office and sacrificed our national security in doing so is quintessentially what our framers thought might warrant removal from office. here in austin, that was the chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff nodding to the history of impeachment. the house impeached andrew johnson. more than 100 years later, president nixon faced impeachment himself. these will be delivered to the committee tomorrow, in these transcripts portions not relevant to my knowledge of watergate are not included. everything relevant is included. he ended up stepping down
oust ourselves here. i think what we have learned, what has been admitted and what we ve seen in writing is about as damning as you can imagine. it will be a decision for us when we conclude our investigative work whether to bring this or other matters in the form of articles to a vote. and we ll cross that bridge when we come to it. no one should have any illusions about the seriousness of what is already uncontested and that is the president of the united states has betrayed his oath of office and sacrificed our national security in doing so. that i think is quintessentially what the framers were concerned about. i think it s quintessentially what the framers thought was the sum and substance of what might warrant a president s removal from office. so i don t want to understate the significance of what s
ourselves here. what we have learned, what has been admitted and what we see in writing is about as damaging as you can imagine. it will be a decision for us when we conclude our investigative work whether to bring this or other matters in the form of articles to a vote. we will cross that bridge when you come to it. no one should have any illusions about the seriousness of what was already uncontested. that is that the president of the united states has betrayed his oath of office, and sacrifice our national security in doing so. that, i think, is quintessentially with the framers were concerned about. i think it s quintessentially with the framers thought was the sum and substance of what might warrant a presence removal from office. i don t want to understate the
the president? i don t want to get ahead of ourselves here. i think what we have learned, what has been admitted, and now what we see in writing, is about as damning as you can imagine. it will be a decision for us when we conclude our investigative work, whether to bring this and other matters in the form of articles to a vote. and we ll cross that bridge when we come to it. but no one should have any illusions about the seriousness of what is already uncontested, and that is the president of the united states has betrayed his oath of office and sacrificed our national security in doing so. and that i think is quintessentially what the framers were concerned about. i think it s quintessentially what the frame errs thought mig warrant a president s removal
accusing president trump of betraying the nation and sacrificing the country s national security for his personal gain. the president of the united states has betrayed his oath of office and sacrificed our national security in doing so. it s quintessentially what the framers thought was the sum and substance of what might warrant a president s removal from office. we turn now to lieutenant colonel ralph peters, retired u.s. army intelligence officer, author, and friend of the beat. sir, we ve covered much of this including the legal and constitutional issues in the congress. zeroing in on national security, your view of what the call notes reveal? it s zrast rows on many levels. one, you can t trust the united states as an ally, we re going to extort all we can from you. and it s not just ukraine. so many are watching this and