-I want to ask -- I don't want to turn this around to you.
But we found a high-school photo of you.
And do you believe this haircut --
And, again, use your background as a prosecutor.
Obviously you know the law. You know the Constitution.
Is this an impeachable haircut? Is that --
[ Laughter ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-I -- I wish I could say that is Russian misinformation.
-Yeah. -But there are witnesses
who could come to my defense for that.
But I'm not going to allow any of them to come forward.
-Yeah, there you go. It is --
You definitely look like you're about to, like,
get in a karate fight and we're not going to root for you.
-Yeah, yeah. All the kids were --
-Yeah. Was it California?
-Yeah, the whole soccer team. Dublin High School. Go, Gaels.
We were all -- Yeah. -That was a look you all had.
There was another -- This was one of the fun scandals.
Because every now and then, there's a fun one that comes up.
You were part of one.
And this is actually -- These are actually about Fartgate.
You know about Fartgate.
These are real things. We'd like to show the video.
Now, this is not something --
When this happened, you did not hear it?
-I did not hear it. -Yes.
-I just want to say, I think we should draw
on the words of the 21st-century philosopher Shaggy.
It wasn't me. -Okay, there you go.
But let's look, and we'll let the audience
take a look for themselves.
-Chris, so far, the evidence is uncontradicted
that the President used taxpayer dollars
to ask the Ukrainians to help him cheat...
[ Fart ] ...an election,
and the complaint that I've heard from Republicans...
[ Laughter ]
-Now, this was immediately --
This was what everybody was talking about.
But, again, you --
You're having a conversation with Chris Matthews.
-Yes. Serious conversation.
-Serious conversation, earpiece in, so you don't hear that.
-No.
-How do you find out that it happened?
-I went to dinner that night with some buddies in town
from Dublin High School -- we're all in Washington.
And Chrissy Teigen tweets about it.
My wife, who follows everything she says, texts me and says,
"Did you just fart on national TV?"
[ Laughter ]
-And you're claiming this -- absolutely not?
-Total exoneration. -Total exoneration.
We are going to slow it down one more time.
[ Laughter ]
Because I feel like if we see anything in your face,
this would be how we'd know if you're telling the truth.
Let's take one more look.
-Ask the Ukrainians to help him cheat...
[ Fart ] ...an election.
And the complaint that I've heard from Republicans...
[ Laughter ]
-See, now, that -- Exactly. You need Rudy to represent you.
"He couldn't have done it! He wasn't there!"
"Rudy, he was there."
Well, this -- You know, obviously you were --
You're saying this is basically --
Donald Trump and the story that we're talking about,
this has been something you've been dealing with
for basically three years. -Yeah, that's right.
-Do you watch it and think at the very least there will be
some sense of closure, however this ends?
Is that something that you're looking forward to?
-January 20, 2021, Donald Trump is not going to be president,
whether he's removed before or voted out, yes.
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-You ran briefly. -Yeah.
-It was a very large field. -Cup of coffee.
-Cup of coffee, exactly. Yeah.
The Moonlight Graham of this year's...
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-Thank you, Wally.
[ Laughter ]
-He liked that one.
-Do you feel like there's a wealth of good choices still
for the American people who are watching these debates?
-I do, and the crux of our campaign
was this idea that we shouldn't have to live
with gun violence being the norm.
And so I announced in Parkland and was inspired
by those students who marched and beat
19 NRA-endorsed members of Congress in 2018.
And I'm proud that every candidate today is, you know,
making anti-gun violence a top priority.
And so I think every candidate
is capable of beating Donald Trump
and will put that important issue on the forefront.
-Hey, thank you so much for making the time
and being here and clearing stuff up for us.
Congressman Eric Swalwell, everybody.