FOR THE TRIAL.
ONLY IN THE SENATE DO THEY TALK
LIKE THAT.
JOINING US TONIGHT, ONE OF THE
REPUBLICAN LEADERS ATTEMPTING TO
HAVE ADAM SCHIFF CENSURED FOR
HIS ROLE IN THIS IMPEACHMENT
FARCE.
CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN, RANKING
MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE, MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
CONGRESSMAN, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
LOU: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.
I WANT TO START WITH BOLTON.
HE'S NOW DECIDED HE WILL UNLIKE
IN THE HOUSE BE WILLING TO
TESTIFY WHERE HE COULD BE
SUBPOENAED.
YOUR REACTION?
>> NO, I MEAN, LOOK, THAT'S UP
TO THE SENATE.
I DON'T THINK -- IF IT DOES
HAPPEN, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD,
BUT IF IT DOES, IT SHOULDN'T
HAPPEN TILL AFTER THE OPENING
ARGUMENTS ARE MADE IN THE SENATE
TRIAL, AS SENATOR McCONNELL HAS
SAID.
LOOK, HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW, FOUR
FACTS HAVE NEVER CHANGED.
THEY HAVE BEEN THE SAME.
THEY WILL STAY THE SAME.
THEY HAVE NEVER CHANGED ONE BIT.
THE DEMOCRATS DON'T CARE ABOUT
THE FACTS.
BUT WE HAVE THE CALL TRANSCRIPT.
THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE
CALL.
IT WAS AN ENJOYABLE CALL.
THERE WAS LAUGHTER.
THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF THINGS ON
THIS CALL, BUT NO QID PRO QUO.
-- QUID PRO QUO.
WE HAVE THE TWO GUYS SAYING ALL
THAT.
THE UKRAINIANS DIDN'T KNOW THAT
THE AID WAS WITHHELD AT THE TIME
OF THE CALL.
MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY TOOK NO
ACTIONS TO GET THE AID RELEASED
OR TO GET A MEETING WITH THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THOSE ARE THE FACTS.
THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO CHANGE.
THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN A
RIDICULOUS EXERCISE THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE PUT THE COUNTRY
THROUGH.
LOU: THERE'S AN ABSURDITY IN ALL
OF THIS THAT TO ME IS
FOUNDATIONAL.
AND THAT IS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
THE ONE WHO IS -- WHO RELEASED
THAT MONEY TO THE UKRAINIANS FOR
DEFENSE AGAINST RUSSIANS.
>> YEAH.
LOU: OBAMA FOR YEARS REFUSED TO
DO SO, AND YET THE SAME RADICAL
DEMS WHO PINE FOR MORE OBAMA
PASSIVITY CRITICIZED THE
PRESIDENT WHO TOOK ACTION.
REMARKABLE.
>> YEAH, NO, LOOK, THE PRESIDENT
GAVE THEM MISSILES.
OBAMA GAVE THEM BLANKETS.
THAT WAS STATEMENTS MADE BY SOME
OF THE WITNESSES THEY BROUGHT
IN, LIKE THE AMBASSADOR
YOVANOVITCH.
IN YOUR MONOLOGUE YOU HAD ALL
THESE DEMOCRATS CRITICIZING THE
PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY.
HE WAS TOUGHER ON RUSSIA THAN
THE DEMOCRATS.
HE GOT US OUT OF THE IRAN DEAL.
MOVED THE EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM,
BROUGHT THE HOSTAGES HOME FROM
NORTH KOREA.
ELIMINATED AL BAGHDADI AND THIS
PAST WEEK ELIMINATED SOLEIMANI.
I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY DARN
GOOD RECORD.
FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO BE
CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT BASED
ON THAT AND AS KELLYANNE CONWAY
THIS MORNING SAYING THE SAME
THING -- THEY CAN CRITICIZE ALL
THEY WANT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE APPRECIATE
THE WORK HE'S DONE DOMESTICALLY
AND THE FOREIGN POLICY AS WELL.
LOU: ISN'T IT STRANGE, ON ITS
FACE, THE ABSURDITY OF THIS
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, FARCE,
THEATER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
CALL IT, IT PERSISTS.
AND THE PRESIDENT MIGHT BE
SEEKING YOUR HELP HERE IF THIS
GOES FORWARD IN THE SENATE.
KEVIN McCARTHY, THE MINORITY
LEADER ACTUALLY SAYING HE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE A FELLOW BY THE NAME
OF JORDAN, ANOTHER COLLINS AND
RATCLIFF HELP THE WHITE HOUSE,
IF THERE ARE TO BE IMPEACHMENT
PROCEEDINGS.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> WELL, I APPRECIATE KEVIN'S
LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THIS
ORDEAL.
HE'S DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF
KEEPING OUR CONFERENCE FOCUSED
ON THE TRUTH AND THE FACTS AND
ON HELPING THE PRESIDENT.
I THINK THAT HELPED US IN THE
WHOLE ARGUMENT AND DEBATE.
WHEN PELOSI ANNOUNCED THIS THING
ON SEPTEMBER 24TH THAT SHE WAS
GOING TO MOVE DOWN THIS ROAD,
SHE NEVER EXPECTED ONE DEMOCRAT
TO VOTE WITH US, ANOTHER
DEMOCRAT TO VOTE PRESENT AND A
THIRD DEMOCRAT TO VOTE WITH US
AND THEN SWITCH PARTIES.
I APPRECIATE KEVIN'S LEADERSHIP.
IF WE'RE INVOLVED IN THE SENATE
PROCEEDINGS, THAT'S UP TO
McCONNELL IN THE SENATE.
IF WE ARE, I WILL DO EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO HELP THIS PRESIDENT.
THIS CASE IS RIDICULOUS.
THE FACT THAT THE WHISTLE-BLOWER
NEVER HAD TO TESTIFY AND THE
ONLY MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS WHO KNOWS WHO THAT
INDIVIDUAL IS IS ADAM SCHIFF,
THAT'S RIDICULOUS TOO AND
HIGHLIGHTS AND UNDERSCORES HOW
RIDICULOUS THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS
AND WHY IT SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY
IN THE SENATE AS McCONNELL WANTS
IT TO.
LOU: IT IS TRAGIC.
IT IS OUTRAGEOUS AND
INFURIATING.
CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> YOU BET.
LOU: VERY QUICKLY, THE PELOSI --
SPEAKER PELOSI CALLING FOR A
HOUSE VOTE ON A WAR POWERS --
WAR POWERS LIMITING RESOLUTION I
THINK MORE APTLY, BUT YOUR
THOUGHTS ABOUT EVEN ATTEMPTING
SUCH A --
>> NO, LOOK I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
BUT I'M SURE IT IS RIDICULOUS,
ONE MORE RIDICULOUS MOVE BY THE
DEMOCRATS.
THE ONE RESOLUTION WE SHOULD
VOTE ON THIS WEEK AND I HOPE
PASSES IS THE ONE SENATOR HOLLY
IS OFFERING IN THE SENATE IS TO
GET THIS IMPEACHMENT THING OVER
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I HOPE THAT'S THE ONE THEY VOTE
ON IN THE SENATE AND WE CAN