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don t want to go there. others clearly do. but mccarthy made the point the other day that if they pursue the inquiry, they can gain access to all kinds of bank records and paperwork and information. that s really where you have to go for this investigation, do you not? i agree with that, bill. what speaker mccarthy is trying to do is crystallize an issue which is that the white house and the biden administration and the agencies connected to the administration are withholding information from congress. and what he needs to do in terms of the inquiry, which doesn t obligate them to do anything other than continue their investigation, is stand on the principle that the executive branch can t withhold this information from congress. that ought to be something that every republican can agree with, even if they don t want to go down the impeachment road, which is a long way from now.
donald trump. some republicans argue the president was on the take selling the family name and boosting his son s business opportunities. it needs to be demonstrated is bribery. under the text of the constitution a president can be impeached for treason. the essence of bribery is a quid pro quo. some republicans are reluctant to head down the impeachment road. the math. unclear if the house would have the votes to launch and impeachment inquiry and doubtful there would ever be the required 2/3 of the senate to convict. we re a long way from the conspiracy that should and possibly needs to be investigated and we should do the investigation. ultimately the last thing i would want today is a vote on impeachment in the house that would die in the senate.
them, some of the more conservative members they had the goods on president biden maybe to start that impeachment inquiry, and this is where the pressure starts on house speaker kevin mccarthy. you know, he kind of dipped his toe into the impeachment waters with merrick garland a few weeks ago, and further last week, and bob goodman saying it s a paradigm shift. does kevin mccarthy over the august recess have to make a decision about impeachment and they say history does not necessarily repeat itself but sure does rhyme. former house speaker nancy pelosi was resistant to moving down the impeachment road with former president trump. phone call in late july of 2019 and by the middle of august realized it was going in a certain direction because the members were pushing for impeachment and impeachment on by september. this mirrors that. august the most dangerous
congressman jim jordan and house freedom chairman andy biggs of arizona. congressman jordan, i want to start with you. i guess we forgot to ask or somebody forgot to ask speaker pelosi if you actually pass it at lightning speed this impeachment, are you going to send it over to the senate? is that something you re supposed to ask along the way? again, it s laughable if it wasn t so serious. the idea that nancy pelosi is going to try to negotiate with mitch mcconnell and tell him mitch mcconnell how to run the senate? that is laughable. here s what happened, september 24th when pelosi announced they go down this crazy impeachment road, she never thought she d lose support across the country and she never expected to lose support inon our own congress. had one democrat vote for us, another democrat voted president, and a third democrat switchcr parties because everyoe sees the facts are on the president s side.