We dont know how they were using this money is not factually true. You heard mcclk chin tok saying he had the mcclintock saying that he had the prosecutor fired. Yet those talking points are respited despite the fact theyre not based on fact. Its an important moment. I want to get your sense of the history of what were about to see. You see the members showing up, the staff, theyre showing up. The witnesses will be there. Theyll be sworn in as well. Its a moment that doesnt happen very often if american history. It doesnt and it shouldnt. Because its so important you think about the the way constitution set up our democratic structure here and were looking back right now to say what did the founded fathers envision about the country that we are now in . What did the separation of powers mean . Are there truly three coequal
branches of government or can one thumb their nose that leads to an authoritarian regime . We are looking at a very historic moment. Looking at what the power of con
Whether you think thats good or bad and matches the abuse of powers is an open question. And then he goes through and argues he doesnt see what he calls a statutory crime. And well see that debate as well. There are people youre going to hear from who are going to say its got to be an actual felony and then there are going to be other people pointing out the constitution doesnt require that. It has words like treason, bribery and high crimes. So were going to get into the weeds here, but the big picture is keep your eye on which witnesses and exchanges are talking about the serious question of whats impeachable. The other noise you can try and tune out as with any hearing. Mr. Wiesman, your last words of advice as we settle in to watch the legal experts. I think its very important to keep your eye on the facts and the law. And i think one of the things that the public is rightly upset about is the rule of law not being applied. And so i think the quote you read is fun, its sort of catc
constitution. a separation of powers. three coequal branches, each a check and balance on the other. the president has engaged in abuse of power undermining our national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections. i am asking our chairman to begin with articles of impeachment. it s something i do not think we have ever seen before. a president who has doubled down on violating his oath to faithfully execute the laws and to protect and defend the constitution. president trump has committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors by corruptly abusing the office of the presidency. after reviewing the evidence that s been made public, i cannot help but conclude that this president has attacked each of the constitution s safeguards against establishing a monarchy in this country. if what we re talking about is not impeachable then nothing is.
national security, and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections. i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. what has happened in the case today is something that i do not think we have ever seen before. a president who has doubled down on violating his oath to faithfully execute the laws and to protect and defend the constitution. president trump has committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors by corruptly abusing the office of the presidency. after reviewing the evidence that s been made public, i cannot help but conclude that this president has attacked each of the constitutions safeguards against establishing a monarchy in this country. if what we re talking about is not impeachable, then nothing is impeachable. is it fair to say that all three causes for impeachment explicitly contemplated by the founders, abuse of power, betrayal of our national security, and corruption of our of our elections are
on the basis of the testimony and the evidence before the house, president trump has committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors by corruptly abusing the office of the presidency. tucker: oh, yeah. that sounds bad. and as you just heard the framers would frown upon it. what would they think specifically? well fortunately jerry nadler asked that question and witness noah feldman had an answer. here it was. if washington were here today, if he were joined by madison, hamilton and other framers, what do you believe they would say if presented with the evidence before us about president trump s conduct? i believe the framers would identify president trump s conduct as exactly the kind of abuse of office high crime and misdemeanor that they were worried about. tucker: um-huh. madison, hamilton, washington. these are basically the same people the left would like to see dethroned. their statues knocked over by screaming college kids. they must be very bad men. so presumably,