break from the party on impeachment? we ll speak to a republican congressman francis rooney of florida. he s one of them. we appreciate you taking the time this morning. thank you very much for having me. on this broadcast, you said two months ago that your mind at that point was still at least open on the question of impeachment as the house heads towards a vote. is that still the case or have you made up your mind to vote no? well, i think i ve gone from being open and wanting to hear all the facts to being extremely frustrated and disappointed that the democrat process didn t slow down, didn t get the primary sources, didn t fight executive privilege and do it like congressman rodino did watergate and build the national consensus is takes to succeed if that s what they want to do. the white house obstructed here, right? they refused for these key witnesses to testify. they refused to submit emails, other communications. is that on the white house or is that on democrats? w
congressman rodino, the chairman of the judiciary stated we have reached the point that it s important that the house explicitly right. confirm the responsibility. we are asking the house and the judiciary to investigate the conduct of the president of the united states. such a resolution has always been passed by the house. the committee has voted unanimously to recommend the house of rivers and natives adopt this resolution. it s a necessary step if we want to meet our obligation. they went on! so nixon and clinton got treated fairly. trump gets treated worse than a mass murderer. prior to the october 5 committee meeting, some raised concerns about procedural fairness and turns to rules similar to those that talked about the committee in 1974 with nixon which would provide the president with certain procedural rights. after voting on the hide
this was presented to the full house for a vote and it was passed. it goes, the question of impeachment is of most importance the committee realize it must have authorization from the full house before proceeding in any course of action because impeachment is delegated solely to the house of representativesb by the constitution. the full house are but senators should be involved in critical decision-making regarding various stages of impeachment. also, a resolution authorizing impeachment inquiry into the conduct of a president consistent with past practice. according to precedents, theac impeachment of president johnson was set in motion by resolution authorized by a general investigation after the execution of the laws. they went on further. then feeds judgment investigation of president nixon was expressly authorized by the full house. congressman rodino, the chairman
other two committees, which includes many republicans are doing, is the initial interview of witnesses. no prosecutor whatever put a witness, no lawyer would ever put a witness, and a public forum without interviewing that person first. senator graham and his staff to that in the bill clinton impeachments, congressman rodino and his staff did that in the richard nixon impeachment, congressman schiff is choosing to do it in front of the committee, rather than just in front of investigators. the president s due process rights will come into play when witness when evidence is publicly presented before the judiciary committee but the preliminary investigations, the preliminary inquiries, never in public. charles: well, there s a lot of frustration about this. there is and if it were up to me i would love to be a fly on the wall that i would love to know what s going on. but the house rules don t permit it a at this stage. charles: i also think the selective leaks don t make this ev