Latest Breaking News On - James st - Page 5 : comparemela.com

Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield 20191201 19:19:00

consequential month for president trump, starting with this week. the white house now has just a few hours to make a major decision. will white house lawyers participate in the judiciary committee s first impeachment hearing set for wednesday? chairman jerry nadler has also given the white house until friday to determine whether it will be involved in the process at all. house leadership has signaled a vote a wish to vote, rather, on impeachment by christmas. cnn s jeremy diamond is in west palm beach where the president is spending this holiday weekend. so jeremy, is the white house any closer to making a decision about these deadlines? reporter: well, so far, fred, there s no indication that the white house has made a decision yet as far as these deadlines are concerned. again, one of those is coming up in just under four hours, but so far radio silence from the white house. we ve put in numerous requests for comment, asking which way they are leaning. our sources have told us as

White houseJerry nadlerJudiciary committees first impeachment hearing setAl lHouse leadershipImpeachment law professorJeremy diamondWest palm beachJames stRadio silence

Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield 20191201 19:23:00

legitimate the process they ve tried to undermine. tim, presidents nixon and clinton both had attorneys involved during their impeachment hearings. why wouldn t president trump want to do the same? aside from the whole, you know, not a legitimate process and it s been a sham in his words. but you know, to have your counsel present like previous presidents had, why would this president not want that to happen? i think it goes back to what your previous guest said, which is that the president, this president, has decided to act as if the entire inquiry is illegitimate. and i think this president believes that if you participate a little bit it s like participating a lot. i think it s a big mistake on the part of the president. i think the president should seek to have witnesses called before the judiciary committee. president nixon was not only allowed to have his attorney, james st. clair, sit in on the hearings of the impeachment

Tim naftaliImpeachment hearingsWouldn tPresidents nixonImpeachment inquiryHouse judiciary committeeJames st

Transcripts for MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 20191030 02:51:00

knocks presidency. rudy giuliani is no james st. claire. donald trump s lawyers are the worst lawyers who have ever defended a president of the united states. their legal arguments are cartoons of legal arguments. nothing embarrasses them. when their arguments getting crushed, they just make more frivolous arguments. the resolution the house of representatives will pass this week outlining the impeachment investigation procedures in the various committees will give donald trump s lawyers special rights in the judiciary committee hearings, including the right to cross examine witnesses, but those rules also give chairman of the judiciary committee unique power, power that was never thought necessary in an impeachment proceeding before this one. if the trump lawyers bring their obstructionist game into the judiciary committee hearings, they willpy pay a price, immediately, right there in the

Donald trumpRudy giulianiPresident of the united statesJames stHouse resolutionHouse of representativesImpeachment investigation proceduresJudiciary committee rulesHouse judiciary committeeJudiciary committee hearingsTrump lawyers

Transcripts for MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 20191030 05:49:15

Transcripts for MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 20191030 05:49:15
archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

James stImpeachment investigationObstruction of justice

Transcripts for MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 20191030 02:50:00

became the first lawyer in history to defend a president in an impeachment investigation on television. the main issue that has to do with watergate and in substance it seems clear to me and there s no argument the president would do anything about it in advance. james st. clair lost that argument when the president was forced to turn over tapes his boston law firm with the admiration of the entire legal community nationwide. he continued wisdom distinguished career as a trial attorney and lecturer at harvard law school. he was defending a guilty client, but he did it with respect for the seriousness of the impeachment process, respect for the rules, and respect for the court decisions. that forced his client to release the damning evidence against himself that ended the

Impeachment investigationJames stTrial attorneyHarvard law schoolLaw firmJudiciary committee rulesImpeachment processCourt decisions