set up, you know, that back way to the russians early in the administration. those are real issues that could compromise the security of our country. right. so this is a serious question. it s about the security of our country. when the intelligence agencies express objections, it s for a reason, and we have to wonder why the president overall ruled that, for what reason, and why did he lie to the american people about it? this is very, very important. while you re at it, find out why his son-in-law had to change his disclosure statement so many times. so we had matt schlapp on. cpac is saying it s not your party anymore. it s the party of the upstarts, the new congress members, many of them women. alexandria ocasio-cortez gets a lot of attention. she said something about if you vote with republicans and against us, we re going to come and get you. i don t know if i have the sound. mel, do i have the sound? you know what i m talking about, right, congressman? i do.
emoluments clause, self-dealing. we have a responsibility to understand if that includes criminal activity and to hold the president responsible. and only once we gather all the information, hear from mr. mueller with his completed report, and make a determination as to what the facts are, what actually happened, can we actually answer that question. but i know speaker pelosi made this point. i think it s an important one. we should never proceed with impeachment for political purposes, and we should never avoid impeachment for political purposes. if the facts warrant it, we have a constitutional duty to do it. if the facts don t, we shouldn t. but we have to gather evidence, conduct our oversight to make that determination. right. but it could like never end. i mean you could just keep looking and looking. this guy s got 30, 40 years of shady dealings that you could look at. i mean i investigated him. it took us a year and a half at abc news. we barely got past what his net worth is
actually less than it was before the aca. so it s a relative assessment. but continue. chris, i m going to tell you about a little story i had the other day chamedicare for all by the w one of the things the legislation says is we ought to be negotiating for better prices. so go ahead and fight that one out. yeah, we should have, but it didn t happen. let me tell you about what i think is going to happen in 2020, because, chris, you asked this question. i think it s a jitd question. people knew what they were getting with donald trump. he s the most imperfect human being. he is a vessel right now for people who are against the expansion of abortion, who do want a safe country there s no expansion of abortion. oh, my god. are you kidding me? there s no expansion being discussed. what happened in new york by the way. look, i get that it s a touchy subject, and i get that people play to it different ways. but i don t understand why you say that it s anything more t
clearance. it doesn t make it right, but he has the right as president. seems he lied about it. but beyond the lying, because that s a low bar with this president, why does this matter to you in particular that it s going to require hearings? well, it matters to all of us. it matters to the safety and security of the american people. obviously the president has the legal right to direct someone to receive a security clearance. there s no question about that. but we have to wonder first of all why did the fbi, the cia, and the intelligence community object to jared kushner getting a security clearance? what were their concerns? why did the president overrule those concerns, and why did the president lie about it? if the president simply said they objected. he s my son-in-law, i trust him. i m doing it anyway, but the president lied to the american people. the reason this matters is because if there s a reason jared kushner should not have a security clearance because he could be compr