Compelling testimony in todays impeachment hearing and the criminal conviction of his long time associate roger stone who was found guilty on all seven counts today. Accusations of witness intimidation were a major headline in todays impeachment hearing after the president decided to attack the witness, his former ambassador to ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, while she was testifying about his conduct. Now, the president real time is attacking you. What effect do you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing . Well, its very intimidating. Designed to intimidate, is it not . I i mean, i cant speak to what the president is trying to do. But i think the effect is to be intimidating. Well, i want to let you know, ambassador, that some of us here take witness intimidation very, very seriously. When asked by reporters about attacking yovanovitch, the president reacting reacted basically as he typically does by claiming that the other side is the one inti
frumans of the world, this looks like it could get really exciting for rudy giuliani. the the line of people seeking pardons from president trump s getting longer. what is there any defense mechanism here for democrats or for the prosecutors here? there is no legal defense mechanism. the president has the absolute authority to pardon anybody he wants except maybe himself and except in cases of impeachment. the only defense you have is the very clear statement that the house of representatives will regard a self-interested pardon of paul manafort or roger stone as an impeachable offense. deterrence is the only defense you ve got. glen ken kershner, ben witte thank you for your expertise. got more on rudy, roger, and all the president s men. the many, many, many times rudy giuliani s name came up in today s hearing. giuliani s name came up in today s hearing. not actors, who ve got their eczema