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Transcripts For MSNBCW Andrea Mitchell Reports 20191204 17:00:00


robbery that s burglary, i ll get it right. and in this situation you ve got somebody really caught in the middle of it, and that doesn t excuse the person from the consequences. professors, we ve talked about abuse of power and bribery. when we started we said we would also discuss obstruction of congress. so i would like to ask you some questions about obstruction of congress. professor gerhardt, in your view, is there enough evidence here to charge president trump with the high crime and misdemeanor of obstruction of congress? i think there s more than enough. as i mentioned in my statement, just to really underscore this, the third article of impeachment approved by the house judiciary committee against president nixon charged him with misconduct because he had failed to comply with four legislative subpoenas. here it is far more than four
that this president has failed to comply with. and he has ordered the executive branch as well not to cooperate with congress. th ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Andrea Mitchell Reports 20191204 17:27:00

The travels of the chairman, jerry nadler. it was nadler s in effect majority counsel, norm eisen, who led the questioning of the last round. we re going to see the other side now, a 45-minute time limit, followed by, let s not forget, five-minute rounds of members themselves being able to question the witnesses. they re under no obligation, of course, they can yield their time, waive their to ime. the republicans are putting up what appear to be new visual aids on easels over their side. and the four witnesses, the four professors, are back. it bears repeating that it was professor karlan who probably, rightfully, stole most of the thunder and attention during her prepared statement and during her very thorough answers to those questions. andrew noted that she said she ....

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