In the 20 16 election? citing a conspiracy. democrats keep hammering down the point what this president did on that phone call and throughout in i thought in taylor s testimony, raid out what he saw essentially from mid-jane takes the post at mike pompeo s hemmrecommendation up mid-september. all of the things that happened in terms of him coming to find out about these two different tracks of foreign policy. one regular and one highly irregular and unprecedented. he testified this is something he had never seen before. and questioning by demings, a former police chief from florida, democratic congresswoman, basically george kent and bill taylor agreed with the sentiment, what was rudy giuliani doing? was he carrying out the interests of the united states? and george kent said, no, trying to dig up dirt on the bidens. taylor agreed. you re an impeachment attorney. interesting specialty.
Him also i think before that which was the same thing. it was nothing. notably, kate, president trump also conflated the substance of that resolution that lindsey graham cobbled together last week. the president said this would be a quick and easy defense because he s got some 50 republicans to sign on to theresolution without making a call to a single one. that resolution included nothing on the substance of his call with president zelenskiy. it focused on the process, the way the democrats are carrying out this inquiry. that was the whole point of the resolution that lindsey graham brought forward. boris, thank you so much. joining me now, cnn legal analyst, a top impeachment attorney, ross garber and david chalian. ross, let s start with the interview that isn t happening today when it comes to charles kupperman. you are an expert in this area. adam schiff this morning said that a private citizen cannot sue the congress to avoid a lawful subpoena. the white house, though, claimi
You could know 50,000 things with all the news we ve had. number one, president trump is changing his story after rudy giuliani revealed that the president reimbursed his personal attorney for the $130,000 in hush money paid to stormy daniels. president trump tweeting that the payments are part of a mnl retainer for cohen and the reimbursement has nothing to do with the campaign. rudy giuliani also revealing a short time ago that three americans held captive in north korea will be released today. the news comes at a pivotal time as president trump is expected to meet with north korean leader kim jong-un and soon. white house lawyer ty cobb stepping down, announcing he s going to retire at the end of the month. emmet flood, familiar name? former president bill clinton s impeachment attorney. he s now joining president trump s legal team.
having something to do with paying some stormy daniels woman $130,000 which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. that money was not campaign money. i m giving you a fact you don t know. it is not campaign money. no campaign finance violation. reporter: the white house has not commented on that payment yet. in another sign the legal team strategy is changing, tie, replaced by former impeachment attorney, a seasons washington attorney known for tough aggressive tactics in better position the pres. should mueller issued the subpoena and defend the george w. bush in executive privilege matters when congress wanted things, we shall see what happens. rob: nice time to be a lawyer in dc. everyone has a job right now. thanks so much. jillian: north korea reportedly moving american prisoners to the hotel ahead of the landmark
Trump. she s a senior adviser to the president of the united states. she s a partner in the trump family business. intimately involved in real estate transitions in panama, the trump soho hotel and also in turkey. this is not just the first daughter, a fine woman. gentlemen, you want to weigh in. i think he was absolutely right. this is the strategy. he s an impeachment attorney. this will be the big legal question that needs to be played out. the watergate, this is a key pivotal moment, trying to subpoena the tapes from the white house and the supreme court ruled you have to turn them over. we don t know the outcome of that. and some of that is going to be played in the court of public opinion as well as the court of law. collusion s not even a legal charge. it allows him to go wherever the evidence takes him.