President nixon said a similar thing, that is not what the constitution provides, that is not what the country demands. He does not have the right to do whatever he wants. Turning to the second abuse of power most of concern. Betraying the nation involving foreign powers. The American People have suffered that foreign influence when President Trump treated military aid that had been approved, taxpayer dollars, and decided to treat it as his own checkbook to try to further his own reelection chances. That reflects what the founders were concerned about. Finally, corruption of our elections. The framers knew that corrupt leaders or leaders acting corruptly concentrate their powers to manipulate elections and undercut adversaries. They talked about it frequently. That is why the framers thought electoral treachery particularly involving foreign powers was a critical abuse that could support and lead to impeachment. Now, the American People learned last election how dangerous foreign inter
Potentially drawing up our articles drying up articles of impeachment against donald trump. They invited three scholars to testify. A law school professor, a stanford loss will professor, professor, andol in North Carolina lost go professor. The republicans invited Jonathan George Washington Law School professor. The House Committee will come to order. We are reserving the right to object. The objection is noted. I amrsuant to clause 2j1, furnishing you with demand of a majority day of hearings on this subject. I withdraw my reservation. The quorum is present. We are the first hearing conducting pursuant down to resolution 660. The special Judiciary Committee procedures described in section 4a. Here is how the committee will proceed. I will make an Opening Statement and then i will recognize the Ranking Member for an Opening Statement. Each witness will have 10 minutes to make their statements and then we will proceed to questions. I will now recognize myself. Mr. Chairman, parliamenta
Professor. Here is the hearing in its entirety. Order. House will come to object. E the right to i am furnishing you with the subject signed by all republicans. Pursuant to clause, i am furnishing you with a letter signed by all the members of the committee can i request that you set this date before the Committee Votes on any articles of impeachment. I withdraw my reservation. Later. Ill confer on this hearing wethe first to housecting pursuant resolution 660. Here is have the committee will proceed for this hearing will openingill make it an statement and then i will rubberneck just recognized a member for making an Opening Statement. I now recognize myself for no Opening Statement. For anve the time Opening Statement. The facts before us are undisputed. President trump called roses was zelensky andent asked him for a favor. That was a concerted effort to solicit an advantage in the next. Lection to obtain that private political advantage, President Trump elected from the newly presi
Hoover brought to you by robert granari. Additional funding is provided by Corporate Funding provided by stevens inc. Se repative will hurd, welcome to firing line. Thanks for having me. Youre abeepublican m of house of representatives representing texass 23rd district. Thats right. Wo 29 counties,ime zos, 820 miles othe border. Which makes t you only republican in the house of representatives that represents a border. District with the u border and mexico border. Thats correct and the longest border. Youre also on the how Intelligence Committee which has this week been undergoing impeachment hearings of we at the endf the second week public testimony and this week,e heard from dr. Fiona hill. President rumps former Russia National Security Council adviser. Heres what she said in her ening statement. Lets take a look. I refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize the n vernment that the ukrain government is the adversity and ukraine not russia attacked us in 2016. These switches aharm
London and she can walk us through what transpired here in the last several hours. Its just been a remarkable turn of event. As you say President Trump cancelling a planned press conference. Hes going to hold a few more meetings and then head home early. He wanted this nato trip to be a chance for him to show leadership on the world stage to try to turn the page at least temporarily from the impeachment hearings back at home and yet he has been beset by new controversies. Let me read you the tweet and then give you the broader context. The president tweeted when todays meetings are over, i will be heading back to washington. I wont be doing a press conference at the close of nato because we did so many over the past two days. Safe travels to all. Now this comes after a stunning piece of video emerged overnight showing some of the president s closest allies. The Prime Minister of canada, justin trudeax, the Prime Minister of the u. K. , Boris Johnson appearing to mock President Trump al