was doing that investigation and presenting it in the white house. i don t want to waste our time arguing about this, the fact is they were invited to participate in the judiciary committee s processes through the house and they have not done so thus far. when it comes to the obstruction issue, the other articles of impeachment, congressman, given that these witnesses and these documents have been blocked and your body, congress, has the not only the authority but the constitutionally mandated duty to oversee the executive branch, if that s being blocked by this white house, how does one then vote down on an article of impeachment on obstruction of congress? well, first, poppy, i really appreciate that. if you believe in the checks and balance of the three branch itself of government, you have a judicial branch that usually resolves these between the executive and legislative body. the executive rightly has executive privilege rights that need to be adjudicated by the points. the poi
go right ahead. i d also caution you about obstruction. obstruction is a crime with meaning. it has elements. it has case authority. the record does not establish obstruction in this case. what my esteemed colleague said was certainly true. if you accept all of their presumptions, it would be obstruction. but impeachments have to be based on proof, not presumpti s presumptions. that s the problem when you move forward on this abbreviated schedule which has not been explained to me why you want to set the record for the fastest impeachment. fast is not good for impeachment. narrow, fast impeachments have failed. just ask johnson. so the obstruction issue is an example of this problem. he here s my concern. the theory being put forward is
about obstruction. obstruction is a crime with meaning. it has elements. it has controlling case authority. the record does not establish obstruction in this case that is what my esteemed colleague said was true. if you accept all of their presumptions, it would be obstruction. but impeachments have to be based on proof, not presumptions. that s the problem when you move towards impeachment on this abbreviated schedule, that has not been explained to me why you want to set the record for the fastest impeachment. fast is not good for impeachme impeachment. narrow fast impeachments have failed. just ask johnson. so the obstruction issue is an example of this problem. and here s my concern, the theory being put forward is that president trump obstructed
okay. i would also caution you about obstruction. obstruction is a crime also with meaning. it has elements. it has controlling case authority. the record does not establish obstruction in this case. that is, what my esteemed colleagues said was certainly true, if you accept all of their presumptions, it would be obstruction. but impeachments have to be based on proof, not presumptions. that s the problem when you move towards impeachment on this abbreviated schedule that has not been explained to me, why you want to set the record for the fastest impeachment. fast is not good for impeachment. narrow, fast impeachments have failed. just ask johnson. so the obstruction issue is an example of this problem. and here is my concern. the theory being put forward is
then that he was lying about it and then admitted it was really russia, which raises the whole obstruction issue. there s two scenes in this book that are not together but they in our minds come together. rod rosenstein goes into the white house after tremendous pressure and it s been revealed that he wanted to wear a wire and he s going in and everyone beli believes donald trump is going to fire him. you remind him there was split screen coverage of the kavanaugh confirmation and rosenstein going into the white house. he s not fired. the question is what did rod rosenstein say in the oval office to keep his job? and the other scene is rod rosenstein standing right there beside bill barr when the mueller report comes out, in effect demolishing the mueller report. there you ve seen the transformation in front of our very eyes of rod rosenstein who