And yet all of this is a distraction, an attempt to get us away from it. Whats also interesting to me, hallie, the president of the United States takes a lot of time trying to take down joe biden. That suggests to me that he believes biden is the strongest possible opponent. Weve had 70 headtohead matchups in polls. Biden has won every single one of them. In that sense its not a surprise the president is spending the time, using the power of his office to try to take down his number one opponent. Tony, thanks for being on. Im way out of town. I have to hand it over to craig melvin on what has been a very, very busy morning. Indeed, a Story Changing by the moment. Craig melvin here at Msnbc Headquarters in new york city. We pick up the breaking news. Huge implications for this president , the administration, the Justice Department, perhaps for the system of checks and balances in our country. The Trump Administration just releasing that memo detailing that controversial conversation bet
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charged with carrying out this impeachment inquiry. congressman, we know oftentimes members of congress, especially certain committees, know a bit more than what has been reported in the newspapers, than what has been shared on cable news. is this one of those instances where you and your colleagues know even more than what s been reported so far about the phone call and about this whistle-blower complaint? craig, this is an instance when the entire american public knows what we know in congress because the president has admitted that he pressured the ukrainian president to get dirt on joe biden. the president is broadcasting that he abused his office. it s not that we re privy to any additional information. the president has made it clear that he flauted the constitution and did it in plain daylight. in terms of the inquiry, what s the first order of business for your committee? well, we ll be assisting the
judiciary committee, tasked as the lead committee on the impeachment committee. the oversight committee has jurisdiction over the inspector general. we ve been focused on why the director of national intelligence didn t, as required by the law, within seven days hand over the complaint to congress. why was there an obstruction in that process? we re going to get to the bottom of that issue. what s the benefit of having these six committees, congressman, instead of one select committee that just conducts the entire inquiry? the judiciary committee has been working on the mueller report and the investigation into the president for months. they are the primary committee tasked with the impeachment inquiry. it would be starting all over and delay the process if a mu committee were created at this point. congressman, the white house in fact, we just heard