Grand tradition in america, speedy and fair trials, we want both. The leaders seems obsessed with speedy and wants to throw fair out the window. Maria joining the conversation from new york fox business Dagen Mcdowell this morning, the wall street journal Senior Writer Jon Hilsenrath here in dc and fox news con contributor byron y. The letter that the president sent to Speaker Pelosi says it all, ive got it in front of me and goes through both articles and pokes hoes. If you were looking for wrongdoing you would look at the top of the fbi in 2016. Dagen the New York Times with the media on the democrats trying to blow hot air in this impeachment balloon, headlines in New York Times, trump belittles impeachment as attempted coup on eve of vote, that was on the New York Times website this morning, but, again, its the president belittling an impeachment process where they think its legitimate, i will add this, 28 to 31 democrats are in favor of impeachment, ron in wisconsin is expected to
E. J. good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming. Thank you to those who are joining us online. The hashtag for this event for those who want to quot the very distinguished panel or make any comment is impeachment101. I want to thank john allen for those remarks. I think it would show the seriousness of the think tank if john allens remarks alone could make federalist 65 go viral. Perhaps we can publish federalist cyst i5 as a brookings policy brief and turn Alexander Hamilton into a temporary senior fellow but think you so much. We have become almost accustomed to impeachment but this doesnt make it any less serious or complicated. It involves constitutional issues related to accusations of abuse of power and that loaded but illdefined phrase high crimes and misdemeanors our panel will try to define those for us or talk about how they have been defined at different moments in our history. It is also inevitably political in the high sense of that word and there is a high sense of the
Up next, panelists talk about the whistleblower complaint against President Trump and the impeachment inquiry. Columnistgton post moderate the 90 minute discussion hosted by the brookings institution. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. Inther you are coming in person or over the webcast, good morning and welcome to the brookings institution. We are very glad to have you with us today. I am the president of the brookings. Today glad to welcome you to this event entitled impeachment what happens now . Extraordinary moment for america. As for the fourth time in our history, u. S. House leadership has launched a formal impeachment inquiry into the president of the United States. Fors also a great moment the stakes are undoubtedly hide. Not just for this country but for the world as well. Constitution of the United States vests in the house of representatives the sole power to impeach a public official. While a further vest the constid States Senate the sole power to try all impeachments. Of ro
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
The white house is dealing with all of this. Good afternoon to you. The president was on the Rush Limbaugh show an hour and a half ago defending his decision to order the air strike on friday saying that he had it coming and that it was long past due. Listen here for the president. President trump he should have been taken out a long time ago. We had a shot at it and we took him out. We are a lot safer now because of it. We will see what happens and what the response is if any part you will see. The country is a lot safer. A little bit of the top, the president responding to irans announcement that it will no longer abide by the terms of the 2015 Nuclear Agreement even though that agreement is still in force among several european nations. Russia and china at the present tweeting iran will never have a nuclear weapon. The administration is planning to provide on wednesday. Mark, at the joint chiefs of staff and the cia director will also be up on capitol hill to break the house in the