Improper for the president of the United States to demand a Foreign Government investigate a u. S. Citizen and a political opponent. Its 2300 hours g. M. T. 6 pm in washington d. C. On a packed day in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump for officials have been testifying before the u. S. House Intelligence Committee 2 of them who listened in on july 25th phone call with the ukrainian president said is commons during the call were unusual and improper donald trump is accused of withholding aid to ukraine to pressure it into investigating his political rival joe biden now theres been a short break in the proceedings just a few moments ago former u. S. Special envoy to ukraine kurt volker and the former National Security council official tim morrison were testifying and the due to resume to. To find in just a few minutes lets bring in our own fisher in washington d. C. Whos been of course following all this for us alan lets start with the highlights of the day what were th
Announcer this is Washington Week. Funding is provided by whenever theyhr wentgh, they went through together. Life well planned. See what a Raymond James Financial Adviser can do for you. Babble, a language learning app that uses Speech Recognition Technology and teachesfe real conversations. Daily, 10 to 15minute lessons are voiced by native speakers and are at babble. Com. Additional funding is provided by koo and paicia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. The corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs statiofrom viewers like you. K thanyou. Once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. Robert this week, as my colleague Ashley Parker wrote in the washington post, a racist suggestion from President Trump that four congresswomen of color go back became an angry rallying cry and tonight the fallout ontinues t grip washington and the nation. President trump is defending himself and his supporter
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Fani willis is not disqualified from prosecuting donald trump and his codefendants. But the judge, he didnt just issue a ruling judge mcafee issued an ultimatum either. She goes or nathan wade goes nathan wade went. And if youd thought robert hurs one line throwing some shade at President Biden was savage while judge mcafee is order hardly had any sunlight when it came to willis and wade, although there were moments that he recognized that the burden had not been met to show that they in fact, had a Conflict Of Interests that made a fair trial impossible. Theres one particular quote, georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict for simply making bad choices. In repeatedly all the scrutiny of fani willis and nathan wade and their relationship who live where when who paid for what how an all it went down. It all threatens to overshadow throat knee of what this case is actually about. Let me remind you for a second. Weve already been through the hearing and trial about th
Commission. [inaudible conversations] the Judiciary Committee will come to order we are authorized to declare a recess at the time. Welcome to this mornings hearing on the oversight hearing with Deputy Attorney general rosenstein. I will recognize myself for an opening statement. They give for appearing for the first line in front of this committee will afford to your testimony and answers your questions. As chairman with primary oversight over the fbi and department of justice i have supported the department and the fbi and performing their valuable missions to keep our nation safe and to hold individuals accountable for criminal conduct. Yet i and many on the committee find ourselves in a difficult position to question the actions of prior in Current Department fbi leadership for the of a unique role of the department of justice you appointed special counsel director mueller so it is appropriate to its our questions related to the scope of the special kills the investigation. As well