Or over the webcast, good morning and welcome to the Brookings Institution. We are very glad to have you with us today. My name is john allen, the president of brookings. And we are glad to welcome you today to this event entitled impeachment, what happens now . This is an extraordinary moment for america. As for the fourth time in our history, u. S. House leadership has launched a formal him preach met inquiry into the a formal impeachment a query into the resident of United States and its a great moment. The stakes are undoubtedly high, not just for this country but for the world as well. Ladies and gentlemen, the constitution of the united in the house of representatives, the sole power to impeach a public official while it further vests the senate the sole power to try all impeachment. S. This separation of role was vital in the minds of the framers of our constitution to ensure that the enormity of the power to remove from Public Office, to impeach, was not concentrated in the han
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Obviously, this is a verdict which we will respect, in charge and i think, going forward, who do you trust . I know, and we respect the judicial process. John, you have very strong opinions on this today. What do you make of i have to say, i strongly disagree the ruling . It is concerning that with what the justices have found. The ruling . It is concerning that the Prime Minister has felt like he i dont think that its right. Can get away with something so clearly unlawful. It is good it has and i invite borisjohnson, been proven unlawful. Because i get in the historic words, to consider his position. Parliament has its opinions, that cheering may be something that the prime mp5 will now return minister is getting in the way of to Parliament Tomorrow morning the process of brexit, but silencing at 11 30am and get back to work. Them is not the way about it, especially when you preach i have instructed the house democracy, which i get as an authorities to prepare not for the recall the p
Theyve already been looking into the president s behavior, particularly with reference to what happened with the mueller investigation. Now were going a step further. Now were including the information from ukraine and President Trump. What does the speaker say today . Now were going to move forward with the full impeachment inquiry. That means all gloves are off, move forward. Find out what you can. And after a few weeks, maybe even less, well come together and vote on whether we should actually impeach. It will take a few weeks, but it wont be much longer than that, because theyve already been working on a lot of stuff. What has to happen before the formal impeachment would start . The committees will hold hearings and investigations. A lot of things have been tied up in the court. The committees will go to the court and say look, were in the midst of an impeachment inquiry. We need you to do whatever you can to move things along. That may make judges move quickly, many answers democ
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