hill. manu, republicans will have the vote, we think, responding to this proposal from schumer. reporter: there s not been an official reaction from the majority leader s office yet, mcconnell saying they ll have these skudiscussions with chuck schumer behind the scenes. but the argument to the proposal is starting to take shape. what republicans i m taulking t are saying is there is no need to hear from these four individuals because that was the house s job. according to the republicans, the house was the fact-finding body. that was the one that was supposed to hear testimony from these four individuals, and it was the decision by the house democrats not to go to court to try to enforce their subpoenas, try to compel these people from coming forward. they made that calculation not to pursue that route, and as a result, the senate is left with what they have, which is the testimony from the existing witnesses, and there is no need in a senate trial to act like a body doing the fact
an accused person is allowed to control the witnesses coming before the fact-finding body. in fact, in most situations, an accused person trying to control witnesses is a crime in itself. in this case, the president, he just did it again this morning. said i m innocent, i did nothing wrong. it was perfect. if that s the case, he should be insisting these people come forward because they could clear him in five minutes. the fact that, a, they aren t coming forward and, b, he s told them not to come forward, to not release documents, to control documents at the state department and within the white house, that s, you know, i m from maine, and we apply common sense, and common sense tells me in this case, there s something that s being hidden here. you have been reluctant to talk to us because you ll be a juror in a senate impeachment trial when it comes to that. but, clearly, you think that something is going on now that is worthy of speaking out. well, i ve been a conservative on th
lose the election. the other thing, even inspied in spite of being a lying liar, congress is a fact finding body. you can be prosecuted for perjury and all of those plea agreements that he had entered into could have been thrown away if he were found to have lied to congress. which is what happened to manafort. exactly. one more question on the polls, lexie. i m no pollster. what are democratic voters looking for in their 2020 nominee. policies that could bring major change 5rks 5%. policies that might bring less change, 42%. what mike said at the top, what does that tell you about what democrats are thinking at this point? you have an event today where numerous democrats are running. i think it s clear that democrats are moving so far to the left. the green new deal, they re trying to weaponize that. there s an appetite for the
he then turned around and sued the commission hoping to quash the subpoena. peterson s attorney came to the meeting, presented the lawsuit and left without addressing the media but later issued a statement accusing the commission as not acting as a quote neutral fact-finding body and saying it has, coat, succumbed to the not so thinly veiled personal agendas of the agenda s members. matt who e. whose son was killed in the shooting asked if peterson could be held in contempt. state lawyers are now reviewing that and commission member ryan petty whose daughter elena died in the attack says peterson is simply causing confusion and delaying the findings. as for scott peterson, he has not spoken publicly since he went on the today show back in june and said he went by the book. watch. i know i didn t violate any policy or procedure. i have been with the agency 32 years. i know the policies. i know the procedures. i communicated right on that. i did everything that i felt at the time wei
example the starr report versus something measured, stayed, and restrained like this, i think this is a very positive model for somebody like mueller. joyce, you re nodding your head. i think that s exactly right. it s not an argumentative document, it s really the grand jury that worked with federal prosecutors talking to the house of representatives, which in many ways acts like a grand jury body when it considers impeachment. and saying, as one fact finding body to another, here s what we found. was don t draw conclusions, you just do your work. thank you both. don t forget to check out our latest episode of why is this happening? i think it s an interesting one. michael tessler breaks down white identity politics as a result of the 2008 election, not just 2016. and keep an eye out tomorrow morning for a little something special on the podcast front. that is all in for this evening.