Somebody caught in the middle of it, and that does not excuse the person from the consequences. Professors, we have talked about abuse of power and bribery when we started, we said we would also discuss obstruction of congress. So i would like to ask you some questions about obstruction of congress. Professor gerhardt, in your view, is there enough evidence here to charge President Trump with a high crime and misdemeanor of obstruction of congress . I think that there is more than enough. As i mentioned in my statement, i just really underscore this. The third article of impeachment, approved by the House Judiciary Committee against president nixon charged him with misconduct that he failed to comply with four legislative subpoenas. This is far more than four that this president has failed to comply with. And he has ordered the executive
branch, as well, not to cooperate with congress. Those together with a lot of other evidence suggests obstruction of congress. Professor karlan, do yo
abuse of power and obstruction of congress. it is an impeachable offense for the president to exercise the powers of his public office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring, or injuring the national interest. when he was caught, when the house investigated and opened an impeachment inquiry, president trump engaged in unprecedented categorical and indiscriminate defiance of the impeachment inqui inquiry. the president s oath of office appears to mean very little to him. but the articles put forward today will give us a chance to show that we will defend the constitution. and that our oath means something to us. president trump is firing back, calling it sheer political madness and in a split screen of bipartisanship, democrats also reached a historic deal on one
robbed a form of government. robbing the house of representatives of their constitutional power of impeachment. when you add to the fact that the same president says my department of justice cannot charge me with the crime, the president puts himself above the law when he says he will not cooperate in impeachment inqui inquiry. it is not positive enough. a president who will not cooperate in an impeachment inquiry is putting himself above the law. putting yourself above the law as president is the core of an impeachable offense. because if the president could not be impeached for that, he would in fact not be responsible to anybody. answer, informing your opinion, did you review these statements from president trump? we are fighting all of the subpoenas. then i have an article 2 where i have the right to do whatever i want as president. i did, and as someone who cares about the constitution,
that he sent. while he may not be able to physically present these notes, they exist at the state department, which has not handed over any of those documents. i know had you another point about the broader inquiry. yeah. bottom line here, taylor is i think going to be at his open hearing a proxy for the american people, a proxy for the viewer. he is in many ways discovering in his testimony, discovering what was going on in ukraine in real time. he didn t have direct contact with giuliani or the president. but as he s going about his business, he is coming across all of these bits of damn being information one at a time and taking these copious notes and he can lead i this i people in an open hearing through that narrative. i think that s why democrats picked him to be the opening witness for this impeachment inqui inquiry. garrett, thank you so. appreciate that. if facing impeachment wasn t enough, the president s legal bills are mounting with a series of court cases. we ll par
on cnn saying this. it seems very clear that he is incorrectly concerned about ukraine an defense. i don t know if he s concerned about american policy. but his main mission was to make sure that the ukraine got that reference. i understand that we all have an affinity to our homeland. we also know he was born in the soviet union. he tends to feel simpatico with the ukraine. in a tweet, the president s personal attorney rudy giuliani accused vindman of being confused because he s been advising twoe governments. house democrats have released testimony of the impeachment inqui inquiry. the eight-page resolution which the house is expected to vote on tomorrow lays out the general formatth for the impeachment investigation. it i calls for public hearings d would also allow the president or his counsel to participate in proceedings held by the house judiciary committee. thedi judiciary committee will