Giuliani to manufacture dirt on the president s political opponents and arrested trying to flee the country. Maybe ill ask rudy to say a few words. Tonight what we know about the two men. Is Rudy Giuliani now under investigation . And what did the president know and when did he know it . What conversations have you head with lev parnas and igor fruman . I dont know those gentlemen. You were in pictures with them. And Hillary Clintons Campaign Manager john podesta what he makes the push to impeach trump. And as republicans stews over defecks the new call from conservative lawyers who say a speedy Impeachment Inquiry is necessary. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The first arrests of the impeachment era happened today and washington, d. C. Airport attempting to leave the country with one way tickets get this only hours after they lunched with their Business Associate and lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Let me take a minute to explain these two suspects who
giuliani from the beginning. they re american citizens, naturalized. they re described in the federal indictment and reporting as businessmen, although to be honest their current business is sort of unclear. they ve been working hand in hand tightly with rudy giuliani on the ukraine operations since the very beginning. they ve been setting up meetings in ukraine, acting as intermediaries abroad, meeting with people in the trump circle. they have been a crucial part of the scheme by rudy giuliani and president trump to apply maximal pressure to the ucrepian government to manufacture dirt on the president s political rival to interfere in the next election so that trump could win the next election. they ve been part of this impeachable act from the beginning. they ve been so ipt grl to it that shortly after the indictment was reported they have subpoenaed by the house committees leading the impeachment investigation. in fact, today was the day this guy on the left, not the one with the s
with people in the trump circle. they have been a crucial part of the scheme by rudy giuliani and president trump to apply maximal pressure to the ukrainian government to manufacture dirt on the president s political rival to interfere in the next election so that trump could win the next election. they ve been part of this impeachable act from the beginning. they ve been so integral to it that shortly after the indictment was reported they have subpoenaed by the house committees leading the impeachment investigation. in fact, today was the day this guy on the left, not the one with the saucily unbuttoned shirt, the guy dressed a little more modestly, was supposed to give a deposition before those committees. and the guy with the open shirt was supposed to do that tomorrow. and yes that is don junior on the other side of the table with those two gentlemen. a few days ago the president s former lawyer and now john dowd wrote a letter to congress in the most professional font