We dont 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 theyre not based on fact. Its an important moment. I want to get your sense of the history of what were about to see. You see the members showing up, the staff, theyre showing up. The witnesses will be there. Theyll be sworn in as well. Its a moment that doesnt happen very often if american history. It doesnt and it shouldnt. Because its so important you think about the the way constitution set up our democratic structure here and were looking back right now to say what did the founded fathers envision about the country that we are now in . What did the separation of powers mean . Are there truly three coequal
branches of government or can one thumb their nose that leads to an authoritarian regime . We are looking at a very historic moment. Looking at what the power of con
all, foreign interference in our elections. they juxtopposed a tyrant. they were deeply worried we would lose our new-found liberty, not through a war, if a foreign army were to invade, we would see that coming, but from corruption from within. within the early years they asked us, each of us, to be vigilant to that theft. washington warned us. quote, to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most bainful foes of the government. adam wrote toeverson, as often as elections happen, the danger occurs. hamilton s warning was more specific and more dire. in the federalist papers he wrote that quote the most deadly adversaries of the republican government unquote will almost certainly attempt to quote raise a creature of their own to the chief magistracy of the union.