FALLOUT THAT WILL COME FROM IT.
WE WATCH THE MARKETS AND MORE.
>> 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