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>> PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE
REPRESENTATION HE WILL
PROBABLY HIRE AN ATTORNEY TO
REPRESENT HIM.
I BELIEVE HE SHOULD HAVE
HELP FROM THE HOUSE.
THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE
WORKED THROUGH THIS THAT
COULD GIVE ADVICE.
I WOULD GO TO JOHN RATCLIFFE
FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY.
I WOULD GO TO JIM JORDAN.
I WOULD GO TO DOUG COLLINS.
BRIAN: DOUG COLLINS JUST
FOUND OUT FOR CERTAIN HE
WOULD BE ONE OF THE HOUSE
MANAGERS.
THAT WAS HOUSE MINORITY
LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY
REVEALING WHO HE THINKS
SHOULD REPRESENT THE
PRESIDENT IN THE SENATE
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IN THE
HOUSE.
ONE OF THOSE NEXT PICKS IS
DOUG COLLINS RANKING MEMBER
OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE.
DOUG, I GUESS YOU KNEW BUT
YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOING
TO BE PUBLIC.
WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?
>> WELL, I THINK THERE IS
ALWAYS CONVERSATIONS.
WHATEVER THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS TEAM NEEDS FROM, OF
COURSE, THE GENTLEMAN -- OUR
LEADER MENTIONED ARE GOING
TO BE GREAT AS FAR AS
WORKING TO DO WHATEVER WE
CAN.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
SHAM IMPEACHMENT FOR THE
LAST IMPEACHMENT FOR THE
LAST FEW MONTHS.
WHATEVER THE PRESIDENT
NEEDS, WE HAVE SHONT ABILITY
TO BLOW UP THE CASE THAT THE
DEMOCRATS TRIED TO MAKE ON
THIS PRESIDENT.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS SIMPLY
DOING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S
BUSINESS.
THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO
IMPEACH HIM BECAUSE AS YOU
SAID AGAIN CLOCK AND
CALENDAR.
ELECTION THEY ARE TRYING TO
INFLUENCE THAT'S NEXT YEAR'S
ELECTION AND THEY DON'T CARE
HOW THEY ARE DOING IT.
BRIAN: THE SPEAKER SAYS I
WILL NOT REALLY HAND OVER
THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
UNTIL MITCH TELLS ME THE
RULES OF THE SENATE.
DOES HE HAVE THAT TYPE OF
POWER?
>> NOT REALLY.
MITCH McCONNELL MADE THAT
VERY CLEARLY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE
HYPOCRISY OF SPEAKER PELOSI
AS SHE JUST PRESIDED OVER
THE MOST PARTISAN HACK
IMPEACHMENT JOB WE HAVE EVER
SEEN IN OUR COUNTRY'S
HISTORY.
RULES AND TIME DIDN'T
MATTER.
ALL THEY WANTED TO DO WAS
IMPEACH THIS PRESIDENT TO
GET AT HIM NEXT ELECTION.
HER HYPOCRISY IN THIS ONE IS
SO OVERWHELMING IT SHOULD
KNOCK PEOPLE DOWN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT THIS
WAY, NOW TRYING TO HAVE
EVERYTHING HER WAY THAT'S
NOT THE WAY IT WORKS MADAM
SPEAKER.
IF YOU WANT TO DO IT RIGHT,
GO AHEAD AND SEND THE
ARTICLES OVER TO THE SENATE.
LET THEM SEE THE TRAGEDY YOU
PUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
THROUGH BECAUSE HAVE YOU NO
AGENDA NO, POLICY AND
NOTHING TO RUN ON NEXT YEAR
AND TERRIBLE CANDIDATES TO
DO IT WITH, ALL HAVE YOU GOT
TO DO IS TRY TO IMPEACH THE
PRESIDENT TO GET THERE.
BRIAN: TELL MITCH
MCCONNELL IS HE GOING TO
LOSE THE MAJORITY IN THE
SENATE.
SUSAN COLLINS, THOM TILLIS
IN ROUGH RACES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS OUT
THERE IN THIS IMPEACHMENT
THAT MIGHT PRESSURE THEM TO
PRESSURE MITCH McCONNELL
TO MAKE THIS A TRIAL?
>> WELL, I THINK THE
INTERESTING THICK IS VERY
MUCH WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM
THE SENATE.
I THINK THEY ACTUALLY GOT
HELPED BY WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE HOUSE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE FOLKS
WHO MAY BE UNDER PRESSURE
RIGHT NOW IN DIFFERENT
STATES.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
EVIDENCE THAT CAME OUT OF
THE HOUSE, YOU LOOK AT THE
UNFAIRNESS THAT COPY OUT OF
THE HOUSE.
YOU LOOK AT THE VERY FACT
THAT THEY COULD NOT MAKE A
CRIME OR A CASE AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT DID NOTHING WRONG,
IN THIS INSTANCE, I THINK IT
ACTUALLY HELPED THEM BECAUSE
THEY CAN NOW GO BACK TO
THEIR STATES AND THEY CAN
SAY LOOK, THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE HOUSE.
THERE IS NOTHING HERE.
THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS MADE
THAT VERY CLEAR.
AND THE HOUSE DEMOCRAT
ACTIONS MADE IT VERY CLEAR
THAT THIS WAS NOTHING BUT A
PARTISAN SHAM IMPEACHMENT.
YOU MAY NOT LIKE THIS
PRESIDENT.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE GOOD
THINGS FOR OUR COUNTRY.
WE WILL LOOK AT OUR ECONOMY
AND MISSION OVERSEAS.
WE LOOK AT OUR MILITARY.
HE IS DOING WHAT HE SAID HE
WOULD DO, I THINK THESE
SENATORS CAN GO BACK TO
THEIR STATES AND SAY LOOK,
YOU TAKE THIS FOR WHAT IT IS
A PARTISAN POLITICAL HACK
JOB ON THIS PRESIDENT.
BRIAN: NANCY PELOSI IS NOT
DUMB.
WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE IS UP
TO.
HE IS WHAT THE TACTIC?
>> I THINK SHE IS TRYING TO
BUILD A CASE.
TRY TO STRENGTH A VERY POOR
HAND SHE HAS IN THE HOUSE.
ALSO TRYING TO GIVE 31
MODERATES IN TRUMP
DISTRICTS, DEMOCRATS IN
TRUMP DISTRICTS A LITTLE BIT
OF COVER.
THE PROBLEM IS SHE HAS NOW
MADE IT VERY OPEN TO THE
WORLD THIS PARTISAN.
PARTISAN EVENT.
BECAUSE SHE TOLD HER MEMBERS
THIS IS A CONSCIOUS,
REMEMBER A VERY SOLEMN
OCCASION NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN
TAKING THOSE VERY ARTICLES
AND HOLDING THEM OUT LIKE A
POLITICAL TOOL?
SHE HAS MADE IT EXACTLY WHAT
WE HAVE SEEN ALL ALONG A