Trump. All right. You ready . We just had a vote on the floor. In march of this year Speaker Pelosi said this about impeachment. Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless theres something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, i dont think we should go down that path, because it divides the country. Today the country just witnessed the only bipartisan vote on that floor was against. The question to the speaker are the same questions i provided in the letter about the unfair process that we had. What has changed since march . In all the hearings theres nothing compelling, nothing overwhelming. So the speaker should follow her own words on what bipartisan vote on that floor and in the sham that has been putting this country through this nightmare. Thats exactly what this vote shows today. I want to call up our whips steve scalise. Thank you, kevin. When we talk about the vote, i think its important to note when you see that not only did every single republican reject
Only bipartisan vote on that for was against. The question to the speaker, the in theestions i provided letter, about the unfair process that we had. What has changed since march . In all the hearings, theres nothing compelling, nothing overwhelming. So the speaker should follow her own words on what bipartisan on that floor and in the sham that has been putting this nightmare. Ough this thats exactly what this vote shows today. I want to call up our whip, Steve Scalise. Thank you, kevin. And when we talk about the vote, important to note, when you see that not only did rejectingle republican the soviet style impeachment were even joinrd by democrats who couldnt stand it anymore. At where we are right now, were at an important point in history. That wethere are people serve with that dont like the results of the 2016 election. Thats their prerogative. The country next year will be deciding who our president is going to be. It should not be nancy pelosi in a small group of people that s
Vindman who testified in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump was fired from his white house job and marched off the white house grounds today. As was oddly his twin brother who was also a National Security council official, but one who had absolutely nothing to do with the impeachment inquiry. He did apparently commit the crime of being born a few seconds of his brother. Within hours of colonel vindman and his brother being marched off the white house grounds, there was word that sondland was fired. He gave incredibly busy testimony. His lawyer said Gordon Sondland wasnt reassigned to some other job, he was summarily fired. We dont know if this is the full list tonight or if there are more long knives out for people who testified in the impeachment inquiry or are related to that scandal or literally familially related to anyone who did so. But despite what feels like a historical parallel to nixon, i think it is not fair to say that this is a modern day saturday night massacre
Off the white house grounds, there was word that Gordon Sondland, the president s appointed ambassador to the eu was also fired. Sondland gave incredibly damaging testimony about the president s behavior during the impeachment inquiry. As of tonight, he has also suddenly been recalled from his post. His lawyer confirming to nbc news tonight that Gordon Sondland was not just reassigned to some other job inside the government or within the state department. He was smarly fired. And we dont know if this is the full list tonight or if there are more long knives out for people who testified in the impeachment inquiry or are related to that scandal. Or literally are familially related to anyone who did so. But despite what feels like a historical parallel to nixon at the height of the watergate impeachment crisis, i think it is not fair to say that this is a modern day saturday night massacre. The saturday night massacre was the night in october 1973 when nixon decided to order the firing of
Investigations into his political rival. His attorney general opened the door for dirt on political rivals from rudy guilliani, whose search in ukraine started this whole thing. He criticized the potential sentence and conviction by a jury and his long term friend and his department of justice reversed that decision, sparking the four career prosecutors in charge to either quit the case or resign. He publicly affirmed his attorney general put his thumb on the scale by congratulating him. The question now, who keeps the u. S. President potentially unbound and in check. In a matter of 24 hours, the already embattled integrity of the Justice Department has taken a huge hit and prompted justice officials to resign after its stunning reversal in the roger stone case and praises attorney general bill barr and the judge presiding over the case and with drew the nomination op former attorney general jessie liu over how her office handle cases over the mueller probe. We have kaitlyn colin. Yest