Whatwe that means, its to use e power of the office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring orfi injuring the national interest, or acts in ways that are grossly inconsistent with and undermine the separation of powers that is the foundation of our democratic system. Now, this question of whether the president engaged in abuse of power came up before when this congress considered the impeachment of president nixon. And president nixon famously said, if the president does it, it is notde illegal. And this body rejected that because thats not so. That goes directly contrary to what the founders said. But President Trump has said the same thing in responding to the prior investigation by the Department Of Justice and defending his conduct. Heres what he said. I have an article 2 where i have the right to do whatever i want as president. That he has the right to do whatever he wants as president. That is as wrong as when president nixon said a similar thing. That is not what
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it was another rally. we checked on them to make sure they are safe. when they saw what it was turning into, they immediately turned and went back down the mall to get away from the crowd here. the let fter from the commite is sparse on details about what evidence they have to suggest he was providing a tour that was relevant to the insurrection. to breakthrough, the committee is likely going to have to provide more evidence, specific evidence to prove these claims. this is part of the overall challenge as they try to tell the story of what they uncovered during the investigation over the next several months. before you came on, the former attorney general, bill barr, has tentatively agreed to give testimony to the january 6th committee. what do they want know from him in. the don, i think bill barr
toto look back and to be able t potentially know who was visiting with the president at this crucial juncture in our democracy, but it s unclear if trump wasde doing that. on the other side of the coin here, any names that are on there of people going in and out of the white house that wepl dot already know of will be extremely helpful. we know in those final weeks that the president was trying to overturn thesi results of the election, there were fringe figures like michael flynn, michael lindell, sidney powell going in and out of the oval, and the white house residence, and i think that at this point, any documentse, that the commite can get their hands on is a win. yes, the president was flushing records down the white house toilet and who knows what happened to the visitor logs. we will wait on the information, jackie, washington post congressional correspondent and nowck an msnbc contributor, thas for joining us tonight. thanks,t alex. next, we have some breaking news, from