The Senate is starting a most unusual impeachment trial. For only the second time in its history, it is likely to proceed to trial to consider articles of impeachment against a former government official.
characterizing this as a background check. that is different from a criminal investigation. so we also have expectations that are set differently for a background check. john flannery, make those distinctions between background check, criminal investigation as was just noted by cheryl. i conducted an investigation into whether the fbi withheld information from the senate labor committee and the confirmation hearings of ray monld i don t kn raymond donovan. what they withheld in the investigation under the direction of the white house, reagan s white house, it appeared they withheld the fact that there was a tape from my old office, a wiretap, showing he was mobbed up. en that was withheld from the committee and therefore compromised the ability of the senators on the committee to advise and consent to the nomination. similarly here. no background investigation that was serious as it was regulated by white house counsel mcgann before the hearing and then we sat on a railroad as we
really doesn t deserve to be. neil: but you could argue and kathy i wonder what you said at the outset you are all too young to remember this but former labor secretary raymond donovan who was facing more than two dozen counts and he was exonerated on all and yet he was begging in the end where do i go to get my good name back. so there were no gofundme pages for him and he staggered out of washington broke. so maybe this is a way to correct that in the future if you have like-minded folks raising money for you but it is weird isn t it? well i read somewhere it said it does pay to apparently send your girlfriend anti-trump messages at the end of the day, it pays, and this is proof of it , and it is a free market. i mean, so if people want to support him if they want to spend up to $390 and it s public , i think it s public information, you find out actually who gave the money. neil: oh, so you go and see everyone? i think so to get above a certain amount you could see who actually
the headlines, she is being unfairly tarnished, i am 100% certain she is telling the truth. this is a person i want to point out that the prosecutors have not accused any wrong doing of, specifically. and yet this guy pled conspiracy, when you conspire, you need conspiracy partners. well, it is only the age we live in where you get swept up in the headline and your name is mentioned and the innuendo tends to presume guilt. it is unfortunate we re in that era, where even the name mentioned, a prosecutor holds a press conference and basically declares the mayor guilty even before he is indicted. so the democrats did the same thing to republicans in the reagan era to somebody named raymond donovan. let me get to this.
the headlines, she is being unfairly tarnished, i am 100% certain she is telling the truth. this is a person i want to point out that the prosecutors have not accused any wrong doing of, specifically. and yet this guy pled conspiracy, when you conspire, you need conspiracy partners. well, it is only the age we live in where you get swept up in the headline and your name is mentioned and the innuendo tends to presume guilt. it is unfortunate we re in that era, where even the name mentioned, a prosecutor holds a press conference and basically declares the mayor guilty even before he is indicted. so the democrats did the same thing to republicans in the reagan era to somebody named raymond donovan. let me get to this.