accuser? if you look at 98, it was ken starr. what republicans want to do that? that is where some republicans are thinking this could end very badly for democrats, because that s who they might want to hear from. someone like adam schiff, harris. harris: absolutely. melissa: chad pergram, thank you so much for that. what about that, jason? what about that danger? that then they bring adam schiff outcome all of a sudden this could take a different turn. jason: adam schiff was a joke on many different fronts. when he went to the lectern, which we just watched on fox news, that have been presupposed, nobody believe that. i can t believe he even did that with straight face. what was unprecedented and that we haven t seen before, the proceedings are going ahead and the intel committee. even though we are talking about this now and they ve passed this supposed openness and transparency, they are having close doors hearings right now, today. melissa: this goes in coronation with the
by the house of representatives, when the republicans were in the majority. and exactly as they where if president nixon would have been considered for impeachment then. the majority rules in the context of the committee, the minority gets the right to ask for subpoenas. in the event that there s a majority, it goes to vote. everything that has taken place up to now has been scrupulously bipartisan. all of the close-door depositions taking place have given 50% of the staff questioning time to the republicans, 50% of the democrats. members on both sides have been able to ask precisely how it will proceed. the president will have all the rights as in the clinton impeachment. harris: as a quick follow-up to that, how has it worked out then up onto this point that republicans haven t had that by the example? will there be a makeup session? come they go back and talk with
witnesses, as a political party behind closed doors, and only seven republicans could be there for hearings and depositions and transcripts. can they get another bite at the apple with those people in a public session? i am so glad you are raising that, because you have expressed what has been a deliberate misperception created. there is been no witnesses questioned by democrats that were not also questioned by republicans. harris: right, there were seven of them, and 45 total could do one of the other. but they didn t see all the transits on the depositions. this resolution that we voted on today authorizes the release of all of the depositions by the committee, after they withhold classified material. obviously, the trouble that the president has gotten into deals with national security. there are a lot of national security matters that involve classified information. other than that, the depositions are going to be released.
there were no party disciplines impose. i m sorry there weren t at least a handful of republicans who were willing to vote for what the g.o.p. has basically been asking for, which is open hearings. that s what this is. for open hearings and the availability of the public to participate in this process. i was happy also that the independent in the house, justin amash, voted with the democrats. so it was bipartisan or multi-partisan in that sense. harris: congressman raskin, i want to make sure i understand it right. i got the key provisions and the resolution, kind of rules. since that s one of the committee to sit on, maybe you can educate us all on this. it looks like there s almost a permission that has to be asked if they subpoena and want to call witnesses. is that understanding correct? if so, if is that fair? this is the same as when president clinton was impeached
president is in the majority. but the majority to support the impeachment inquiry. there s a bit of a split there in american public. they don t believe the president should be impeached but they support this inquiry. harris? harris: i want to thank you very much. i want to go to chad pergram, senior producer fox news on l. it got our attention out here on the couch and studio f when we are doug collins, representative, call for a witness. that witness is the chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. how would that work? this is why republicans have been contesting this process. if you look closely at the resolution, gives a lot of latitude to the intelligence community. but it s not clear whether the judiciary committee would have open hearings at that point presents a problem. the judiciary committee ultimately would write articles of impeachment, that is pretty clear. but what they do any open hearings? if you use the model that they used in 1998 with president