ripping seals apart. chief gallagher s actions and subsequent supportive leading to a fierce debate inside and outside the military. johnny joey jones joins us to shed some light on the subject. great to have you. this is a terrible story all around. i don t know chief gallagher, i never met him. i was part of the public sentiment to support him when jailed before the trial, didn t know enough to respond but since then the american people have been misreported the most think he was pardoned by the president, he wasn t. he was given a fair trial and they found out the navy prosecutors mishandled evidence, had malpractice bugging emails and did not put a prosecution together worthy of a conviction. it doesn t say chief gallagher never did anything bad but the
nancy pelosi is right to guard jealously the congressional authority we have over impeachment and our constitution. mike: your reaction? she s not guarding the constitution too carefully, they ran over it trying to find something, she has a duty to transmit what we voted on to the senate. the senate has the sole authority in the constitution to try the case. she doesn t get to set the trial and that is what she is trying to do so i would say she tried to obviate the rules of the constitution. donald trump and nancy pelosi away for the holidays but have a twitter feud going. nancy pelosi knows she is smarter than he is, far tougher than he is and i hope how to deal with it.
with the senate. senate republicans should follow the advice of out tomato and understand if you come out against impeachment, prior to any witnesses being heard the american people will be free and fair trial, alexander hamilton and other founding fathers intended at the time. would you agree that warren and sanders and booker and the other senators who have come out supporting impeachment should also recuse themselves? those senators should go into conference with mcconnell to set rules that are bipartisan that all agree to. mike: have a wonderful weekend. have a close look at bernie sanders s secret weapon for 2020. alexandria ocasio cortez.
and cutting out the minority party and that is why it is an appropriate for him to not follow the rules set in 1999. secondarily when we were addressing the question of coordination the senate majority leader has to take m an oath toe impartial and also article 6 duty which is to support and defend the constitution of the united states. mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham and others made it clear they have no intention to carry out their constitutional duties of the concept of a political process is being pushed by many on the far right who have no intention of enforcing the constitutional leverage and power as a duty of the united states senate to hold a trial t which is fair and not be a rubber stamp for the executive branch. rob: joe biden said he would not comply with a subpoena to testify in a senate trial of donald trump. your reaction? for joe biden to say he is
because mitch mcconnell is coordinating the process is a rigged trial is absolutely ludicrous. even if democrats were in control they would have to coordinate in termsal of settina trial date on making sure how long for opening statements and what is going to happen in terms of witnesses and that is all mitch mcconnell was referring to. and comparing this to the - outside the bounds of the u.s. constitution. there is nothing whatsoever that donald trump has done that there is evidence for that falls within the scope article 2 section 4. this is political opposition and that is what elections are for, not what impeachments are for. mike: let me give you a chance to respond. 1998 into 1999 republicans were in charge of both chambers, they had the house and the senate chamber. what trent lott did was negotiate with tom daschle on creating rules. what mitch mcconnell is doing is negotiating with the white house