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>> TODAY IN SERVICE TO OUR DUTY

TO THE CONSTITUTION AND TO OUR

COUNTRY, THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON

THE JUDICIARY IS INTRODUCING

TWO ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT

CHARGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES, DONALD J. TRUMP,

WITH COMMITTING HIGH CRIMES AND

MISDEMEANORS.

>> Heather: REACTION IS POURING

IN AFTER HOUSE DEMOCRATS

MOMENTS AGO ANNOUNCED TWO

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST

PRESIDENT TRUMP.

THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE FORMAL

CHARGES EITHER TOMORROW OR

THURSDAY SETTING UP A POSSIBLE

FLOOR VOTE NEXT WEEK.

HERE WITH US NOW IS FORMER

WHITEWATER INDEPENDENT COUNSEL

ROBERT RAY.

ABUSE OF POWER, OBSTRUCTION OF

CONGRESS.

>> RIGHT.

MY FIRST REACTION TO THAT IS

DESPITE WHAT YOU JUST HEARD

FROM CHAIRMAN NADLER NEITHER

ONE OF THOSE IS A HIGH CRIME OR

MISDEMEANOR.

WE HAVE NOW PASSED THROUGH AN

INVESTIGATION OVER THE COURSE

OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS

WHERE IT IS NOT TREASON, IT IS

NOT BRIBERY, IT'S NOT

EXTORTION, IT IS NOT ILLEGAL

FOREIGN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION,

IT IS NOW WHATEVER A MAJORITY

OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

CONTROLLED BY THE DEMOCRATS SAY

IT IS, ABUSE OF POWER, ABUSE OF

CONDUCT, AND AN INTERBRANCH

DISPUTE BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE

BRANCH AND THE LEGISLATIVE

BRANCH SUBJECT TO ONGOING

LITIGATION BEFORE THE COURTS

THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT

PREPARED TO WAIT FOR A FINAL

ORDER FROM.

>> Heather: WE HEARD A LOT

ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF

INCLUDING BRIBERY, OBSTRUCTION

OF JUSTICE.

THOSE WERE NOT INCLUDED TODAY.

>> CORRECT.

THOSE WOULD BE HIGH CRIMES AND

MISDEMEANORS.

HISTORICAL PRACTICE AS WELL AS

THE TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION AT

LEAST MAKE IT APPARENT TO ME

BUT APPARENTLY NOT TO THE HOUSE

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, THAT THE

CONSTITUTION REQUIRES BOTH.

THAT IT BE A HIGH CRIME AND

MISDEMEANOR AND THAT THE HIGH

PART OF CRIME BE ABUSE OF POWER.

AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE NOW

SEPARATED OUT CRIME AND REMOVED

THAT FROM THE CONSTITUTION AND

JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THE

ASPECT THAT CONSTITUTES THE

SECOND COMPONENT.

ABUSE OF POWER.

>> Heather: WHAT DO YOU THINK

WILL HAPPEN NEXT WITH VOTES?

>> THOSE ARE THE TWO THE HOUSE

JUDD I SHALL' COMMITTEE WILL

VOTE ON THIS WEEK AND THE HOUSE

OF REPRESENTATIVE VOTE NEXT

WEEK.

DEMOCRATS HAVE A MAJORITY.

EVERYBODY SEEMS TO RECOGNIZE

IT'S A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT

THE HOUSE WILL VOTE THE

IMPEACHMENT AND THEN IT WOULD

GO TO SENATE.

I WOULD TELL THE SENATE TO

SERIOUSLY CONSIDER BECAUSE IT

DOESN'T ALLEGE A HIGH CRIME OR

MISDEMEANOR A MOTION TO DISMISS

SHOULD BE LOOKED AT IN THE

OTHER BODY.

>> Heather: TO DISMISS.

WILL THERE BE A TRIAL?

>> IF THERE IS A MOTION TO

DISMISS AND IT'S GRANTED, NO

TRIAL.

I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE

CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF WHAT THE

HOUSE NOW IS LIKELY TO DO.

THAT PRESENTS SOME POLITICAL

ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN FAVOR OF

LET'S AIR OUT THE WHOLE THING

AND LET'S HAVE A TRIAL.

I WONDER REALLY WHETHER THE

COUNTRY SHOULD BE PUT THROUGH

THAT GIVEN THE FACT THAT I DO

NOT THINK THAT THE TWO ARTICLES

THAT THE HOUSE IS NOW

APPARENTLY GOING TO VOTE ON

ACTUALLY CONSTITUTE IMPEACHABLE

OFFENSES.

>> Heather: IN TERMS AS GETTING

AS MUCH DONE AS THEY CAN BEFORE

CHRISTMAS, HOW FAR DO YOU THINK

THEY CAN GET?

>> WELL LOOK, WE'RE ALMOST NEAR

THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK, IT

WILL HAPPEN JUST BEFORE THE

HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE NEXT

WEEK WILL BE THE FULL HOUSE.

I IMAGINE THAT WILL BE DONE

BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK

WHICH IS WHAT, DECEMBER 19th OR

SO.

AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK IS

CHRISTMAS.

I DON'T IMAGINE THERE WILL BE

ANY FURTHER PROCEEDINGS AFTER

THAT.

ONCE THE HOUSE -- THERE WILL BE

A BREAK AND I IMAGINE MITCH

MCCONNELL WILL TAKE THIS UP

RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE

YEAR.

WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE WHEN WE

GET THERE.

>> Heather: MCCONNELL AND CHUCK

SCHUMER HAVE TO COME TO SOME

AGREEMENT AS TO HOW THEY'LL

MOVE FORWARD.

>> BASED UPON THE SENATE RULES

AND PAST PRACTICE.

WELL OH -- WE'LL SEE WHETHER

OR NOT THEY CAN REACH AN

AGREEMENT.

>> IT'S PROBABLY ALL THE TIME

THEY WILL HAVE.

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN DECEMBER

19th OR 20th THROUGH THE END OF

THE YEAR.

WHAT IS THAT, 11 DAYS AND RIGHT

AFTER THE NEW YEAR.

I IMAGINE THAT WHATEVER PLAN

WILL BE PUT INTO PLACE IF THEY

CAN COME TO SOME PLAN WE'LL SEE

THAT IMPLEMENTED BEGINNING

RIGHT ON JANUARY 2.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE.

>> Heather: COULD BE A LONG