Reynolds, Brookings Institution government studies senior fellow, here to talk about impeachment from a Historical Perspective and give us an idea of what the process has looked like and what it could look like in the future. Obviously a lot of similarities and differences between now and, lets say, the most recent one, lets say, the most recent one, president clintons. In this stage of the process, how would you compare it to the clinton impeachment . Guest so i think the most important thing to remember in comparing where we are now to the clinton impeachment is that in the clinton impeachment case, this stage of the process, this gathering of evidence, was largely done actually not by congress. The factual material on which the impeachment inquiry was based largely arrived to the house of representatives in hundreds of boxes from ken star, his investigation at the independent counsel. And so Congress Needed to do much less of its own investigative work. So when we hear about deposit
Career official at the state department, so i am going to have to keep this brief. First of all, i want to thank ambassador hale for being here, for obeying the law, for following the lawful subpoena that we issued. We wish others would show the same courage and dedication to the law that Ambassador Haley is demonstrating here today. I want you to know as you know already that we will begin open hearings into the impeachment inquiry next week. We will begin with the testimony of ambassador taylor and ambassador kent on wednesday, and we will have ambassador yovanovich testified. These will be the first of the open hearings. I think you will see throughout the course of the testimony and many others the most aborted important facts are largely not contested. We have been gaining an increasing appreciation for the what took place during the course of the last year and the degree to which the president enlisted whole departments of government in the aim of trying to get ukraine to dig up
Sites that come with us. And leaders began campaigning for the u. K. Snap election with breaks it looming launch on the agenda. Will begin in the United States where impeachment proceedings against president onil trample reach a critical stage next week the u. S. House Intelligence Committee has announced it will hold the 1st public hearings in the inquiry with 3 key witnesses to testify the Investigation Centers on whether President Trump abused his power by withholding aid to ukraine and exchange for an investigation into political rival joe biden i think you will see throughout the course of the test when not only their testimony but many others the. Most important facts are largely not contested we are getting increasingly appreciation for just what took place during the course of the last year and the degree to which the president and listed the whole departments of government in the elicit a move trying to get ukraine to dig up dirt on a political opponent as well as further Cons
We are getting increasingly appreciation for just what took place during the course of the last year and the degree to which the president and listed the whole departments of government in elicit a move trying to get ukraine to dig up dirt on a political opponent as well as further Conspiracy Theory about the 2016 election that he believes would be beneficial to his Reelection Campaign now White House Correspondent kelly hellcat has more now. Well what we can expect is that for the 1st time the American Public has the opportunity to hear for itself what exactly the case is against the president what the defense is if there is any and this is something thats significant because up until now it has been politicians on capitol hill largely crafting these arguments so this is significant terms of who will be talking not only do we expect to be following very closely next friday for the testimony from the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine someone that was pushed out and who has already acc
Good morning, this hear is cool called to order. I want to welcome all the witnesses and thank you for your thoughtful, written testimony and looking forward to your oral tangherlini. Id ask my written Opening Statement be entered into the record. I want to make a couple comments. About really kind of what i want to see the goal of this hearing to be. Its similar to the the goal of every hearing is a base account problem solving process. This committee under my chairmanship developed a a Mission Statement to enhance the National Security of america to promote more effective and accountable government. The reason im pointing it out today is i cant think of a hearing that that Mission Statement is more applicable to. When we Start Talking about 5g were talking about the Economic Opportunity and the National Security risks. In order to take advantage of that and avoid the National Security risks. We need more effective government to step up to the plate to compete against what unfortunate