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>>> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL." AMBASSADOR WILLIAM TAYLOR AND

AMBASSADOR WILLIAM TAYLOR AND DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF

DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE GEORGE KENT PAINTED A

STATE GEORGE KENT PAINTED A SOBERING PORTRAIT OF A PRESIDENT

SOBERING PORTRAIT OF A PRESIDENT USING THE POWER OF HIS OFFICE TO

USING THE POWER OF HIS OFFICE TO ADVANCE HIS PERSONAL POLITICAL

ADVANCE HIS PERSONAL POLITICAL AGENDA BY WITHHOLDING MILITARY

AGENDA BY WITHHOLDING MILITARY AID FROM A FOREIGN POWER.

AID FROM A FOREIGN POWER. FACED WITH THAT EVIDENCE,

FACED WITH THAT EVIDENCE, REPUBLICANS LOOKED THE OTHER

REPUBLICANS LOOKED THE OTHER WAY, OPTING INSIDE STOOPRESSINST

WAY, OPTING INSIDE STOOPRESSINST PRESS AN ALTERNATIVE REALITY.

PRESS AN ALTERNATIVE REALITY. >> THE WHOLE POINT YOU HAD A

>> THE WHOLE POINT YOU HAD A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AID WILL NOT

CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AID WILL NOT GET RELEASED UNLESS THERE’S A

GET RELEASED UNLESS THERE’S A COMMITMENT, NOT MAYBE, NOT I

COMMITMENT, NOT MAYBE, NOT I THINK THE AID MIGHT HAPPEN AND

THINK THE AID MIGHT HAPPEN AND IT’S MY HUNCH IT WILL GET

YOU USED CLEAR LANGUAGE, AND THOSE TWO THINGS DIDN’T HAPPEN

THOSE TWO THINGS DIDN’T HAPPEN SO YOU HAD TO BE WRONG.

SO YOU HAD TO BE WRONG. >> NO PRESSURE, NO DEMANDS, NO

>> NO PRESSURE, NO DEMANDS, NO CONDITIONS, NOTHING CORRUPT.

CONDITIONS, NOTHING CORRUPT. >> SO NOT ONLY NO CONVERSATION

>> SO NOT ONLY NO CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ABOUT UKRAINE.

STATES ABOUT UKRAINE. YOU’VE NOT HAD ANY CONTACT WITH

YOU’VE NOT HAD ANY CONTACT WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

>> FOR THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS VIEWING TODAY THE TWO MOST

VIEWING TODAY THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT FACTS ARE THE

FOLLOWING. NUMBER ONE, UKRAINE RECEIVED THE

NUMBER TWO, THERE WAS IN FACT NO INVESTIGATION INTO --

INVESTIGATION INTO -- >> WELL, TODAY SPEAKING TO

>> WELL, TODAY SPEAKING TO REPORTERS HOW SPEAKER NANCY

REPORTERS HOW SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI RESPONDED TO REPUBLICAN

PELOSI RESPONDED TO REPUBLICAN CRITICISM BY INVITING PRESIDENT

CRITICISM BY INVITING PRESIDENT TRUMP TO PARTICIPATE, HIM, GET

TRUMP TO PARTICIPATE, HIM, GET IN THE CONVERSATION ON THE

>> IF THE PRESIDENT HAS SOMETHING THAT IS EXCULPATORY,

SOMETHING THAT IS EXCULPATORY, MR. PRESIDENT, IF YOU HAVE

MR. PRESIDENT, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT SHOWS YOUR

ANYTHING THAT SHOWS YOUR INNOCENCE, THEN HE SHOULD MAKE

INNOCENCE, THEN HE SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN.

THAT KNOWN. AND THAT’S PART OF THE INQUIRY.

AND THAT’S PART OF THE INQUIRY. AND SO FAR WE HAVEN’T SEEN THAT,

AND SO FAR WE HAVEN’T SEEN THAT, BUT WE WELCOME IT.

BUT WE WELCOME IT. >> HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER KEVIN

>> HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY TOLD REPORTERS HE

McCARTHY TOLD REPORTERS HE WOULDN’T SUPPORT IMPEACHMENT

WOULDN’T SUPPORT IMPEACHMENT EVEN IF NEW EVIDENCE CONFIRMS

EVEN IF NEW EVIDENCE CONFIRMS THE PRESIDENT DEMANDED

THE PRESIDENT DEMANDED INVESTIGATIONS INTO FORMER VICE

INVESTIGATIONS INTO FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. FOR MORE I’M JOINED BY LAWRENCE

PROFESSOR TRIBE, WHAT DO YOU MAKE -- TO START WITH, WHAT DO

MAKE -- TO START WITH, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE REPUBLICAN -- I

YOU MAKE OF THE REPUBLICAN -- I WOULDN’T CALL IT A DEFENSE.

WOULDN’T CALL IT A DEFENSE. ALTERNATE NARRATIVE YESTERDAY?

ALTERNATE NARRATIVE YESTERDAY? >> I THINK IT’S RIDICULOUS.

>> I THINK IT’S RIDICULOUS. THE FACT IF YOU SOLICIT A BRIBE

THE FACT IF YOU SOLICIT A BRIBE AND ARE CAUGHT RED-HANDENED

AND ARE CAUGHT RED-HANDENED BEFORE YOU GET THE BRIBE, YOU’VE

BEFORE YOU GET THE BRIBE, YOU’VE STILL COMMITTED BRIBERY.

STILL COMMITTED BRIBERY. AND IN THIS CASE IT WAS

AND IN THIS CASE IT WAS EXTORTION AS WELL AS BRIBERY.

EXTORTION AS WELL AS BRIBERY. IT WAS A CLEAR ABUSE OF POWER.

IT WAS A CLEAR ABUSE OF POWER. AND IN ANY CASE THE HISTORY OF

AND IN ANY CASE THE HISTORY OF THE FRAMING OF THE IMPEACHMENT

THE FRAMING OF THE IMPEACHMENT POWER IS THAT GEORGE MASON, ONE

POWER IS THAT GEORGE MASON, ONE OF THE FRAMERS, WANTED TO

OF THE FRAMERS, WANTED TO INCLUDE IN ADDITION TO TREASON

INCLUDE IN ADDITION TO TREASON AND BRIBERY, A TERM LIKE

AND IN THE END INSTEAD OF CORRUPTION, THEY USED OTHER HIGH

CORRUPTION, THEY USED OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS AND

CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS AND MASON SAID THAT WAS INTENDED TO

MASON SAID THAT WAS INTENDED TO CAPTURE AMONG OTHER THINGS

CAPTURE AMONG OTHER THINGS ATTEMPTED SUBVERSION OF THE

ATTEMPTED SUBVERSION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

CONSTITUTION. SO HERE WE HAVE ACTUAL AS WELL

SO HERE WE HAVE ACTUAL AS WELL AS ATTEMPTED SUBVERSION FOR OVER

AS ATTEMPTED SUBVERSION FOR OVER 70 DAYS THE AID WAS WITHHELD.

70 DAYS THE AID WAS WITHHELD. AND IF NOT FOR THE

AND IF NOT FOR THE WHISTLE-BLOWER, IF NOT FOR

WHISTLE-BLOWER, IF NOT FOR HAVING BEEN CAUGHT RED-HANDED,

HAVING BEEN CAUGHT RED-HANDED, THE PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN

THE PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN WHAT HE WANTED.

WHAT HE WANTED. HE WOULD HAVE WANTED A PUBLIC

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