i call upon the wales heralded arms extraordinary thomas lloyd and the lord lieutenant to will read the proclamation . [ reading proclamation ] you reign to bless his majesty for long and happy years to reign over us given at st. james palace on the 10th day of september in the year of 2022. god save the king! long live our liberty, god save our king three cheers for his majesty the king! hip hip hooray! hip hip hooray! hip hip hooray! as we watch these pictures play out, these are public proclamation announcing the ascension of the new monarch. the first one was one from cardiff wales and they were speaking welsh and this is a repeat of what we saw yesterday, the public proclamation of the new monarch and it is a traditional ceremony. and it also signals a return to the flags being at full staff, right, until they return to half mast to mourn the death of queen elizabeth ii. we re seeing all of it. there s another ceremony we di
Somalia. As if this is another step by the president to intimidate witnesses. He did not intimidate to you. You are here. You have endured. There are other people out there that can expect this before treatment if they come forward. That is a question for us. You also indicated that the president has a prerogative to appoint a noncareer person, and to be candid, republican president s and democratic president s have done that. Mr. Sondlands transcript is out, and he was someone who indicated that everything hinged, the white house meeting and the release of the vital
defensive aid, everything hinged on the president president zelensky being able to do that election that would benefit the trump campaign. You are aware of that . Yes. And you have indicated that would be something that you would not agree to do . Yes. And sondland was quite willing to do . Apparently so. I think you for your professional service and a yield back. Ambassador yovanovitch, thank you for being here. It has be
Power of the office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring and 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, these this question of whether president engaged in abuse of power came up before when this congress considered the impeachment of president nixon. And after action was taken, president nixon famously said if the president does it, it is not 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 Department Of Justice and defending his conduct. Here is what he said then i have an article, too, where i have to write 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 the c
Business, the media, across the board, and the president since hes been in office has stoked that in an unprecedented way. The argument that theyre going to make about the fact that hes obstructing certainly matters on constitutional level but does it matter on a who cares level. This is an issue, i think the loss of institutional integrity, because our politics are tribalized and divisive, why nancy pelosi did not want to move forward with impeachment for the longest time, because it would be so divisive and she feels like her hand has been, you know, that theres no choice but to move forward. Whether its i remember during the health care debate, senator dodd said this is a really bad idea to do this on a party line vote. Doing impeachment this way is really hard because it allows one side to cast the other as seeking to legitimize them. Thats what the American People should not want because it undermines our institutions. Were going to hear from three witnesses basically at length to
Insult insulted as you did today essentially blaming you for somalia. As if this is another step by the president to intimidate witnesses. He didnt intimidate you. Youre here. Youve endured. But there are other people out there that can expect the trump treatment if they come forward. Thats a question for us. Now, you also indicated that the president has a prerogative to appoint a noncareer person and to be candid, republican president s and democratic president s have done that. The mr. Sondlands transcript is out and he was someone who indicated that everything hinged, this the white house meeting and the release of the
vital defensive aid. Everything hinged on the president , president zelensky, being willing to do that investigation that would benefit the trump campaign. Youre aware of that . Yes. And youve indicated thats something that you would not agree to do. Yes. And sondland was quite willing to do. Apparently, so. I thank you for your professional service and i yield back.