conduct. they say they can prove the conduct from testimonies in the .in the filing, they say paymens paid to amateur players were pervasive. avenatti hit back on the statement he was in debt, saying any claim i was $15 million in debt was ridiculous, absurd, and laughable. i look forward to the upcoming trial, at which time i will be exonerated and the trickle be known. avenatti s criminal trial is scheduled to begin 1 of 3 trials he is currently involved in. and? ed: a re-captive president trump s biggest compliments of 2019 when the story continues. he is not tired of winning. we have done more than i promised. i promise we have done more than we promised. no politician, i think kim has ever done better. great riches will find you when liberty mutual
also tweeting how he may have the federal government step in to deal with california s homelessness crisis if the state democratic governor does not step up. we are mere minutes away from an exclusive with the president s housing secretary, ben carson. don t miss it. in the meantime, while the president continues to rip into impeachment, comments by republican senator lisa murkowski from alaska, remains undecided on how she will vote on removing the president from office. she says she has disturbed by recent comments by senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. seriously concerned, when you hear your majority leader say that he is going to work hand-in-hand with the white house. mitch mcconnell should not be coordinating and fully responding to the white house when it comes to how he determines to conduct this trial. ed: but the story tonight is whether democrats may be playing with fire ahead of 2020. the nonpartisan politico
defective on their face, they don t mean the constitutional standard of high crimes and misdemeanors. i would like to see a motion to dismiss, 51 senators that we have as republicans should agree with that. there should be no trial. ed: how do you respond to that? there were four law professors who testified about an impeachable offense. with all due respect to them, gerald ford was right. it s whatever a majority of the house said it was, and if you don t believe me, if you watch the vote, it was like clinching the playoffs. in the senate, it s the same thing. if the majority of the senate votes to dismiss, it s dismissed. but there s nothing to dismiss now, as long as the speaker holds it back. why isn t that a gift to the president? if she holds it, there s nothing to deal with. ed: right. city think, ultimately, that might be the road forward for mitch mcconnell? sit on us as long as you want, their republicans go ahead with the nation s business. the president and the last w
articles of impeachment are. but i will say this. if those witnesses were so important, why were they not called in the house? why did the democrats not go to the courts, just like the republicans did in the fast and furious can scandal? ed: fair question, they say it would have taken months and months. that s why we have three branches of government. ed: you mention you are an attorney, so we will take that pickle last question would be, do you think, since you believe this has been an unfair processy even have a trial, nancy pelosi will hold back the articles? do you think that senator mitch mcconnell should move toward a motion to dismiss and get a simple up or down vote, 51 votes to put this to bed once and for all? i m up two mines. the former district judge in me says dismiss this on day one, because there is lack of merit. the democrats can t make out what we lawyers call they don t have the facts to meet the elements of the crimes alleged. the political animal in me s
talking about the constitution. they have been acting like they are constitutional scholars, but the keywords in the provision is that the house has the sole duty to impeach and the senate has the sole responsibility to try the president. the key word is sole. i don t know if i was sick in law school, but i m pretty sure the house has nothing to do the trial in the senate which impeachment is to the senate. it s a 2-step process, two separate silos. let nancy pelosi hold the articles of impeachment, because the longer this drags out, the more swing voters and independents are coming to republicans in droves. and i know some people think it s a bold statement, but i really do think we re going to take back the house in 2020, and i think the president trump is going to win in 2020, because the polls are showing independents are tired of impeachment, they think it is a sham, and they know this is a political hit job. ed: you certainly are poles to back that appeared on the other hand,