IMPEACHMENT ADVISOR TONY SAYEGH
BUT FIRST CHAD PERGRAM KEEPING
TRACK OF A BUSY DAY.
AS SOON AS NANCY PELOSI
FINISHED HER COMMENT YOU SHOT
AN EMAIL TO ALL OF OUR
COLLEAGUES AT FOX SAYING
PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
WHAT ARE YOU READING BETWEEN
THE LINES THAT WE DON'T SEE?
>> WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
ABOUT NANCY PELOSI IS THAT A
LOT OF HER PUBLIC STATEMENTS
ARE NOT MEANT FOR THE PUBLIC
AND REPORTERS, THEY ARE MEANT
FOR HER MEMBERS.
WHAT I WAS STRUCK BY IN HER
REMARKS IS WHAT SHE DIDN'T SAY.
SHE DID NOT LAY OUT A
TIMETABLE, SHE DIDN'T SAY WE'LL
DO IT BY CHRISTMAS.
THERE WAS NO NEWS FLASH IN THIS
STATEMENT.
THIS WAS KIND OF A PLACE HOLDER
TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE
WORKING ON IMPEACHMENT.
WHEN YOU DEAL WITH NANCY
PELOSI, THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE AND YOU FILET HER
STATEMENTS THERE IS A LITTLE
ZEN IN WHAT SHE SAYS.
WE'RE FORGING AHEAD BUT NOT
FORGING AHEAD.
WE'RE GOING FORWARD BUT NOT
GOING FORWARD RIGHT NOU. I'VE
BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY BY SENIOR
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP SOURCES
THEY THINK IT MIGHT BE A CRUNCH
TO TRY TO DO THIS BY
CHRISTMASTIME.
SO WHEN SHE SAYS WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE THE CHAIRMAN START WORKING
ON ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT,
NOTHING NEW THERE.
HERE IS THE KEY PHRASE I WAS
STRUCK BY IN HER REMARKS.
WE'LL PROCEED IN A MANNER
WORTHY OF OUR OATH OF OFFICE.
JERRY NADLER THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE SAID LAST NIGHT WE'LL
HAVE MORE HEARINGS PLURAL.
I SAID DO YOU MEAN THAT PLURAL.
HE DIDN'T RESPOND.
WHAT THEY WOULD AT LEAST HAVE
TO HAVE AT SOME POINT IS A
MARK-UP SESSION WHERE THEY
WRITE THE ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT, OPEN SESSION.
YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE
A COUPLE THREE DAYS OF DEBATE
ON THE HOUSE FLOOR ENGAGING ALL
CURRENTLY 431 MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE.
YOU JUST CAN'T DO THAT IN AN
HOUR OR TWO.
AND TO DO THAT, BILL, BEFORE
CHRISTMASTIME AND DO IT IN AN
EARNEST FASHION WHERE THEY ARE
GIVING THE GRAVITY TO THIS,
THAT WILL BE TOUGH, BILL.
>> Bill: 19 DAYS FROM
CHRISTMAS, CHAD.
WE POINTED OUT A LOT IN 1998,
IT WAS DECEMBER 19th WHEN THE
HOUSE VOTED AND PASSED TO
IMPEACH BILL CLINTON.
>> THEY ALSO DIDN'T HAVE TO
FUND THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS YEAR THE GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN DATE IS 11:59 ON THE
20th.
THE DEMOCRATS CANNOT HAVE A
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WHILE
THEY'RE DOING IMPEACHMENT OR
REPUBLICANS WILL SAY LOOK, YOU
ARE TOO FOCUSED ON IMPEACHMENT
AND NOT DOING THE BASICS OF
GOVERNMENT WORK
>> Sandra: BEFORE WE LET YOU GO
WE HAD DAN KILDEE ON FROM
MICHIGAN A DEMOCRAT IN THE
HOUSE REACTING TO NANCY PELOSI
AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR.
HE WOULD NOT COMMIT TO WHETHER
OR NOT HE WOULD BE A YES ON A
VOTE FOR IMPEACHMENT IF IT WERE
HELD TODAY.
HE SAID HE WILL WAIT TO SEE
WHAT THE ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT ARE.
BILL AND I HAVE INTERVIEWED
SEVERAL DEMOCRATS ON THIS
PROGRAM IN RECENT DAYS AFTER
MORE THAN 30 HOURS OF TESTIMONY
IN THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THE
JUDICIARY THIS WEEK.
SOME WILL COMMIT.
BUT SOME WILL NOT COMMIT TO
THAT.
>> Bill: THERE IS A LOT OF
HESITANCY IN THE POINT SANDRA
IS MAKING.
THE QUESTION IS WHY WOULD THEY
NOT GIVE YOU A YES OR NOT AT
THIS POINT?
>> CONGRESSMAN KILDEE IS SPOT
ON.
THEY HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT ARE.
IS IT ABUSE OF POWER, BRIBERY?
REMEMBER IN 1998 YOU REF
INTERFERENCEED DECEMBER 19th
WHEN THEY IMPEACHED PRESIDENT
CLINTON.
FOUR ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT ON
THE FLOOR.
THE HOUSE ONLY APPROVED TWO.
YOU COULD SEE A SCENARIO AND
THREE TO FOUR ARTICLES IS WHAT
THEY'LL NARROW IT DOWN TO WHERE
SOME MEMBERS VOTE YES ON SOME,
SOME VOTE NO.
YOU MIGHT ONLY HAVE AN ARTICLE
OR TWO APPROVED ON THE HOUSE
FLOOR.
IF HISTORY IS OUR GUIDE THAT'S
PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENS AND YOU
WOULD HAVE SOME DEMOCRATS,
SOMEONE LIKE DAN KILDEE VOTING
NO IF THEY DON'T SEE IT IN
THEIR WHEEL HOUSE.
>> Sandra: AT THE END OF YOUR
NOTE YOU TALK ABOUT DEMOCRATS
IF THEY WERE TO TAKE THIS
THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS AND INTO
JANUARY WHAT IT WOULD DO TO
MOMENTUM AND IF IT WOULD CHANGE
THE PROCESS.
AND CHANGE ANY MINDS.
>> RIGHT, DEMOCRATS STUCK
TOGETHER OVER THE THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY.
THERE WAS SOME THOUGHT MAYBE
WHEN THEY WENT AWAY FOR
THANKSGIVING THIS COULD LOSE
SPEED.
IT ABSOLUTELY DIDN'T.
THAT'S WHY WHEN THEY CAME BACK
SOME OF THE CALCULUS THEY'LL
HAVE TO WEIGH NOW, DOES PUTTING
IT OFF INTO JANUARY, A
POSSIBILITY.
WILL THAT SLOW THINGS DOWN?
MOST OF THE DEMOCRATS HELD
TOGETHER OVER THANKSGIVING THAT
SIGNALS IT WON'T SLOW DOWN IF
THEY LET IT DRIFT PAST