for that at the ballot box. i think people expect an honest and fair trial and depoliticize it as much as possible. i will tell you that is very difficult afteru watching the house for a bit this evening. the bottom line is i think the american people expect our government to work. here for our leadoff discussion on a wednesday night, philip rucker, bureau chief for the washington post ashley parker, pull and mika o.yang. good evening and welcome to all three of you. tonight mark meadows is urging donald trump to add alan dershowitz as a member of the white house legal team. thee question is, does this presume a vacancy, a need, or a deficiency on said white house legal team? well, it assumes that the
and permissive wwisconsin and t don t like us. the framers were so concerned of the president abusing his power, they gave us the power of impeachment. george washington was concerned of unprincipled men finding their way into the white house. well, those times have found us. and we only have one option, that s the who that s to hold this president accountable. that would make a senate trial in january, almost certain, one of the issues driving this committee vote before the weekend by the way, a large congressional delegation headed to europe on thursday afternoon to mark the 7 anniversary of the battle. tonight the politico and the washington post reporting house democrats may see some defections on the impeachment
point. it appears that all the republican senators are likely to vote to acquit president trump, his removal from office does not appear to be in the offing, and the white house is confident about that assessment. what you re hearing from president trump is that he wants there to be a big trial, a big show of force in defending him. he s thinking much more about theg public relations aspect o this, how will it frame the re-election campaign ahead through november, and he wants to take advantage of the senate trial on home turf, so to speak, because it s controlled by republicans to put up a show, to drag hunter biden in as a witness. to drag adam schiff in as a witness, to have fiery defenses of the president s conduct, and what you re hearing from senate leaders you heard it there from senator graham, senator thune told our colleagues today that there s much less of an appetite for that among the senators. they want to get this voteg tan care of quickly, turn the page
president trump, his removal from office does not appear to be in the white house. the white house is confident about that assessment. what you are hearing from president trump is he wants there to be a big trial, a big show of force in defending him. he s thinking much more of the public relations aspect of this, how will it frame the reelection campaign ahead for november. he wants to take advantage of the senate trial on home turf because it is controlled by republicans to put up a show to drag hunter biden in as a witness and adam schiff as a witness, to have fiery defenses of the president s conduct and what you are hearing from senate leaders, you are hearing from senator graham and republicans told your colleagues in the post today that there is muchless of an appetite among senators. they want to get this vote taken care of quickly and turn the page and move on. that s where the tension resigns
people expect a fair trial. i will tell you it is difficult after watching the house a bit this evening. the bottom line is i think the american people expect our government to work. here for our lead off discussion. phillip rucker for the washington post, ashley parker, white house reporter for the washington post and amica amicah oh yang. good evening and welcome to all three of you. mark meadows is urging donald trump to add alan dershwitz. is this a concern or a deficiency on the white house s legal team? it assumes that the president is going to want as many people