Robbery thats burglary, ill get it right. And in this situation youve got somebody really caught in the middle of it, and that doesnt excuse the person from the consequences. Professors, weve 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 theres 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. Those together with a
in a voice that people, who aren t lawyers, can understand. so, now, as a country, we ll have the benefit of her skills. she may start in the minority. i don t think she ll stay there for her entire tenure on the court. and as we wait to hear from the president, the vice president, a little house keeping and good news as relates to the vice president. the vice president continues to be tested for covid-19. she was deemed to be a close contact to her communications director a couple of days ago. she tested today and again she was negative. while she is distanced today, she will not be masked and the event is outside. when she s around others, the white house says she will wear a mask. and as we again wait for this historic celebration, when judge jackson takes the bench, it s going to be-the first time in 233 years, there entire history of the supreme court it will not
concerns me is not on the substance. it s the audience. the audience here really is the american public who hasn t been following us the way we are, and who aren t lawyers. and as a trial lawyer, what i wanted to hear, given the richness and the depth and the overwhelming evidence that was in the intelligence committee report, is, i wanted the public to hear, it s impeachable because on august 9th, donald trump had a conversation with mr. sondland who then says the president wants the announcement. in other words, the direct evidence that puts donald trump right in the middle of doing the very acts that the scholars have said is impeachable. because that s what the public has to understand. ari melber? i think that they were very effective in taking portions of all of those hearings that america has lived look through,