Announce an investigation into former Vice President bidens son and his business dealings in ukraine. President trump urged republicans to get tougher and praise democrats, saying they stick together and theyre vicious. They dont have a mitt romney in their midst. Brennan we go now to former republican congressman trey gowdy, he used to lead the Main Investigative Committee in the house of representatives, and he joins us this morning from greenville, south carolina. Good to have you back on face the nation. Yes, maam. Thank you. Brennan you told me earlier that you had agreed to work for the white house earlier this month as outside counsel to the president on the impeachment proceeding, but you didnt, and thats because, as you describe it, a restriction on former members of congress in firms of communicating with an intent to influence for about a year after leaving office. Yes, maam. Brennan so when that year ends, will you be joining the white house fight . I have no idea. I dont r
Foundation and our partner, National Review institute, we welcome you to our sixth annual Supreme Court review program. We also want to welcome our theyrs on cspan, whether are watching live or in one of he many precast rebe rebroadcasts. Before i introduce our moderator, who is back by popular demand, i will give a very brief Supreme Court update. Last term, my colleagues won two more Supreme Court victories for our clients we directly represent. We were especially excited about our win last june in nick vs. Overruledship, which a terrible 30 year precedent which prevented Property Rights owners from suing in federal court when the state and local governments took their property. The Supreme Court record is now 12 wins out of 14. We will soon have five petitions for review before the Supreme Court, so we are hopeful we can extend that win for liberty in the near future. The format for todays program is as follows. After introductions, our distinguished Supreme Court advocates will dis
White house. I have not heard of war rooms or strategy sessions. Have you discovered what the Trump Administration is going to do . Well, i think you have a war room of one right now, one man and an. Phone or whatever smartphone hes using. There is no a coherent way, unlike the Clinton White house, which did, in fact, build a war room to defend him in that impeachment. The president has yet to do that. He may get there. There is talk about that. Theres a lot of struggling inside who would be in charge, without it be the white house chief of staff, a separate unit, that kind of thing. But the president feels like hes his own best defender at the moment. Brennan what do you think as someone who has been observing President Trumps behavior . Is he reacting as you would expect . You need to step become and look at who he is, and hes somebody who hates to lose. Hes got to win. I have a scene in my book fear where theyre talking about trump is talking about the north korean leader, kim jongu
Ukraine. Both Rudy Giuliani and Gordon Sondland urged the countrys leaders to investigate the Ukrainian Energy company that employed hunter biden, the son of president Trumps Campaign rival. No one has asserted my son did a single thing wrong. No one has asserted that i have done any wrong except a lying president. Reporter cbs news has confirmed the department of justice is now examining whether giuliani violated foreign lobbying rules after two of his ukrainelinked associates were arrested last week. Several other u. S. Officials are set to be deposed on capitol hill this week, despite a white house vow not to cooperate. Some republicans slammed the closed door nature of these impeachment inquiry interviews. The American People dont get to see whats going reporter as President Trump demanded once again to learn the identity of an anonymous whistleblower. Democrats now say they may not need to interview the individual. Our primary interest right now is making sure that that person is
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