linking to payments he initially denied knowledge of. jerry nadler, the top democrat on the house judiciary committee said if it s proven the president was linked to those payments, it would been an impeachable offense. but others have acknowledged the particular significance of this latest disclosure. for example, democratic senator chris murphy said the country should be worried about the direction this is heading. take a listen. we certainly have moved into a new phase. the president has now stepped into the same territory that ultimately led to president nixon resigning. he was an unindicted coconspiracy tore, but this investigation now starting to put the president in serious legal cross-hairs and he should be wared and the whole country should be worried. listen, nobody is rooting for the president to go down in this
pete: welcome back. president trump s second supreme court nominee, judge brett kavanaugh heads to capitol hill tomorrow for his first confirmation hearing. democrats, they re gearing up for battle. take this, for example. senator kamala harris tweeting this, remember this president is unindicted coconspiracy in a felony criminal investigation and should not have the ability to appoint someone to a lifetime position on the supreme court. kavanaugh s hearing should be delayed until the investigation is reoffed. well that is settled. she is running for president. what are the top questions they re going to ask? chief counsel and policy director of the judicial crisis network. thank you very much for being here this morning. we ll see a very split dais. republicans on one side in support of this nominee.
rosenstein and the special counsel mueller. and that s why there would be, as lindsey graham said, a year nag july, holy hell to pay. he s changed his mind now. but he also says anyone nominated to replace sessions must promise during senate confirmation hearings and colluding in your judiciary hearing committee that this individual promise not to interfere, allow mueller to get the job done, finish his investigation. that may be a hope, but i think it is somewhat unrealistic to expect the president of the united states who says that his major complaint about his attorney general is in effect he failed to protect him, failed to stop an investigation. he would not tolerate an attorney general who then would allow that investigation to proceed. and i think for the sake of american justice and the investigation, allowing someone who is right now and unindicted
it s one of many options. right now we are looking at several ways i believe that the president could be held accountable. the biggest one and the salient one for most democrats are the november elections. in which yes, there will be measure to hold the president accountable if the democrats take back the house. maybe even the senate. the other way is judicial accountability. this is a president now that potentially committed crimes. unindicted coconspiracy with michael cohen. tucker: let me ask the third time this question. why not say the most accountability form of accountability is impeachment. it s transparent. unlike the legal proceeding we are watching and certainly unlike the creepy special counsel investigation. nothing hidden in impeachment. why are they lying? we re not sure. if you think he committed crimes why wouldn t you impeach him?
it s one of many options. right now we are looking at several ways i believe that the president could be held accountable. the biggest one and the salient one for most democrats are the november elections. in which yes, there will be measure to hold the president accountable if the democrats take back the house. maybe even the senate. the other way is judicial accountability. this is a president now that potentially committed crimes. unindicted coconspiracy with michael cohen. tucker: let me ask the third time this question. why not say the most accountability form of accountability is impeachment. it s transparent. unlike the legal proceeding we are watching and certainly unlike the creepy special counsel investigation. nothing hidden in impeachment. why are they lying? we re not sure. if you think he committed crimes why wouldn t you impeach him?