Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles ♪ ♪ >> Laura: LAST WEEK AND A SERIES OF ANGLES I WARNED SENATE REPUBLICANS THAT IF THEY DON'T STEP UP AND VOCIFEROUSLY DEFEND THIS PRESIDENT AGAINST THIS ONGOING FARCE, DEMOCRATS WOULD EXACT REVENGE ON THEM IF THEY HAVEN'T FOR A BED WENT ON TO WIN BIG IN 2020. ON CUE "THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTED OVER THE WEEKEND THAT A GROWING NUMBER OF G.O.P. SENATORS CONSIDER ACKNOWLEDGING TRUMP SINCE QUID PRO QUO ON UKRAINE. THE MEDIA, THEY ARE RUNNING WILD WITH IT. >> SOME SENATES ARE ON THE BRINK OF PUBLICLY ADMITTING THAT THERE WAS A YOU WAS A UOU WAS A UKRAINE QUID PRO QUO. >> THEY'RE ARGUING FOR A SHIFT IN STRATEGY, ACKNOWLEDGING THE QUID PRO QUO, BUT INSISTING IT'S NOT AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE. >> IT'S THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THEY'RE REALIZING THEY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO EXCEPT FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THERE WAS A QUID PRO QUO. >> Laura: HOLD ON. JOINING ME NOW IS LINDSEY GRAHA LINDSEY GRAHAM, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. IS THIS TRUE AND IS THIS A RHETORICAL ARGUMENT? ASSUMING ALL OF YOUR FACTS NANCY AND ADAM, ASSUMING IT'S TRUE, IT'S STILL NOT IMPEACHABLE. IS THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON? >> HERE IS WHAT YOU COULD TAKE, THERE'S NOT ONE VOTE IMPEACHMENT. BASED ON THE PHONE CALL. I DON'T BELIEVE MET ROMNEY WOULD VOTE TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT OVER THE PHONE CALL. ONE, HE DID NOTHING WRONG. IF THAT'S AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE YOU WON'T HAVE ANY PRESIDENTS LEFT. >> Laura: IN KENTUCKY TONIGHT, A LOT OF KIDS HAD READ THE TRANSCRIPT T-SHIRTS. OF COURSE I READ A TRANSCRIPT! YOU DON'T RESPECT ME. >> IT WAS JUST TO GET YOU GOING. THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT PHONE CALL. DID HE SAY, UNLESS TO INVESTIGATE OPPONENT, DID HE SAY THAT? HAS ANYONE SAID THAT. WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT SAY? I DIDN'T TAKE THIS AS A QUID PRO QUO. WE DIDN'T CUT OFF AID AND JOE BIDEN WASN'T INVESTIGATED. >> Laura: RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY, HE WAS AT THIS RALLY AND HE WAS PUSHING THE SENATE TO BE STRONG. WATCH. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS GREAT COURAGE AND HE FACES DOWN THE FAKE MEDIA EVERY DAY. CONGRESS NEEDS TO STEP UP AND HAVE EQUAL COURAGE TO DEFEND THE PRESIDENT! IF SCHIFF WILL NOT LET HUNTER ABOUT INCOME AND IF YOU WILL NOT BRING THE WHISTLE-BLOWER FORWARD, EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD TAKE A WALK AND SAY THIS IS A FARCE. >> Laura: IF YOU DON'T HAVE THESE WITNESS HAS WALK OUT, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? >> I BELIEVE THE STATUTE HAS BECOME A DANGEROUS TOOL ON THE WRONG HANDS. IT'S DESIGNED TO KEEP SOMEBODY FROM BEING FIRED IF THEY REPORT CORRUPTION. IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO KEEP SOMEBODY ANONYMOUS. >> Laura: IT'S NOT IN THE STATUTE ITSELF. >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU CAN PROSECUTE SOMEBODY. IMPEACHMENT IS THE POLITICAL DEATH PENALTY BASED ON THE ANONYMOUS SOURCE. WE NEED THE WHISTLE-BLOWER'S NAME DID WE NEED TO THEY ARE AND THEY NEED TO BE CROSS-EXAMINED UNDER OATH ABOUT ANY VICES THEY MAY HAVE. WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT HUNTER BIDEN CORRUPTLY ENGAGED IN LOBBYING. DID JOE BIDEN ASKED THE PROSECUTOR TO BE FIRED BECAUSE HE WAS INVESTIGATING HIS SON? JOHN SOLOMON HAS GIVEN US PLENTY TO LOOK AT. I HOPE CHAIRMAN, THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE CHAIRMAN WILL OPEN UP AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF THIS. >> Laura: THAT'S ALWAYS A THORN IN THE SCIENCE OF CONSERVATIVES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT WORLDVIEW AND THEY'RE IN FOR LONG HAUL. >> COMMUNICATIONS, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE COMPANY THAT HUNTER BIDEN WAS SERVING AS A BOARD MEMBER, THEY WENT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND SAID IF THE PROSECUTOR DOESN'T LEAVE HUNTER BIDEN ALONE, IT'S GOING TO HURT US. THAT TO ME IS A BOMBSHELL OF ALL BOMBSHELLS WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO A SENATE INVESTIGATION. >> Laura: HOW COULD HE NOT CALL HIM? >> THE MEMBER OF THE BOARD ACTUALLY MET WITH JOHN KERRY. >> Laura: LET'S MOVE ON TO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THIS WHISTLE-BLOWER FROM'S. THE WHISTLE-BLOWER'S ATTORNEY SAID WE WILL SUBMIT WRITTEN ANSWERS SPREAD WHAT CAN BE WRONG WITH WRITTEN ANSWERS? >> IF YOU'RE IN CHARGE WITH THE CRIME AND THE PERSON ACCUSING YOU OF WRONGDOING, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY I WILL TAKE WRITTEN QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO CONFRONT YOUR ACCUSER AND THIS IDEA OF SAYING THEY WILL TAKE WRITTEN QUESTIONS VIOLATES EVERY NORM OF DUE PROCESS. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF A REPUBLICAN HAD DONE THIS WITH DEMOCRAT? WE WOULD KEEP ANONYMOUS, ACCUSING THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT OF WRONGDOING AND THEY SAID THEY WILL TAKE QUESTIONS OF THE WHOLE TOWN WOULD BLOW UP. >> Laura: DIDN'T TRUMP DO WRITTEN QUESTIONS? >> HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES AND THEY GRADE ON WRITTEN QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU ACCUSE SOMEBODY OF A CRIME YOU CAN'T DO IT ANONYMOUSLY. YOU CAN'T GET A PARKING TICKET BASED ON AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE. >> Laura: PEOPLE FORGOT SENATOR GRAHAM WAS AN IMPEACHMENT MANAGER C BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD. ANY OTHER ADVICE FOR THE SENATORS? YOU WEREN'T IMPEACHMENT MANAGER AND YOU GO AND PRESENT YOUR POSITION. THE SENATORS DON'T GET TO ASK QUESTIONS, THEY JUST HAVE TO SIT AND LISTEN. >> YOU CAN ASK WRITTEN QUESTIONS. >> Laura: BUT YOU CAN'T INTERRUPT THE IMPEACHMENT MANAGER. >> EVER IMPEACHMENT EXCEPT THIS ONE WAS CONDUCTED BY OUTSIDE COUNSEL. ON THE ONE GUY THAT SAID ROBERT MUELLER WASN'T ON A WITCH HUNT. I TOOK A LOT OF HEAT. >> Laura: I THINK FROM ME. >> I SAID I TRUST THE GUY TO DO HIS JOB AND I INTRODUCED LEGISLATION SAYING HE IT COULD BE FIRED WITHOUT CAUSE. ADAM SCHIFF ISN'T LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH, JERRY NADLER IS NOT LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH. WHAT IS GOING ON IS A BUNCH OF PARTISAN B.S. EVERY REPUBLICAN SENATOR THAT SIGNED ON MY RESOLUTION SANDY PROCESS WASN'T FAIR, WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROSECUTE THE PEOPLE PROSECUTE ANY PRESIDENT. WE SHOULD LET EVERY AMERICAN KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY ANYONE HAS EVER BEEN IMPEACHED BY PARTISAN END. IF YOU THINK ADAM SCHIFF IS OUT TO GET THE TRUTH, YOU SHOULDN'T BE ANY SENATE.
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