for lying about the lewinski affair came after investigating him. this time, a whistle-blower s complaints about donald trump s phone call with the ukrainian president led impeachment of president trump. but it s how the senate handles impeachment which is drawing comparisons. in 1998, the minority leader and majority leader worked closely to determine how the impeachment hearing would proceed. i m going to take my cues from the president s lawyers. mcconnell did say previously he would try to agree on rules with the democrats. he says he s not the only one who coordinated with the white
some pretty deep ties with the white house? and why is it that the company with deep ties to the white house, the company that just got a big contract for a drug that s not been proven yet, why is it going to make an 85% profit on its government contract? coming up we re going to talk with a member of the company s board of directors, a familiar face here at cnn. we first got wind of this story in the los angeles times but since then have learned a lot more. investigator drew griffin is keeping them honest. reporter: it s just another good business deal for billionaire investor and big-time democratic political supporter, ron perlman. this major political contributor to both parties but particular friend of the obama white house owns the controlling shares in a company called siga technologies, and siga this year won a sweet $432 million no-bid contract from the u.s. department of health and human services that even a democrat says is a little bit too sweet to ignore. h
he went after a previous speaker on a book deal and it was gingrich s own book deal that didn t look so good. he went after bill clinton, interestingly. on the lewinski affair at the same time that he was having a long-term affair with a congressional staffer out of wedlock. you know, there s a lot of baggage here. you can expect the republican candidates, all of them, to be opening that bag anl and inspecting the contents. they didn t have to do that when newt gingrich ran, he wasn t registered in the polls. but now that he s surging, you can expect a lot of the old issues, the good and the bad newt gingrich to be on display. which is going to keep it very interesting. you ll have to come on back. thank you so much jonathan alterment good to see you. thanks, alex. michele bachmann is also making headlines for new comments she made at a book signing in iowa. she cited a letter signed in 2004 by several republicans,