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charge. the truth is in the history of this republic, there s never been a single party fraudulent impeachment process deployed against a president like the one that s being used against donald trump. that s what s unprecedented here. it s not the claim that a president doesn t want to turn over witnesses or documents. that, as we ve said many times today, is actually quite common. and by the way, let s remember it needs to be noted again that president trump has consistently cooperated with this congress in fulfilling its oversight you are listening to one of the many hours of today s very historic house judiciary committee hearing on the articles of impeachment against president donald trump. our live continuing coverage will take place over this hour and further hours as needed. but we want to let you know how we re going to cover this. we re keeping an eye on this hearing. we have reason to believe there could be a vote on the current amendment soon. the committee s ob ....
we don t know how they were using this money is not factually true. you heard mcclk chin tok saying he had the mcclintock saying that he had the prosecutor fired. yet those talking points are respited despite the fact they re not based on fact. it s an important moment. i want to get your sense of the history of what we re about to see. you see the members showing up, the staff, they re showing up. the witnesses will be there. they ll be sworn in as well. it s a moment that doesn t happen very often if american history. it doesn t and it shouldn t. because it s so important you think about the the way constitution set up our democratic structure here and we re looking back right now to say what did the founded father s envision about the country that we are now in? what did the separation of powers mean? are there truly three co-equal branches of government or can one thumb their nose that leads to an authoritarian regime? we are looking at a very historic moment. lookin ....
republican and then what happens? yeah, and then at that point, any member can simply say they move to offer an amendment. and when they offer an amendment, they have to actually provide the next of that language to the clerk. the amendment could be read aloud before all of the members of the committee. and then each of the members can simply say they want a chance to talk and to speak about that particular amendment. and as you said, there are 41 members of this committee. 40 are expected to attend one is not, ted lieu because of health issues. he s not expected to be here this week. but each of those members could speak. that could take time for each individual amendment. when that amendment is voted down which we expect because republicans are expects to offer amendments, democrats are happy with these articles and don t plan to do that. that s why this is unpredictable how this contentious day will play out, wolf. 40 members now. ted lieu had some medical issues. we wish h ....
president or we re going to let some foreign power do it. you know who has the right to elect the american president, the citizens of this country and no one else. men and women have died on the battlefield to protect our democracy. the least we can do is show the courage to stand up tonight and do our part to protect our democracy. with that i yield back. gentleman yields back. does anyone else seek recognition on the amendment? mr. armstrong. gentleman is recognized. and i m going to go back to the actual language of the amendment and in particular the removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states. so at numerous points in times during today s debate have they my friends on other side of the aisle have held up a pocket constitution, waved it around. i think it s interesting nobody s read from it yet and i think there s a reason for that. but i m going to read from the constitution. you are join ....
country. the administration has worked with the committee staff to observe 11 cpb holding facilities, 13 i.c.e. detention facilities and six state licensed that contract. good evening, i m chris matthews in washington where tonight we re watching history in the making as the house judiciary committee debates articles of impeachment against donald trump. votes are expected to take place any moment now. let s listen in. the committee threatened witnesses that and i quote, any failure to appear, any failure to appear in response to a mere letter requesting their presence for a deposition shall and i quote constitute evidence of obstruction. this is just letters, not subpoenas. in letters to the state department employees, the committee threatened to witnesses that if they insist on having agency counsel present to protect the executive branch in their confidentiality interests or if they make any effort to protect confidentiality interests at all, these officials would have t ....