Professor. Here is the hearing in its entirety. Order. House will come to object. E the right to i am furnishing you with the subject signed by all republicans. Pursuant to clause, i am furnishing you with a letter signed by all the members of the committee can i request that you set this date before the Committee Votes on any articles of impeachment. I withdraw my reservation. Later. Ill confer on this hearing wethe first to housecting pursuant resolution 660. Here is have the committee will proceed for this hearing will openingill make it an statement and then i will rubberneck just recognized a member for making an Opening Statement. I now recognize myself for no Opening Statement. For anve the time Opening Statement. The facts before us are undisputed. President trump called roses was zelensky andent asked him for a favor. That was a concerted effort to solicit an advantage in the next. Lection to obtain that private political advantage, President Trump elected from the newly presi
Drawing up articles of impeachment against President Trump. During this portion, law professor Pamela Carlin made comparisons between kings and President Trumps conduct. Recognize gentleman let me repeat. The committee will come to order. When we broke for recess, we were under the five minute rule and i recognize mr. Sensenbrenner for five minutes. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Im a veteran of impeachments. I have been named by the house as an impeachment manager in four impeachments. Clinton and three judges. Thats more than anybody else in history. And one of the things in every impeachment whether its the ones that i was involved in or others that have come before the committee where i was not a manager is that the debate on what is a high crime and misdemeanor and how serious does that have to be in order it for it to rise to a level of an Impeachable Offense. 50 years ago then republican leader gerald ford made a comment that saying a high crime and misdemeanor is anything a
I dont think too many people are going to watch because its going to be boring. All right . In fact, youre here, i guess youre here, and well supersede it, but not a lot of people are going to be watching today. Just think of this. Constitutional lawyers they get three and we get one. What kind of a deal is that . You dont need a constitutional lawyer because nothing was done wrong. Zero done wrong. I will say it again, read the transcript and then listen to what the president of ukraine said. He said there was no pressure whatsoever. Listen to what the foreign minister of ukraine highly respected man, very both very respected. Listen to what the foreign minister said. He said there was pressure whatsoever. Thats the only one that counts but then listen to all of their witnesses and not one of them said anything that was meaningful other than positive for me. Like the one said there was no quid pro quo. Thats what he said. And he said that i actually told him that. There will be no qui
Powers, and the constitutional oversight responsibilities of congress. He used every trick in the book to stonewall our efforts at every turn. You do not have to take my word for it. Declared weump are fighting all subpoenas. I do not want people testifying, and no do overs. Like a mob boss than the president of the United States. His administration is more than happy to follow his lead. Attorney general barr refused to release the full, unredacted Mueller Report and underlying evidence. The committee voted to hold him in contempt of congress. That ans news today agreement was reached on some of the underlying evidence but it has yet to be seen whether the department of justice will live up to its deal so we need to keep all options on the table. There were some documents and information that falls outside of this agreement. Meanwhile, don mcgann has also failed to provide documents of congress while refusing to testify before congress. This unrelenting campaign of stonewalling with th
Good day, i am Chris Jansing along with my colleague katy tour. This is a historic day for america. A fair and functioning judicial system. Today in two courtrooms, two very Different Cases but with one central character, donald trump and one central question. Will there be consequences for his alleged attempts to break the law either now or in the future if hes reelected. Here in New York City, also even more testimony from david pecker and the Hush Money Trial about the lengths to which he, donald trump and Michael Cohen, went to protect his image during the 2016 campaign. Were going to tell you exactly what he testified to along with a phone call that david pecker says he received from donald trump three days before the 2016 election. Also, how donald trump is reacting and he was reacting. At the same time, in washington, the Supreme Court spent hours hashing out Donald Trumps claims of president ial immunity. The questions of whether a future president is Above The Law threatening