets hea...

Congress. Those are the facts, madam president. The situation they describe is unacceptable. We know that the executive branch is blocking the legislative branch, a coequal branch of our government from performing its oversight duties. The fact that the whistleblower complaint concerns our national security, a Foreign Policy and potential misconduct by the president makes the situation even more serious. So in the short time, ill ask my colleagues consent to pass a simple resolution that says, quote, that the whistleblower complaint received on august 12, 2019 by the Inspector General of the I...

An official whistleblower complaint. The i. G. Found this complaint both credible and urgent. By law, the director of National Intelligence must forward such a complaint to the congressional intelligence subcommittees within seven days of receiving it. Congress has been informed by the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community in writing that the Trump Administration is preventing that complaint from being sent to the relevant committees in congress. Those are the facts, madam president. The situation they describe is unacceptable. We know that the executive branch is blocking the legisl...

Both credible and urgent. By law, the director of National Intelligence must forward such a complaint to the congressional intelligence subcommittees within seven days of receiving it. Congress has been informed by the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community in writing that the Trump Administration is preventing that complaint from being sent to the relevant committees in congress. Those are the facts, madam president. The situation they describe is unacceptable. We know that the executive branch is blocking the legislative blanch, a coequal branch of our government, from performing it...