With congressman Anthony Brown and kevin hurt. Join the discussion all morning long with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. Is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, december 5, 2019. This is washington journal. After the marathon house judiciary hearing on the basis for impeachment, timing because an issue. We should get clarity with Speaker Pelosi. There are many house members pushing for a vote before the house leaves for the holidays. We will talk to members and ask you should the Impeachment Vote happen before christmas. If you agree it should, 2027488000. No, that is 2027488001. Particularly if you have a legal or constitutional experience, your thoughts on the hearing. You can send us a text, 2027488003. Tell us where you are texting from and your name. On twitter, we are cspanwj. And on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. The long hearing yesterday, in total, 6 to 7 hours worth. Harvard, pamela karlan, michael gerhardt, and Jonathan Turley. The headlin
Firstly, sir, i just thumped the back of Louie Gohmerts head as i was coming over here. And although his rind is still hard, i do hear a sloshing sound in there. Do you believe that Louie Gohmerts head is an overripe melon and would best serve our country by rotting on a compost heap . Yes. laughter and applause stephen sir, is it true that President Trump is the most corrupt and dishonest president of the last 100 years . That is generally correct, yes. laughter and applause stephen in the last 200 years . Yes. Stephen is donald trump the most corrupt president in all parallel universes, alternate dimensions, and nether realms . If it is in the report, that is accurate. laughter stephen yeah, yeah, its in there. Switching gears, sir, do you think if you put a top hat on that man over your Left Shoulder right there, he would resemble rich uncle penny bags . Yes. laughter stephen lets find out bell rings applause mr. Chairman, let the record show that it does. Thank you. Now, mr. Muelle
Mueller testified on capitol hill about the russia investigation. This house intelligence hearing was the second of the two hearings and focused on the findings related to russian interference in the 2016 president ial election. This meeting will come to on behalf of my colleagues i want to thank you special counsel mueller to a lifetime of service to the country. Your report for those who take the time to study it has been methodical and devastating. It tells us the story of a foreign never stare systematic intervention in a close u. S. Residential election. That should be enough to deserve the attention of every american as you well point out. Your report tells another story as well, the story of the 2016 election is also a story about disloyalty to country, read, and allies. Lies. Ed and your determination that the Trump Campaign manager donald trump himself knew that a foreign power was intervening in our election and welcomed it, built russian meddling into their strategy and used
We will come to order. At the outset and on behalf of my colleagues, i want to thank you, special counsel mueller, for a lifetime of service to the country. The outset on behalf of my colleagues i want to thank special counsel mueller for a lifetime of service to your country. It tells the story of a foreign adversary sweeping and systemic intervention in a close u. S. Election. That should be enough to deserve the attention of every american as you well point out. But your report tells another story as well. The story of the 2016 election is also a story about disloyalty to country. About greed, and about lies. Your investigation determined the Trump Campaign including donald trump himself knew that a foreign power was intervening in our election and welcomed it, built russian meddling into their strategy and used it. Disloyalty to country. Those are strong words but how else are we to describe a president ial campaign which did not inform the authorities of a foreign offer of dirt on
Firstly, sir, i just thumped the back of Louie Gohmerts head as i was coming over here. And although his rind is still hard, i do hear a sloshing sound in there. Do you believe that Louie Gohmerts head is an overripe melon and would best serve our country by rotting on a compost heap . Yes. laughter applause stephen sir, is it true that President Trump is the most corrupt and dishonest president of the last 100 years . That is generally correct, yes. laughter applause stephen in the last 200 years . Yes. Stephen is donald trump the most corrupt president in all parallel universes, alternate dimensions, and netherrealms . If it is in the report, that is accurate. Stephen yeah, yeah, its in there. Switching gears, sir, do you think if you put a top hat on that man over your Left Shoulder right there, he would resemble rich uncle penny bags . Yes. Stephen lets find out bell rings mr. Chairman, let the record show that it does. Thank you. Now, mr. Mueller, you have also investigated the pr