i thought we were going to bleep that. thank you for being here with us. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. 45 years ago in february of 1974, the impeachment investigators in the house of representatives who were looking at the watergate scandal and president richard nixon, they produced this report. the constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment. it s really good, actually. it really holds up after 45 years. it s very readable. it s about 60 pages long, and it does exactly what s promised in its title. it s a fairly straightforward thing and runs through what the constitution tells about impeachment and also what the previous experience is that we ve had in this country with impeachment. up until that time. again, this was february of 1974 when this came out, which is the
constitution tells about impeachment and also what the previous experience is that we ve had in this country with impeachment. up until that time. again, this was february of 1974 when this came out, which is the nixon impeachment. so at that point in 74 there d only been one other attempt at presidential impeachment. that had been andrew johnson way back in the 1800s. and the impeachment committee in watergate walked through what had happened with president johnson and they walked through what the constitution says and what our history offers us in terms of how to approach impeachment. and you can see here the way they stack it up. the historical origins of impeachment. the english parliamentary practice, the intention of the framers, the purpose of the impeachment remedy, the adoption of, quote, high crimes and misdemeanors. they ve also got a whole section on what they call the criminality issue. which i feel like we should
this was in july, not long before the robert mueller hearing. one of the things i was left with after that conference call was that one of the council said come on the record, that you would have to go and talk to each democratic member. were they for impeachment or an impeachment inquiry? related to believe, depending on who you talk to, there is no such formal thing. if you go back and let history be our guide, if you look in 1973, after the saturday night massacre, the judiciary committee at that point devoted to start an impeachment inquiry. in january /february of 1974, the flautist voted for an impeachment inquir inquiry. technically there is no place you have to do it that way. some might argue that this might be another effort by democrats to just drag this out and continue to have it both ways and placate their liberal base. harris: i was looking down at my phone because i was looking for messaging, if you
you ultimately have to act, that s the key. in february of 1974, and, we are not going to have any sort of bill like this in congress because republicans heretofore continue to stand behind the president but you don t even have to do that. if our green, the democrat from texas brings forth his articles of impeachment and you have a straight up or down vote than the president is impeached. and they might just interpret that as fuzz and noise. shepard: we are trying to include this as part of the whistle-blower s report but there s also more to the
announced in february of 1974, barr did, that he was quitting the school, but he said the quitting was going to take place in june. that he was going to leave in june. then in september, this guy gets hired. so it s not clear when he was hired or who hired him. however, apparently there was some question about his actions at the school? yes. if you look at the school, the new york times found some actual former students who said that he acted in ways that were a little bit troubling. he was flirtatious with the students. wearing shirts where he s showing his chest and his hair exposed. i know it was is 70s and everything, but not at the dalton school it wasn t. william dalton was an authoritarian. so epstein at a deposition in to 309, epstein depositions are very tough to read because he will plead the fifth. and he does it for hours and the attorneys start asking him his name just to make sure he can still answer questions.