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Isn't only about what the president's done. it's about the threat the president poses to the nation if allowed to remain in office. he believes he can and will get away with anything he does. we all laughed when he said he can stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot someone and get away with it. it's no joke. he's shooting holes in the constitution, and we cannot let him get away with it. the united states cannot afford to have a president who will abuse whatever power is available to him to get re-elected. that's what it's all about. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was former vice p...

Against nixon was obstruction of justice. so if what he did with the president of ukraine is not enough, every time he does this it just piles on. >> in terms of, though, if this is ultimately potentially going to go to articles of impeachment being drafted one of them as you say could be obstruction of justice. do you need for the court process to play out before actually introducing and voting on articles of impeachment, or are you prepared, will you be prepared to go forward, put on the floor, vote on articles of impeachment even if there's still court cases pending on these subpoenas? >> i...

There are disagreements within the white house staff about how to proceed with impeachment. there are some who see peril in this and who want to get this over and done with quickly, to have a quick impeachment process, but there are others including the white house chief of staff mick mulvaney who see great political up side in dragging out impeachment? mick mulvaney in a senior staff meeting last week said -- told the staff if impeachment dragged on, trump would win 45 states after impeachment. you've also got a political campaign that is loving impeachment because it is the biggest money gen...

The white house to actually comply with these subpoenas. it is possible to ask a federal judge to expedite this, to do it on a quick motions practice so the district court would have it quickly, and then you could also & for an expedited appeal to the appellate intermediate court and to the supreme court. but that process doesn't mean that the democrats or house in general couldn't impeach or issue articles of impeachment in the interim. they could always amend those or issue a superseding set of articles of impeachment just like a prosecutor could issue sup supersedings and indictments. we sa...

Quote, unconstitutional though the constitution does give congress the power to impeach a president. late today trump again challenged congress' authority. >> the whole thing is a scam. it's a fix. and we wrote a letter yesterday and probably ends up being a big supreme court case. maybe it goes a long time. i don't know. >> if pulosely hold a vote on the floor on impeachment and commits to the rules of previous impeachment proceedings you'll participate in that investigation? >> if the rules are fair because i don't know exactly your definition. >> according to axios trump's approach suggests...