Just want to take a recess so that they can hold a press conference outside this is partisan politics in play the House Judiciary Committee were hearing legal statements today from washington a statement from the legal teams from both sides essentially summing up everything we have heard in the last at my count its been 76 days since the impeachment inquiry began or the process began. And one line that stands out for me from today certainly from the democratic lawyer who said it simply the facts are clear donald trump put his own political and personal interests above the nation while steve consta the republican lawyer talked to the democrats obsession with impeachment saying they believed if they didnt impeach then President Trump would simply be reelected jaimie joe counts our correspondent up on capitol hill today just the tone of the whole event today heidi i mean i know weve seen plenty of conflict in the hearing so far but it feels like its coming to a head today between the 2 si
Continuing coverage on aljazeera the latest stage of the impeachment hearings in the House Judiciary Committee the 1st time in todays proceedings that we have had questions for both republican and democrat lawyers 2017 or 2080 iole did it the year before his lection in 2020 when both he and Vice President joe biden were leading candidates is that true sir i think what happened is the president saw this video of the former v. P. And i think it. Coalesced in his mind or please answer my question he didnt raise any of these issues in 2017 or 20 i dont know that he did he did or he did i mean that is not something that weve looked at you know evidence that he did or you did you know i would have no evidence he did not i mean this video is pretty a let me ask of the let me ask you this you talked about Lieutenant Colonel then and it was a highly decorated purple heart recipient and worked in the Trump Administration correct. Its or he had a reaction to the called an e. He did he was listeni
Before that by coming and have your children that she later is the only way. And seeking justice for their loved ones the new push to see if war crimes were committed in afghanistan. 3 legal experts cold for us democrats have testified president s donald trump committed impeachable offenses a 4th scholar invited by republicans says the evidence is insufficient well trump is accused of abusing his pirates appreciate crane into investigating his political rival Joe Biden Castro begins our coverage from washington d. C. You swear or affirm under penalty of perjury some of us constitutional scholars have weighed in if President Trumps ukraine scandal isnt impeachable then nothing is and professor gary hart did President Trump commit the impeachable high crime and misdemeanor of abuse of power we 3 are unanimous yes the 3 law professors call by democrats rain unison alarm bells that the countrys democracy is under threat by the president s actions what has happened in the case today is some
Between protesters and Security Forces we explore the historic importance of the all the streets in iraqs capital. 3 legal experts called by us democrats have testified President Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses a 4th scholar invited by the republicans says the evidence is insufficient trump is accused of abusing his pirates appreciate crane into investigating his political rival Joe Biden Joe castro has more from washington d. C. You swear or affirm under penalty of perjury some of us constitutional scholars have weighed in the President Trumps ukraine scandal is an impeachable then nothing is and professor gary hart did President Trump commit the impeachable high crime and misdemeanor of abuse of power we 3 are unanimous yes the 3 law professors call by democrats rain unison alarm bells that the countrys democracy is under threat by the president s actions what has happened in the case today is something that i do not think we have ever seen before a president who has
Allegations he described the call as improper and said he flogged it up out of a sense of duty and Jennifer Williams an advisor to the u. S. Vice president said she considered the phone call to be unusual well lets speak to mock peterson he is professor of Public Policy Political Science and law at the u. C. L. A. Laskin school of Public Affairs hes live from los angeles thank you so much for being with us a lot happening today what have been the highlights for you so far which of the testimonies that weve heard today were the most damning for the president and why. Well much to the testimony of these individuals today are less involved in some ways than the earlier testimony as weve had perhaps the most damning in a way are the 2 most recent ones who are currently testifying before the committee because these are the 2 individuals who are most likely to be supportive of the president s position and weve heard them talk about that weve heard them to be able to identify ways in which th