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>> we encourage adam schiff to run a fair process. which americans would go on trial without a counsel? >> nick. we will take a couple more. [indiscernible] that is nancy pelosi's call. reporter: [indiscernible] does that impact the credibility of the whistleblower? >> absolutely. >> i know there has been reporting. reporter: [indiscernible] >> i think that is a problem. there was a preliminary investigation done by the inspector general. general. if the whistleblower is not being forthcoming -- that's a big problem. reporter: [indiscernible] that's a form of perjury. --the american peo i think it's appropriate for the reckon people to know who the person is behind the charge that the democrats are pursuing removing the president of the united states 13 must before election. i believe the american people have a right to know. >> is important to point out you all know the american public knows more than the whistleblower does. this whole thing about what does the whistleblower know, they now know less than what you will know. we should
>> we encourage adam schiff to run a fair process. which americans would go on trial without a counsel? >> nick. we will take a couple more. [indiscernible] that is nancy pelosi's call. reporter: [indiscernible] does that impact the credibility of the whistleblower? >> absolutely. >> i know there has been reporting. reporter: [indiscernible] >> i think that is a problem. there was a preliminary investigation done by the inspector general. general. if the...
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adam schiff is the chair of the house intelligence committee . he spoke about the trip administration blocking u.s. ambassador gordon -- from testifying at an impeachment inquiry today. that, republicans give their response as well. >> good morning. we were informed an hour and a half ago by the attorney for the investors the state department would refuse to allow him to testify today. this was after conversations well into yesterday afternoon and evening with the state department legal advisor where there was no indication the ambassador would be a no-show. not only is congress being deprived of his testimony, the people are being deprived of his testimony. hasre aware the ambassador text messages or emails on a personal device which was provided to the state department, although we requested this in the abbasid are, the state department is withholding those messages. messages are deeply relevant to this investigation and the impeachment inquiry. i want to explain for the public the significance of this witness and significance of the decision e
adam schiff is the chair of the house intelligence committee . he spoke about the trip administration blocking u.s. ambassador gordon -- from testifying at an impeachment inquiry today. that, republicans give their response as well. >> good morning. we were informed an hour and a half ago by the attorney for the investors the state department would refuse to allow him to testify today. this was after conversations well into yesterday afternoon and evening with the state department legal...
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schiffadam schiff adam -- who is adam schiff? adam schiff is the guy who spent two years on tv saying that he had proof of russian collusion and he ended up having nothing. he lied. he was caught on the phone to haveto a russian dirt on donald trump, and then they said they never followed up on it, and we know his office followed up on the call. adam schiff is the guy who said they never talked to the whistleblower and it comes out, you knew about the whistleblower before he filed the charge. when you see all of this, you understand corruption is at the core of all of this. it is the hate of trump, and the deep states. upt: president trump stepped his criticism of adam schiff yesterday in a joint meeting in the oval office with the finish president. here is some of what president trump had to say. [video clip] pres. trump: i saw schiff trying to go -- week not call him shifty schiff for nothing. he is a shifty, this honest guy. he was critical of one of the great secretary of state. rajoy did number one at his class at west point
schiffadam schiff adam -- who is adam schiff? adam schiff is the guy who spent two years on tv saying that he had proof of russian collusion and he ended up having nothing. he lied. he was caught on the phone to haveto a russian dirt on donald trump, and then they said they never followed up on it, and we know his office followed up on the call. adam schiff is the guy who said they never talked to the whistleblower and it comes out, you knew about the whistleblower before he filed the charge....
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what role did adam schiff have to the whistleblower? what role did his staff have to the whistleblower? for one man to turn this country upside down, to have this vote today. our founding fathers warned about this in the federalist papers that a future congress at some point in time would base an impeachment, not on guilt or innocence, but rather on partisan politics. partisan politics. sadly today, in this chamber, there were fierce realized. -- their worst fears were realized. i turn it over to lee zeldin from the house foreign affairs committee. mr. zeldin: in a way, you could say congratulations to nancy pelosi. she wanted a bipartisan vote on her impeachment inquiry resolution and got it. it was a bipartisan vote against her impeachment inquiry resolution. there are a number of other democrats who chose to vote the wrong way and should have voted no and won't be here to serve anymore with us come january 2021. nancy pelosi as the leader, has chosen to sacrifice a few of her own members. those members are going to lose for all of th
what role did adam schiff have to the whistleblower? what role did his staff have to the whistleblower? for one man to turn this country upside down, to have this vote today. our founding fathers warned about this in the federalist papers that a future congress at some point in time would base an impeachment, not on guilt or innocence, but rather on partisan politics. partisan politics. sadly today, in this chamber, there were fierce realized. -- their worst fears were realized. i turn it over...
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we spent more time with ambassador volcker than adam schiff did. you may have noticed he came out here to the press. he gave this benign thing and raced off to a fundraiser. this has to be a fair process. when you have a press release being drafted by our democratic colleagues cherry picking text messages when the full text of ambassador volcker's testimony last make -- last week would have been exonerated this president, let's release it. i'm all for bringing the ambassador in, but only after we released the full -- reporter: are you concerned about the president asking a foreign government to investigate joe biden, and the president saying china should investigate joe biden. do any of you have concerns about that? >> the president is doing his job. when you are talking about the hard-earned tax dollars of the american people going to wake foreign government, the president will make sure there is no corruption. he is doing his job, his duty as the president. i don't have a concern about. -- i don't have a concern about it. reporter: [indiscernible
we spent more time with ambassador volcker than adam schiff did. you may have noticed he came out here to the press. he gave this benign thing and raced off to a fundraiser. this has to be a fair process. when you have a press release being drafted by our democratic colleagues cherry picking text messages when the full text of ambassador volcker's testimony last make -- last week would have been exonerated this president, let's release it. i'm all for bringing the ambassador in, but only after...
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we spent more time with volker then adam schiff did. he gave this benign thing and raced off to a fundraiser. here is what we understand, this has to be a fair process when you have a press release being drafted by our democrat colleagues taking text messages. text whatever exonerated this president, let's release it. bringing the invest -- ambassador in, but let's only do so after we released this. >> you're asking them to investigate joe biden, and also the president thing china should investigate. do any of you have concerns about that? >> the president is doing his job. when you talk about the hard earned tax dollars of the american people going to a foreign government, the president will make sure there is no corruption. he is doing his duty as a commander in chief, his duty as the president of the united states. i do not have a concern. >> [indiscernible] >> we would like to see the volk before weny released see the transcribed interviews. what we see in this impeachment is a kingery -- kangaroo court and chairman shift is a capta
we spent more time with volker then adam schiff did. he gave this benign thing and raced off to a fundraiser. here is what we understand, this has to be a fair process when you have a press release being drafted by our democrat colleagues taking text messages. text whatever exonerated this president, let's release it. bringing the invest -- ambassador in, but let's only do so after we released this. >> you're asking them to investigate joe biden, and also the president thing china should...
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if adam schiff, this would be a good question for the speaker, did the speaker know adam schiff's staff met with the whistleblower? the speaker made a decision to go into impeachment without even knowing what was on the phone all. did adam schiff share that with anybody on the democratic side? when and where did they know this? what did they know? what did they talk about? these are all questions that people should actually have an answer to. the president didn't do anything wrong. to preface this from the same point that adam schiff said before, he had proof, beyond circumstantial evidence, all the .b.i., all the millions of dollars, all the countries we had had to go to, we found out that was a lie. wouldn't you want to know as an american why did we put ourselves through that? that's exactly what the attorney general is doing. reporter: two questions. first, you just mentioned that the mueller investigation, russia investigation began in ukraine. mr. mccarthy: elements. reporter: are you suggesting that paul manafort, who was tried and convicted in an american court was framed? mr. m
if adam schiff, this would be a good question for the speaker, did the speaker know adam schiff's staff met with the whistleblower? the speaker made a decision to go into impeachment without even knowing what was on the phone all. did adam schiff share that with anybody on the democratic side? when and where did they know this? what did they know? what did they talk about? these are all questions that people should actually have an answer to. the president didn't do anything wrong. to preface...
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the answer is that i think adam schiff is the biggest leaker in washington. we all know that. he's a corrupt politician. like nobody has ever seen before. the conversation was perfect. they don't talk about the conversation. it started with the whistleblower. now they don't want the whistleblower. they had a second whistleblower and now they don't want it. the they say what whistleblower wrote, which bore no relationship, they said their case went out the window. i think republicans are being taken advantage of. they're being maligned. they are really looking to hurt the republican party and it is turning out to be the opposite. go into theer details of the case rather than process. we already have 50 republican senators, i never called one of them, perhaps the others will do it too. process is good. look at the case, it's very simp le, it's quick. i had another conversation before that which was the same thing. it was nothing. they tried to take that conversation and make it into a big scandal. the problem was we had it transcribed. in a nutshell he whistleb
the answer is that i think adam schiff is the biggest leaker in washington. we all know that. he's a corrupt politician. like nobody has ever seen before. the conversation was perfect. they don't talk about the conversation. it started with the whistleblower. now they don't want the whistleblower. they had a second whistleblower and now they don't want it. the they say what whistleblower wrote, which bore no relationship, they said their case went out the window. i think republicans are being...
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you thatagree with adam schiff is crooked. there has never been any allegations of misconduct about adam schiff. i think you have to give some kind of evidence for why you feel that way and whether you dislike him or not, or dislike is politics, that is not make an individual crooked. -- het think adam schiff is what hedy, that wanted to say at the hearing and members make a lot of comments. i don't think it was crooked for the whistleblower to talk to members of the committee. that individual is free to speak to whoever they want to speak with, whether republican or whoever. as for impeachment, this is something that many of us have not wanted to come to. i have not been one who has, elected, president was who wanted to impeach him. that is ridiculous. i don't have to agree with you to respect the office and the fact you were elected. many of us have come to the point where there are allegations that have been made, that have been substantiated by several people, that are credible, that are building on what we already know th
you thatagree with adam schiff is crooked. there has never been any allegations of misconduct about adam schiff. i think you have to give some kind of evidence for why you feel that way and whether you dislike him or not, or dislike is politics, that is not make an individual crooked. -- het think adam schiff is what hedy, that wanted to say at the hearing and members make a lot of comments. i don't think it was crooked for the whistleblower to talk to members of the committee. that individual...
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when adam schiff starts to make up things. and this is being covered, so i'm sure it is being tweeted right now. let me just double down. when adam schiff makes up things, it is time to call him out for making up things and actually make sure he is held accountable. it is time that we hold him accountable. [applause] i was in a transcribed interview the other day, we had ambassador volcker there. they brought him in. the democrats wanted to make sure that we have cash they wanted to change the rules, they said we want to make sure we have an unfair advantage. will that is not changing the rules is it? they wanted to make sure that the democrats staff, the majority staff in the house actually had more people in the room to be able to question the itness and that the republican staff, they did not want the members of congress to ask questions. so they said november, was can ask questions. last time i checked, most of the people of the 435 in the house and 100 and the senate, they are the only ones in washington, d.c., who are ac
when adam schiff starts to make up things. and this is being covered, so i'm sure it is being tweeted right now. let me just double down. when adam schiff makes up things, it is time to call him out for making up things and actually make sure he is held accountable. it is time that we hold him accountable. [applause] i was in a transcribed interview the other day, we had ambassador volcker there. they brought him in. the democrats wanted to make sure that we have cash they wanted to change the...
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but adam schiff is not a prosecutor. he's not from the executive branch. he is a member of congress. that is a blatant abuse of power. the independent counsel kenneth starr, that was a statute that was passed by congress and signed into law by the president in 1978. it was renewed several times until it expired in 1999. let me ask again. will the speaker provide a fair process, the same used for president nixon and president clinton in this impeachment? her actions indicate she will not. therefore, this inquiry must be suspended. it should be suspended for what is prevented from happening, doing the people's work including funding our troops. as many of you know, the national defense authorization bill is languishing. the department of defense funding is languishing. together these critical bills include troop pay raises, disaster coverage for military bases and increased medical funding for nih. democrats are prioritizing impeachment over our own troops. prioritizing impeachment over transformational trade deal and they are prioritizing impeachment over b
but adam schiff is not a prosecutor. he's not from the executive branch. he is a member of congress. that is a blatant abuse of power. the independent counsel kenneth starr, that was a statute that was passed by congress and signed into law by the president in 1978. it was renewed several times until it expired in 1999. let me ask again. will the speaker provide a fair process, the same used for president nixon and president clinton in this impeachment? her actions indicate she will not....
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adam schiff is a lowlife. he should be forced to resign. he took a perfect conversation, realized he could not read it to congress. it was a very nice conversation. i knew many people were on the phone. not only were many people on the phone, we had stenographers on the phone taking it down word for word. he took that conversation which was perfect. he said i can't read this. he made up a conversation and he reported it and said at the congress and the american people. it was horrible what he said. that was supposed to be coming from me. it was all fabricated. he should resign from office in disgrace and frankly they should look at him for treason because he is making up the words of the president of the united states. not only words but the meaning and it's a disgrace. it should not be allowed to happen. [reporter asking question] pres. trump: no, no. he did not say that. you have to take a look. he did not say that. if you look at what he said, he found everything to be very normal. he is a good man. joe. he found it to be very normal. i
adam schiff is a lowlife. he should be forced to resign. he took a perfect conversation, realized he could not read it to congress. it was a very nice conversation. i knew many people were on the phone. not only were many people on the phone, we had stenographers on the phone taking it down word for word. he took that conversation which was perfect. he said i can't read this. he made up a conversation and he reported it and said at the congress and the american people. it was horrible what he...
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i know adam schiff wants to create something that's not there. he said somehow that a whistleblower, that there was. we now have the transcript. so we have as much knowledge as verybody else as well. reporter: can i ask you whether you thought mulvaney's performance yesterday helped the president's defense? mr. mccarthy: i thought mick was very clear in cleaning up his statement. that there was no quid pro quo. everybody has been investigated on this. but more importantly, you have the transcript to prove it. i know people today want to say someone's guilty until they're innocent. we know more than the whistleblower. we have the transcripts of the phone call. the american public have seen it and no one believes there's any quid pro quo and there's nothing impeachable on that. reporter: question on turkey. the possibility of bringing sanctions to the floor on the house next week. would you support that? mr. mccarthy: i would support the president and the work he's doing right now. i applaud the ability to get a ceasefire, to save lives. especially
i know adam schiff wants to create something that's not there. he said somehow that a whistleblower, that there was. we now have the transcript. so we have as much knowledge as verybody else as well. reporter: can i ask you whether you thought mulvaney's performance yesterday helped the president's defense? mr. mccarthy: i thought mick was very clear in cleaning up his statement. that there was no quid pro quo. everybody has been investigated on this. but more importantly, you have the...
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is no quid pro much what adam schiff said prior. said he adam schiff did not know where the whistleblower was and we found out later he did. he said there was quid pro quo. we have the phone call. none. is they have put america through a two-year nightmare just because they did not like the outcome of an election. it's time to be different. reporter: a couple republicans mentioned the e ability to call witnesses for the president. republicans call to defend the president? from one hy: i think standpoint you have the transcript. what do you have to defend? there's nothing in that phone that's impeachable. if they want to have a due rocess that we can offer witness, we will offer witnesses. it's too late in the process. 'd leave it up to the committee. reporter: i think you were calling on me. ith respect to the call, the transcript is actually not a complete transcript. it's a summary transcript. verbatim. mr. mccarthy: it's no different than what they do with any other no aspects in it. the -- nskriebd by transscribed by the individ
is no quid pro much what adam schiff said prior. said he adam schiff did not know where the whistleblower was and we found out later he did. he said there was quid pro quo. we have the phone call. none. is they have put america through a two-year nightmare just because they did not like the outcome of an election. it's time to be different. reporter: a couple republicans mentioned the e ability to call witnesses for the president. republicans call to defend the president? from one hy: i think...
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resolution condemning and censuring adam schiff. . . whereas president trump subsequently released the whistleblower complaint of august 12, 2019. whereas in a september 26, 2019, hearing on the whistleblower complaint, house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff purported to relay the content of the phone call to the american people. whereas instead of quoting directly from the available transcript, chairman schiff mf manufactured a false retelling of the scofferings between president trump and president zelensky. whereas this egregiousry false and fabricated retelling had no relationship to the call itself. whereas these actions of chairman schiff misled the american people, bringing disrepute upon the house of representatives and make a mockery of the impeachment process, one of this chamber's most solemn constitutional duties. whereas for more than two years, chairman schiff has spread false accusations that the trump campaign colluded with russia. whereas on march 20, 2017, then-ranking member schiff read out false allegation
resolution condemning and censuring adam schiff. . . whereas president trump subsequently released the whistleblower complaint of august 12, 2019. whereas in a september 26, 2019, hearing on the whistleblower complaint, house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff purported to relay the content of the phone call to the american people. whereas instead of quoting directly from the available transcript, chairman schiff mf manufactured a false retelling of the scofferings between president...
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reporter: you talk about the adam schiff has told. ndependent groups have counted up thousands of lies that the president said, as recently as this week. as hose lies concern you well? mr. mccarthy: i always have concern when people lie. importantly, when i look at the chairman of the committee, that the members of the ommittee do not get to see, do not get to read the secret memos, exclusive information members on the committee of the have a speaker house wouldn't wait 48 hours to decide we cript but decide we are going to be in impeachment inquiry, when the moment of time for the nation to watch, the chair of that committee sat and made up a transcript that he wished had been in that call, when he sat -- how many times do he meet with the whistleblower? did the speaker know before she made the decision? public,told the american and he was such a convincing liar that the speaker of the ouse on national television with george, argued with him, no, that's true. t put the jeopardy of our nation. it broke the fabric who we are. could we
reporter: you talk about the adam schiff has told. ndependent groups have counted up thousands of lies that the president said, as recently as this week. as hose lies concern you well? mr. mccarthy: i always have concern when people lie. importantly, when i look at the chairman of the committee, that the members of the ommittee do not get to see, do not get to read the secret memos, exclusive information members on the committee of the have a speaker house wouldn't wait 48 hours to decide we...
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adam schiff decided he had to make something up. he made up the phone a call and he read it to congress and to the people of the united states. and it is a disgrace. the whole thing is a disgrace. there has been tremendous corruption. and we are seeking it, it is swamp.draining the there has been corruption like you have never seen. the new president of ukraine ran on the basis of no corruption. that is how he got elected. i believe he really means it. a lot of correct -- there was a lot of corruption that had to do with the 2016 elections against spans washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, we will discuss house democrats' impeachment inquiry with a george mason professor. "frontline" correspondent will join us to talk about his new documentary about the crown prince of saudi arabia. watch "washington journal" tuesday morning. join the discussion. chairs of the democratic congressional campaign committee and the national republican committee take part in a forum on
adam schiff decided he had to make something up. he made up the phone a call and he read it to congress and to the people of the united states. and it is a disgrace. the whole thing is a disgrace. there has been tremendous corruption. and we are seeking it, it is swamp.draining the there has been corruption like you have never seen. the new president of ukraine ran on the basis of no corruption. that is how he got elected. i believe he really means it. a lot of correct -- there was a lot of...
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just like the last time adam schiff lied to the american public. simply because they disagreed with the outcome. i don't question this man's service to this country. you know what, people have different philosophical beliefs. now we have the proof before us. we are a country of rule of law. there is nothing there impeachable but there are challenges before us. the funding of the american troops, the funding of our budget, prescription drugs, be our trade, our economy. but nothing of that is being done. none of that is being worked on because of the obsession that the democrats have with impeaching this president. thank you very much. >> do any of you regret to give committee deposition authority? all of you voted for it. congressman jim jordan, they lead republican on the house oversight and reform committee, reacted to the announcement of a vote in the house on the impeachment investigation thursday. he also spoke about the testimony of lieutenant colonel
just like the last time adam schiff lied to the american public. simply because they disagreed with the outcome. i don't question this man's service to this country. you know what, people have different philosophical beliefs. now we have the proof before us. we are a country of rule of law. there is nothing there impeachable but there are challenges before us. the funding of the american troops, the funding of our budget, prescription drugs, be our trade, our economy. but nothing of that is...
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caller: adam schiff should not be running this impeachment because he has been compromised. he has been in contact with the so-called whistleblower, so therefore he has to recuse himself, so therefore he has not recused himself, so he is actually breaking the law by not recusing himself. schiff, not shift, -- who should run the investigation? who would be trustworthy? caller: you want my honest opinion? none of them. i will be nice and i will call them democrats, but i have a different word for them. i don't trust any of them, because this is not an impeachment at all. -- to seeout to get if it can stick. if it doesn't stick, they will find anything. if trump ties his shoes wrong, they ought to impeach him over that. host: we are just trying to find some of those stories the caller before dan was mentioning. this is the roll call story today, todd ruger is the author. democrats sees advantages in proposed impeachment rules, as the headline. house democrats dealt themselves several advantages inside the rules for the public portion of the impeachment, which could have big imp
caller: adam schiff should not be running this impeachment because he has been compromised. he has been in contact with the so-called whistleblower, so therefore he has to recuse himself, so therefore he has not recused himself, so he is actually breaking the law by not recusing himself. schiff, not shift, -- who should run the investigation? who would be trustworthy? caller: you want my honest opinion? none of them. i will be nice and i will call them democrats, but i have a different word for...
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nadler: you should ask adam schiff. any testimony is important especially testimony that is so crucially located. reporter: you say that you have the right to impose appropriate remedies if you determine that the president is unlawfully blocking witnesses, what do you mean by that? mr. nadler: it's elementary that we are one party to a litigation. unlawfully block the investigation as this president has been doing, although we hope he won't be doing it. we may have to take steps and do other things. reporter: what kind of punishment are you considering? mr. nadler: not considering anything. we'll see what happens. reporter: how do you interpret stateds that republicans that two democrats voted with them? mr. nadler: i interpret that the republicans are ignoring evidence that they don't want to see a proper investigation. that's all i can draw. mr. jeffries: last question. eporter: go ahead. chairman nadler, how long will the house judiciary meet? and i think it is important for the american public to understand the time
nadler: you should ask adam schiff. any testimony is important especially testimony that is so crucially located. reporter: you say that you have the right to impose appropriate remedies if you determine that the president is unlawfully blocking witnesses, what do you mean by that? mr. nadler: it's elementary that we are one party to a litigation. unlawfully block the investigation as this president has been doing, although we hope he won't be doing it. we may have to take steps and do other...
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this is i think the adam schiff resolution. it says, the chair shall designate an open hearing or a hearing -- or hearings pursuant to this section. great. we went down to the skiff and shined sunlight on that and now they have capitulated to the pressure that was brought to bear that day. and they're going to have an open hearing or hearing. well, i wrote a little note on there that says, yeah, they're going to have an open hearing. one. it's a minimum of one. they might have more if they decide to. but not all. they're still determined, this resolution says that they can go back down into the basement room of the capitol, the secret room, and conduct their secret hearings with their secret rules and the public can't see and the public can't hear the audio, the public can't see the video, the public -- no other members of congress can watch the facial expressions, listen to the voice inflexions, watch the body language, and determine the demeanor of the veracity of the witnesses. that's not going happen under this resolution t
this is i think the adam schiff resolution. it says, the chair shall designate an open hearing or a hearing -- or hearings pursuant to this section. great. we went down to the skiff and shined sunlight on that and now they have capitulated to the pressure that was brought to bear that day. and they're going to have an open hearing or hearing. well, i wrote a little note on there that says, yeah, they're going to have an open hearing. one. it's a minimum of one. they might have more if they...
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host: adam schiff yesterday. according to the wall street journal, the president asked to the acting chief of staff to hold that briefing to announce the g7 would be held at a trump property and talk about this impeachment inquiry -- there was a need for mr. mulvaney to walk back his comments and the president personally approved statement.f staff's once again, the media decided to misconstrue my comments to advance a bias and political witchhunt. there was asked -- there was no quid pro quo. the president never told me to withhold money until the ukrainians did anything related to the server. about lack of support from other nations and concern over corruption. the wall street journal is reporting this morning that the white house's or the president's personal legal team felt the need to distance itself from the briefing held by mick mulvaney. a lawyer for mr. trump said the president's legal counsel was not involved in acting chief of -- the reaction from capitol hill, senator chris murphy tweeting this is an e
host: adam schiff yesterday. according to the wall street journal, the president asked to the acting chief of staff to hold that briefing to announce the g7 would be held at a trump property and talk about this impeachment inquiry -- there was a need for mr. mulvaney to walk back his comments and the president personally approved statement.f staff's once again, the media decided to misconstrue my comments to advance a bias and political witchhunt. there was asked -- there was no quid pro quo....
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but adam schiff made it up. then it turns out the whistleblower was in cahoots with adam schiff. then it turns out that the whistleblower is a democrat, a strong democrat, and is working with one of my opponents as a democrat that i could end up running against. the whole thing is a scam. it is a fix. and we wrote a letter yesterday, probably will end up being a supreme court case, maybe it will go a long time. but the republican party has been treated badly and unfairly by the democrats. >> if they hold a vote and if it were to -- pres. trump: that sounds ok. we would if they gave us our rights. if they say you cannot ask questions or have anybody present, all these crazy things. even some of the reporters said, it really is an unfair situation, they ask the questions and then the ambassador who testified was a fine gentleman and he gave great testimony for us. but we do not get to do any of that or show any of that, so they brought out only a couple of negative things, all which were knocked out by his other statements. it was a great witness for us, but if you would've listene
but adam schiff made it up. then it turns out the whistleblower was in cahoots with adam schiff. then it turns out that the whistleblower is a democrat, a strong democrat, and is working with one of my opponents as a democrat that i could end up running against. the whole thing is a scam. it is a fix. and we wrote a letter yesterday, probably will end up being a supreme court case, maybe it will go a long time. but the republican party has been treated badly and unfairly by the democrats....
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when little adam schiff saw the text and read it he could not believe it. when nancy pelosi called for essentially impeachment -- let's impeach the president -- before she saw the transcript, this is a word for word transcript of the conversation, right? taken by very talented sonographers. when she saw that i heard she went crazy. she said we can't impeach him on this conversation. that's a great conversation. she went by the whistleblower. the whistleblower was so bad i would even think about it. the whistleblower was wrong. the only thing that matters is the transcript of the actual conversation i had with the president of ukraine. it was perfect. we are looking at congratulations. we are looking at doing things together. what are we looking at? we are looking at corruption. 1999, it was corruption between both countries. i have a duty to report corruption. biden's son is corrupt and biden is corrupt. almost any of those candidates, and i think they are all weak, but i think biden has never been a smart guy and he is less smart now than he ever was. than
when little adam schiff saw the text and read it he could not believe it. when nancy pelosi called for essentially impeachment -- let's impeach the president -- before she saw the transcript, this is a word for word transcript of the conversation, right? taken by very talented sonographers. when she saw that i heard she went crazy. she said we can't impeach him on this conversation. that's a great conversation. she went by the whistleblower. the whistleblower was so bad i would even think about...
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those are the exact words from adam schiff. and the bottom line is the president is the highest law of the land. over the justice department, and if he wants to us great about information of some dirt on individuals that would be colluding with ukraine, getting back to the root of how that thing all popped up with hillary clinton. another thing, they say trump is a liar, bill clinton pointed out the camera and said "i did not have sex with that woman, monica lewinsky." that is a liar. michelle,s go to calling from illinois. michelle identifies herself as an agen evangelical. caller: good morning. my name is michelle could i am an evangelical pastor. i converted when i was 18. for make him a political leader is always flawed, so i look at the range of who they are and what they do. qualify on does not anything in the range of somebody i could possibly support. i have been disappointed time and time again. the word of "evangelical" means "good news." christians may call themselves evangelical, but they are not, they may be fundam
those are the exact words from adam schiff. and the bottom line is the president is the highest law of the land. over the justice department, and if he wants to us great about information of some dirt on individuals that would be colluding with ukraine, getting back to the root of how that thing all popped up with hillary clinton. another thing, they say trump is a liar, bill clinton pointed out the camera and said "i did not have sex with that woman, monica lewinsky." that is a liar....
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how did abc news amplify adam schiff's misinformation? abc news left the key context out of the video showing adam schiff's opening remarks on the whistleblower complaint against president donald trump. words fabricated trump's in a statement he said was "meant to be at least a parody" of trump's conversation. abc news provided no indication of the remarks. watch opening statement on the whistleblower complaint. readsdeo description watch the house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff deliver his opening remarks on a hearing -- at a hearing on the whistleblower complaint filed against president trump. we hear from tony in district heights, maryland, supporting the inquiry. morning.ood i don't just support the inquiry. donald trump needs to be impeached immediately. racist.rump is a before this even began, he needed to be impeached. he wants to ban muslims. onwants a more -- war people of color. he wants to stop and frisk black people. he has a problem with people of color. donald trump believes the mueller report exonerated him. wh
how did abc news amplify adam schiff's misinformation? abc news left the key context out of the video showing adam schiff's opening remarks on the whistleblower complaint against president donald trump. words fabricated trump's in a statement he said was "meant to be at least a parody" of trump's conversation. abc news provided no indication of the remarks. watch opening statement on the whistleblower complaint. readsdeo description watch the house intelligence committee chairman adam...
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we have three committees participating in the closed-door session, but it looks like adam schiff will be taking the lead. -- lead in the public session that will allow the democratic leadership to control that environment more tightly. it means fewer lawmakers will be at least in the ukraine portion of the impeachment inquiry, and so that will be significant. closechiff obviously is a trusted ally of nancy pelosi. she is putting this in his hands. host: the criticism by republicans hasn't let up. in a briefing today, late afternoon statement from the white house press secretary calling the impeachment and illegitimate sham. think the house rules committee meeting looks like wednesday? scott: i don't think much will change. the white house has been critical of the process, highly critical of the resolution and process going forward. the president himself called this a witchhunt, illegitimate sham of an investigation. we are seeing similar language from capitol hill including kevin mccarthy and steve scalise, who has referred to it as a soviet style interrogation process, so i don't exp
we have three committees participating in the closed-door session, but it looks like adam schiff will be taking the lead. -- lead in the public session that will allow the democratic leadership to control that environment more tightly. it means fewer lawmakers will be at least in the ukraine portion of the impeachment inquiry, and so that will be significant. closechiff obviously is a trusted ally of nancy pelosi. she is putting this in his hands. host: the criticism by republicans hasn't let...
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. -- sideways.s with adam schiff, he sits up there and is in charge of this impeachment that really is not an impeachment yet. and he makes a parody. is this serious? you talk about echo chambers. i would guess that your echo chamber is different than mine. -- what if his echoes go across the media and people believe what he said, which was not truthful at all? you were counseled to what thank you.- host: are you talking about our guest, paul rosenzweig? was partwas not -- i of the council group that investigated bill linton -- bill clinton under the independent counsel law, which is now no longer law in the united states. host: how long did you serve in the whitewater investigation? guest: i started in 1997 before monica lewinsky was even a dream in people's minds, and i finished -- i left the office in 2000. i continued outside as a consultant to help write the final reports, the last bit of work i did for the independent counsel's office was probably in 2001 or 2002. called to you ever testify on impeachment matters? guest: know, the only one called to testify was ken starr. host: r
. -- sideways.s with adam schiff, he sits up there and is in charge of this impeachment that really is not an impeachment yet. and he makes a parody. is this serious? you talk about echo chambers. i would guess that your echo chamber is different than mine. -- what if his echoes go across the media and people believe what he said, which was not truthful at all? you were counseled to what thank you.- host: are you talking about our guest, paul rosenzweig? was partwas not -- i of the council...
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i found adam schiff very easy to work with. i found that when he gave his word on something, it could be trusted. i found that it was a person that was a pleasure to work together with. i've had trouble melding those experiences with what i am eeing in the effort to eliminate a duly elected .resident from his position heard our majority leader say he is fair. so i would ask a hypothetical question. not pointed directly at an individual, but just hypothetically. is it fair if someone lies for two years, saying they have overwhelming evidence that a president is guilty of being a traiter to his country, and that there's no question, the evidence is just overwhelming, and it's not just circumstantial, and it turns out there was never such hypothetically speaking, i would think that such a person, their fairness would come into issue. hypothetically, is it fair to conspire and collude with gossip mongers loyal to president obama and people like apper and brennan, who use potentially third, fourth, fifth, sixth-hand hearsay to in to
i found adam schiff very easy to work with. i found that when he gave his word on something, it could be trusted. i found that it was a person that was a pleasure to work together with. i've had trouble melding those experiences with what i am eeing in the effort to eliminate a duly elected .resident from his position heard our majority leader say he is fair. so i would ask a hypothetical question. not pointed directly at an individual, but just hypothetically. is it fair if someone lies for...
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>> you mean adam schiff? >> there is an argument against releasing -- >> i have not heard that argument. >> there is an argument against transparency? ofre is an argument in favor cherry picking selective releases of texts? favor ofan argument of only telling the american public what is best in the interests of wanting to take down a sitting president? maybe you should ask what was said inside the deposition? during his transcribed interview with regards to adam schiff's charge that aid from the united states to ukraine was being linked to an investigation into the bidens. why don't you ask what ambassador volcker said about that? the reason why that question was so important is for many things. he was in his room for several hours and during several hours of testimony he talked about how the ukrainian president had no idea there was a hold on aid during the call. the ambassador testified about how the readouts of the phone call made to him that there was nothing in the readouts about there being a hold on u.
>> you mean adam schiff? >> there is an argument against releasing -- >> i have not heard that argument. >> there is an argument against transparency? ofre is an argument in favor cherry picking selective releases of texts? favor ofan argument of only telling the american public what is best in the interests of wanting to take down a sitting president? maybe you should ask what was said inside the deposition? during his transcribed interview with regards to adam schiff's...
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we have a photo of adam schiff and the speaker, nancy pelosi. considering appealing to moderate democrats and republican districts to stand with the president -- pursued at odds with fresh political attacks. they say and outreach campaign would target some of the 31 democrats from congressional intricts that trump won 2016, many of whom ran on rebuilding infrastructure and lowering the price of prescription drugs. feelsthis -- guest: this like a dated political transcript. one of those democrats is cheri bustos. numbers, half the of those 31 districts and trump districts have supported impeachment hearings. max rose is the latest. host: numbers are increasing. guest: republicans feel that they are putting themselves in a more vulnerable position, that trump supporters are going to be with the president again in 2020, but when you look at the polling, you should see the democratic polling on the issue. even the republican polling shows a pretty even split in swing districts. a month ago, republicans were trying to bait democrats and two calling f
we have a photo of adam schiff and the speaker, nancy pelosi. considering appealing to moderate democrats and republican districts to stand with the president -- pursued at odds with fresh political attacks. they say and outreach campaign would target some of the 31 democrats from congressional intricts that trump won 2016, many of whom ran on rebuilding infrastructure and lowering the price of prescription drugs. feelsthis -- guest: this like a dated political transcript. one of those...
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same thing with adam schiff. he knew it was coming and didn't give anyone a heads up because he did not want to allow the president or the allies to see this was all about. it was a coordinated political attack. host: what do you think he should have done before the whistleblower process was complete? guest: if you are the chairman of the committee and a true whistleblower comes forward, why wouldn't you tell the republican ranking member? is a bipartisan committee. you immediately go to the minority and say we have this whistleblower statute or you look at the statute and see where the person is supposed to go with that, should it go to the fbi rig? ig?he fbi or the
same thing with adam schiff. he knew it was coming and didn't give anyone a heads up because he did not want to allow the president or the allies to see this was all about. it was a coordinated political attack. host: what do you think he should have done before the whistleblower process was complete? guest: if you are the chairman of the committee and a true whistleblower comes forward, why wouldn't you tell the republican ranking member? is a bipartisan committee. you immediately go to the...
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he made up a story it was a foreign story -- phony story adam schiff. when this came out it was quid pro quo. there was none. also yesterday when the ambassador who i heard was a hundred, he was percent for what we are saying. a hundred percent. if you look, he also said there was no quid pro quo. that's the whole ballgame. now the democrats don't bring that up anymore because they lost. they never thought i was going to release the phone call between the ukrainian president and myself. call, theyased that were jumping around like you wouldn't believe. they didn't know how to respond. that the found out call itself was so bad for them, it was a perfect call there was we headed the call out to people and they said while this is incredible. we are very proud of the call. a foreignak to leader, i speak in an appropriate manner. we are also doing trade deals with china and the -- deals with a lot of people. we could probably find that out. >> if they investigate biden? pres. trump: no. i want to do a trade deal with china but only if it's good for our count
he made up a story it was a foreign story -- phony story adam schiff. when this came out it was quid pro quo. there was none. also yesterday when the ambassador who i heard was a hundred, he was percent for what we are saying. a hundred percent. if you look, he also said there was no quid pro quo. that's the whole ballgame. now the democrats don't bring that up anymore because they lost. they never thought i was going to release the phone call between the ukrainian president and myself. call,...
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in the first second and third already has reached a conclusion for adam schiff. announcer: we are going to leave this but you can find it online. we will take you live now to a discussion about religious freedom with officials from the justice department, education department, and health and human services. silence cell phones please on september the 23rd, president trump delivered an important speech on religious freedom at the united nations. he said "our founders understood that no right is more fundamental to a peaceful, prosperous and virtuous society than the right to follow one's religious convictions." he added that too often people in positions of power preach diversity while silencing, shunning or censoring the faithful. true tolerance means respecting the right of all people to express their deeply held religious beliefs. .ow right he is during the last administration, relieved -- religious adherents felt besieged. while the obama administration was -- to honor freedom of worship, freedom of religion was another matter. the obama administration officia
in the first second and third already has reached a conclusion for adam schiff. announcer: we are going to leave this but you can find it online. we will take you live now to a discussion about religious freedom with officials from the justice department, education department, and health and human services. silence cell phones please on september the 23rd, president trump delivered an important speech on religious freedom at the united nations. he said "our founders understood that no...
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adam schiff is. behind dor number one found there was no collusion. behind door number two and president trump and ukranian and the transcipts said there is no quid pro quo. whistleblower se how to proceed. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. >> i yield the remapeder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> due process is a right so important that we have not one but two constitutional amendments to ensure. to give chment and equal subpoena power. these due process protections are critical because removing the president is one of the oist serious decision. the democrat chair to formalize the impeachment inquiry as a quote, unquote, cosmetic procedural. nce when did it become cosmetic. look how it is being handled. no due process. the all proceedings taking place in secret. the only reason foresee concrete hearings is to control what they
adam schiff is. behind dor number one found there was no collusion. behind door number two and president trump and ukranian and the transcipts said there is no quid pro quo. whistleblower se how to proceed. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. >> i yield the remapeder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the...
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what the democrats, nancy pelosi and adam schiff are doing now, what -- they've got the verdict. they're trying to get evidence, and then they're going to try to fish for a crime. madam speaker, the public deserves better than this. we are better than this this sham process as has been done in the soviet union should not be done in the halls of congress. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to support president donald j. trump. the democrats' entire impeachment process has been a sham since day one. mr. carter: the chairman of the house intelligence committee who is charged with leading the inquiry has lied to the american people. chairman schiff made up his own version of the president's call with ukraine. he ride about his deal wgs the whistleblower and has misled the country about the trump campaign and russia for years. unfortuna
what the democrats, nancy pelosi and adam schiff are doing now, what -- they've got the verdict. they're trying to get evidence, and then they're going to try to fish for a crime. madam speaker, the public deserves better than this. we are better than this this sham process as has been done in the soviet union should not be done in the halls of congress. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to...