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Absolutely correct in your reporting of what occurred during both the nixon and clinton impeachment, but i wanted to address the issue from a slightly different point of view. not only has president trump refused to provide information that he should have provided, he didn t assert a privilege. he just said, no. i actually have just reread the letter from mr. cipollini, the president s lawyer dated october 8th, 2019. it s page after page after page of complaining about how the house is proceeding. the constitution says congress shall have the sole authority to impeach. we decide how to proceed. not the white house. and in the end, without asserting any privilege whatsoever, he just announcings, they re not going to cooperate, provide any information. this isn t something that needs ....
That s the answer. put it in appropriate context and acknowledge this is an issue. i yield. talking about the 1993 judge i remind gentleman from the constitutional scholars on both sides of the arguments it s my time. i m sorry. i m sorry, fair enough. we mr. raskin, we re done listening. yield back. gentleman yields back. for what purposes do you seek recognition? moosh to strike the last word. recognized. you know, let s go back. as has been stated today the constitution devotes only a few sentences to impeachment. i m going to read one. it s article one section two. very last sentence. the house of representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers and shall have the sole power of impeachment. as professor raskin just told us properly, the constitution uses the word sole only twice. ....
What article two says is, we re not willing to go to court. we ll take the law into our own hands. these are the same people who tell us that no one is above the law, of course, except for themselves. what they re saying is, congress alone will decide the limits of our own power. this is the essence of despotism. the reason why we separate powers of government is so one branch alone cannot unilaterally define its own power, yet this is the power that the democrats are now arrogating to themselves. true, sole power under the constitution but that pow sder not exceed the bounds established by that very constitution. those bounds include the grounds for impeachment, which this committee has ignored, and they include the separation of powers that protect one branch from intrusions of the other. i want you to think about the essence of the democrats claim and what it means to american ....
i enjoyed listening to you, you are absolutely correct in your reporting of what occurred during both the nixon and clinton impeachment. but i wanted to address the issue from a slightly different point of view, not only as president trump refused to provide information that he should have provided, he didn t assert a privilege. he just said no. i actually have just reread the letter from mr. sibley d, the president s lawyer, dated october 18, 2019. its page after page after page of complaining about how the house is proceeding but the constitution says congress shall have the sole authority to impeach. we decide how to proceed, not the white house. in the end to come, without any privilege whatsoever, he just announces they are not going to cooperate or provide any information. this isn t something that needs ....
So we will, if we are going to side supreme court cases let s put it in the appropriate context and let s acknowledge that this is an issue. i yield to come in 20 seconds. thank you. i m talking about the judge nixon case on both sides of this argument, it s my time. i m sorry, i yelled back. fair enough. no, you are done with this, i yield back. the gentleman yields back. i move to strike the last word. the gentle lady is recognized. let s go back. the constitution devotes only a few sentences to impeachment, so i m going to read one. the house of representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers and shall have the sole power of impeachment. as professor raskin just told us properly, the constitution uses the word soul only twice. ....