bit more time with it, you might ve brought with you, you know, those other 51% of the country if you continue to lay it out and build the case for people like john bolton come in the mulvaney perhaps. why do you think that wasn t necessary. very importantly, this is an issue we have to honor oath of office. martha: you don t have to to do that on a timeline, necessarily. we can t be guided. this is not applicable calculation for this is about preventing the president reaching out with another foreign leader to rig the election and sheet in 2020. the reality is that we hope people will watch the hearing and watch and react to the evidence, but we have a solemn responsibility. the first day i came the congress i took an oath of office to protect and defend the constitution. we should be asking is why do our republican colleagues think it s okay for the president of the letter states to reach out to a foreign leader martha: that s the
james comey and others involved in it, they put completely vindicated. they say that this was not about spying on the campaign, this is a concern about what russia is trying to do in the american election. this is also of interest, when you look at page 312, it says the fbi s delta files that no evidence that he acted as an fbi and the source, the documents reviewed had any information to support such an allegation. with information to get you to nibble at it come up and ensnare you in this whole thing. i am glad you brought up joseph missa. while he was not a fbi informant, the theory that many are looking into that he s a western intelligence asset. that can mean many different things.
judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president of the united states, donald j. trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. the evidence of the president s misconduct is overwhelming and uncontested. how could it not be when the president s own words on july 25th, i would like you to do us a favor, though. lay so bare his intentions, a willingness to risk national security for his own interests. and when he got caught, we had to act to make sure no one is above the law. article i is abuse of power, which is directly linked to the president s efforts to trade taxpayer money to ukraine for the promise of an investigation into the biden family. now, article ii is obstruction of congress, which circles the
in 2020. reporter: the proof of that misconduct, adam schiff said is overwhelming and uncontested. he and those other democratic leaders there insisting they did not want to pursue impeachment but had no choice. now with these votes on the horizon this process is about to shift into a whole new gear. thanks very much for that report. let s go to capitol hill right now. phil is watching all of this unfold. what happens next? reporter: alex is right. this is moving into a new stage and will move quickly. it will all start tomorrow night in the judiciary. this is the committee they held the last two impeachment hearings. the hearings are done. tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. they will make an opening statement.
our next election. and he does so still. the evidence of the president s misconduct is overwhelming and uncontested and how could it not be when the president s own words on july 25th i would like to you do us a favor, though, lay so bare his intentions, its willingness to sacrifice the national security for his own personal interests. and when the president got caught, he committed his second impeachable act, obstruction of congress of the very ability to make sure that no one is above the law, not even the president of the united states. the evidence is every bit as strong that president trump has obstructed congress fully, without precedent and without basis-in-law. if allowed to stand it would decimate congress s ability to conduct oversight of this president or any other in the future. leaving this president and