House Committee Releases Trump Impeachment Inquiry Report, Republicans Submit Response
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- President Trump might be overseas
at the NATO summit, buthis impeachment issues
at home are still top of mind.
- But I think it's a disgrace.
I think the Democrats shouldbe ashamed of theirselves.
- [Abigail] Trump slammed Democrats
for scheduling more hearings
while he's out of the country,
maintaining Democrats have no case.
- If you look at impeachment,the word impeachment,
here there is nothingwrong, nothing done wrong,
it was a perfect conversationwith a very nice gentleman,
the president of the Ukraine.
The conversation was perfect.
- [Abigail] But house intelligencechairman, Adam Schiff,
painted a different pictureof the report on MSNBC's
Rachael Maddow show.
- This is a veryimportant point, which is,
the evidence on Ukraine is overwhelming,
but the evidence onobstruction of Congress
is also overwhelming.
- [Abigail] Claiming proofTrump abused his power.
- This is a president whohas sought for intervention
in US elections twice now
and even in the midst ofour impeachment inquiry,
is again out publicly saying not only
should Ukraine do this,
but China should alsoinvestigate my opponent.
- [Abigail] Leaving Trump to fire back.
- He's a maniac.
- [Woman] What would you want to learn
if he testified?
- I think Adam Schiff isa deranged human being.
- [Abigail] While theDemocrat controlled house
will likely vote to impeach Trump,
Republicans claim in their own report
the evidence presenteddoes not prove any of these
Democrat allegations,adding no witness testified
to evidence of bribery,extortion, or any high crime
or misdemeanor.
GOP Senators are also sticking with him.
- This whole Ukrainianexercise in the house,
the way they're doing itand the substance of it,
I'm not impressed.
I'm hoping for the good of the country
that it doesn't come to the Senate.
- During Wednesday's hearing,four constitutional law
experts will be questionedon the specifics
of high crimes and misdemeanors,
then members will eventually decide
whether to draw up officialarticles of impeachment.
Reporting from Capital Hill,Abigail Robertson, CBN News.