have actually been impeached. 1868, andrew johnson. bill clinton, 1998. of course, nixon resigned. then you say what? i say that impeachment is a very serious matter, and this majority in the united states house of representatives is not taking it seriously. what they are doing is they are changing the rules. the judiciary committee chair, nadler, did that just two weeks changing the rules for conducting an impeachment inquiry or investigation. whatever he calls it. then speaker pelosi yesterday seems to indicate that they are launching an informal inquiry of impeachment, but they don t. a formal inquiry of impeachment is a house resolution that is brought to the floor of the house and voted on by a majority of the house that directs the judiciary committee to look into possible impeachment. they want to give the appearance of doing something, but they
national security question, you for the speaker talking about . this is a matter of national security. have you had the opportunity to read the transcript? oh, yes, absolutely. harris: it s only pages long. that portion of the conversation, that you can highlight, you hear rudy giuliani s name probably mention more than anyone else. as you look at this, are you seeing that claim, that serious claim by pelosi and others, that this was a matter of national security? there is nothing involving national security and there s nothing that s even remotely impeachable. you mentioned rudy giuliani s name. rudy giuliani s name is brought up by the president of ukraine, not president trump. president trump is talking about the investigation by the justice department into the genesis of the 2016 election investigation, which has nothing to do with the current situation. this is an investigation into why the old mueller investigation, the fbi investigation, started back in 2016.
telling our colleagues, who are critical of the move to move toward impeachment inquiry. they say you are days too soon on this. 212 democrats and a former republican in justin amash support having this inquiry. i will tell them we can t wait. there s an urgency here. i understand you have concerns about the mueller investigation, that that was the 2016 election. it was in the past. well, this this is the 2020 upg election, and the president has made it very clear in his own words in the notes that he put out that he wants another country to help him. we just don t do that in america. harris: you know what? lets visit on what congressman pete king of new york just told me a few moments before the commercial break. he said improprieties were suspected bite joe biden s son, hunter biden. had it been any other official, you would want to have it looked into. so he argues that the fact of