Robbery thats burglary, ill get it right. And in this situation youve got somebody really caught in the middle of it, and that doesnt excuse the person from the consequences. Professors, weve talked about abuse of power and bribery. When we started we said we would also discuss obstruction of congress. So i would like to ask you some questions about obstruction of congress. Professor gerhardt, in your view, is there enough evidence here to charge President Trump with the high crime and misdemeanor of obstruction of congress . I think theres more than enough. As i mentioned in my statement, just to really underscore this, the third article of impeachment approved by the House Judiciary Committee against president nixon charged him with misconduct because he had failed to comply with four legislative subpoenas. Here it is far more than four
that this president has failed to comply with. And he has ordered the Executive Branch as well not to cooperate with congress. Those together with a
campus hazing probe. i know that investigation is still going on. chris swecker the former assistant fbi director said there were red flags okay something have been done to prevent this? listen, i m going to allow the pundits to make that determination. i think one of the best worst disservices i could do to those that are investigating this is to put out information out there while they are still trying to get information. i don t think it does for the individuals with the state police and the university police and others that are investigating, i don t think that s very fair right now. i want to be able to just put my arms around the charlottesville community, express my heart felt prayers and condolences for what happened. it s a tragedy. but there s going to be a lot of speculation as well. i just caution everybody. let the professionals do their job. this is why they are there and there is going to be a lot of speculation in the media and we will get to the answers. we promise
disruptions and disservices from the ransomware itself. that s only half of the equation. they re also extorting these companies. they ll take your e-mails, leaks and all your information and intellectual property and they ll drip it out to the public. these are billion dollars property. these are a lot of money worth of information that could create issues for them and can create legal issues for them. they re in a terrible position. a terrible position, john, it is impossible. yes, the president has signed a cyber security executive order but that s not the same direct intervention, what can and the government should do here? there are solution that is the private sector could be making or steps they could be
facts into what the president supposedly did, presumably did and make those hypotheticals stick to the american public. the definition of crime and robbery defined by the supreme court is not making their case or fitting what they need to do. the issue we have to deal with going forward is why the rush? why do we not have information from the intelligence committee. why is the inspector general report being held? these are the problems you highlighted and i think it needs to be. this is why the rest of the day is going to be applicable. both sides matter. at the end of the day, this is a fast impeachment, the fastest we are seeing based on disputed facts on crimes or disservices made up with the facts to fit each part. with that, i am going to turn it over to mr. taylor.
did. definitive sentence s see if the committee has anything contrary to that. haven t heard from him. no improper contacts. unusual. improper? see how that goes. and i have not relied on russian funds for my businesses. didn t say i have never had russian funds or have some funding from russians sources but not relied. i have been fully transparent of late, perhaps. the fact we re finding this out six months into the trump administration, especially if they did nothing wrong is one mp the disservices done to the president by his staff refusing to disclose this earlier. having said that, i think his approach was savvy and smart and about as well played as it could have been. good lawyers. i mean, the idea taking a lesson from the jim comey playbook, having a kpreeprepare statement out ahead of the meeting particularly when it s behind closed doors with staff is really important. it gives you an opportunity to set the narrative tore a