Home about what she was going to accept in terms of witnesses, when she returned from the Holiday Season back to the senate, she essentially brought that 1999 clinton resolution to the floor, and she handed it to mcconnells staff, essentially asking them, okay, show me what is going to change in this resolution and what is going to stay the same. We know the majority leader had made it very clear he was going to follow the, quote, clinton motto. But she wanted to see it in writing. She wanted to understand what does that mean in terms of getting witnesses sochlt what transpired was weeks of negotiations between senator collins staff, murkowskis staff, Lamar Alexanders staff and leadership to go over word by word who was going to be in this resolution. So the expectation and we should be cautious here. We have not seen the resolution yet. It hasnt been released. But the expectation is that it will actually include a vote after the presentations of evidence by both sides and a debate fro
Plus the president said he does not know lev parnas, despite pictures of them together. It is questionable whether they want to hear it and if Rudy Giuliani is to be believed. A very interesting twist from the oval office tour guide. Well take pictures behind the resolute desk. Its been there a long time. A lot of president s, some good, some not so good. You got a good one now. Even though theyre trying to impeach the son of a bitch. Can you believe that . And we begin with a major decision by the president that offers us a big window on the impeachment trial just around the corner. Sources today detailing to cnn some major decisions to the president s legal team, including one who factored large in the bill clinton impeachment battle. Pat cipollone and jay sekulow will take the lead, but now with help from Alan Dershowitz, and ken starr and robert wray. Plus longtime personal counsel, robe robert raskin. At momenthe moment, anyway, thee no House Republicans in that group. Kaitlan col
Yovonovitch. All of this as the president s beefed up legal team filled with made for tv lawyers prepare to defend him. Kristin holmes is traveling with him. Good morning to you. The house released these new documents from lev parnas last night. What do they tell us . Reporter good morning, christie and martin. There is a trove of information here, but the two main take aways are about what you mentioned, that surveillance as well as devin nunes. This is new information about the apparent surveillance of the apparent former ambassador yovonovitch. She was fired by President Trump himself after a Smear Campaign was run against her that was done by her his personal attorney, rudy giuliani. Now we first learned about this appearance of surveillance in the first set of documents released by the house in a set of Text Messages by lev parnas to a connecticut man who was running for congress named robert hyde, and in this they appeared to be tracking yovonovitchs movements. We saw more docume
So grateful to have you with us. Thank you for being here. Im christi paul. Im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. Big day today. House democrats have until 5 00 pm to file their impeachment trial brief. Theyre expected to send over the legal arguments ahead of the president s trial in the senate, of course. Late last night, democrats released new documents and Text Messages from indicted Rudolph Giuliani associate lev parnas. They appear to show possible surveillance of marie yovanovitch, the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine who was fired by President Trump. All of this as the president s beefed up legal team filled with what many are calling madefortv lawyers who are prepared to defend him. At the end of the day, there is a pretty great team here. It is, indeed. Lets begin with the new documents that the house released last night. Cnn has details. Reporter House Democrats released new documents on friday night as part of their push to have the president removed from office ahea
Proof of indicted Rudy Giuliani associate lev parnas meeting with President Trump. This latest new evidence is the third release this week showing parnas in close connection with the president and his family. A connection President Trump has strongly denied. This as more documents released last night show new Text Messages about the apparent surveillance of former u. S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch while she was ambassador. It shows some of his fiercest supporters, including an aide for House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member devon nunes. Meanwhile, there are only five hours remaining for house managers to file the impeachment brief on capitol hill which lays out the facts, the evidence, and legal arguments members plan to present as the senate trial starts next week. The president then must respond to the secretary of senate by 6 00 tonight. Cnns Sarah Westwood is on capitol hill. Sarah, what more are we expecting to learn from todays brief . Reporter well, fred, this is going to