jaffer joins me now from raleigh, north carolina.sor jf jaffer, thank y very much for being here. let's talk a little bit about the arguments put oua in tht letter. one legal argument that's made is that this is simplt a because the full hse has notry voted to authorize theze impeachment inquiry. is that laid out in the constitution as a requirement? >>ell, william, there are no for how the house is supposed to but prior praice suggests that, the house should take a full -- a vote of the full hou to initiate the impeachment inquiry. you can imagine, th a huge issue. it's a conflict between two coordinate, co-equal branches of the government, one investing in another. somewhat outside of the normal purview of what the house does. sypically the house doe legislation and oveight. this is not a requireme t for have a full vote of the house before beginning an impeachment inquiry. >> there's precedent but no requirement for it. let's say the house were to hold the vote and formally call in an impeachment inquiry. is there precedent for th

professor jf jaffer, thank you very much for being here.s talk a little bit about the arguments put out in tha tt letter. one legal argument that's made is that this is simy not a legitimate impeachment inquiry because the fullouse has not impeachment inquiry.he is that laid out in the >> well, william, there are no requirements in the constitution conduct an impeachment inquiry,o but prior practice suggests that the house should take a full -- a vote of the full he use t initiate the impeachment inquiry. you can imagine, is is a huge issue. coordinate, co-equal branches of the government, one investing in her. somewhat outside of the normal purview of what the house does.l typithe house does legislation and overnight. requirement for f to havell vote of the house before beginning an impeachment inquiry. >> there's precedent but no requirement for it. det's say the house were to hol the vote and formally call in an impeachment inquiry. is there precedent for the white house to say imnot participating? >> the challenge is typically in this s

jamil jaffer of ironnet, thanks for joining me.ing up, we hear from bill gates on the role government needs to play in regulating technology. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: tuesday night's democratic presidential debate featured candidates weighing in on issues facing tech and society, and they had plenty to say. >> using a 20th century antitrust framework will not work. we need new solutions. >> i am not willing to give up and let a handful of monopolies dominate our economy and democracy. it's time to fight back. >> i agree with senator warren that monopolies have to be dealt with. they either have to be broken up or regulated. >> right now we treat them as a utility, when they are more a can to a publisher -- more akin to a publisher. >> senator warren, i was surprised you did not agree with me on the subject of the rules about corporate responsibilities for the big tech companies when i called on twitter to suspend donald trump's account, that you did not agree, and i urge you to join me. >> if we are going to talk seriously abou

jaffer: it didn't used to. when the chairman and ranking member would come in, they were new to the committee. it has gone through these phases of being partisan, bipartisan, and partisan. phase where not only is it happening in front of the cameras, but devolving to the staff level. they are not far apart, but given the current dynamic in public, it is hard to imagine it is bipartisan. linked to the redacted report, the office of the inspector general, by the whistleblower. , whatou look at that ?ould have to rise up to be to be an impeachable offense? what more would have to come out of this? guest: the constitution refers to high crimes and misdemeanors. as we know from having to go through the clinton impeachment, those terms do not have a defined meaning, at least not one that we have identified specifically. there was a lot of talk about what it meant when the constitution was written. other people believe you should look at it in an evolving way. impeachment turns out to be a political decision than it i

. >> jamil jaffer served on the house intelligence committee as their senior counsel from 2011 to 2013 . he was at george mason university law school, founder of their security institutes, welcome to the program. based on your experienceof the house intelligence committee and there's a lead committee on this impeachment inquiry, what national security concerns do you hear coming out of that one piece of evidence, that memorandum on the phone call ? >> guest: obviously the phone call is concerning . if the president is making commitments are asking for things from foreign leaders that don't go to the national interest , that go to his personal interest, that could be a concern to the committees in the house not just the intelligence committee but the judiciary committee which will vote on impeachment and send them to the floor. the house as you point out is doing all the investigation. when i served under chairman mike rogers, it was a bipartisan committee. they spent time figuring out a way to work together and create common cause to support the national security . as we seen in recent

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. >> jamil jaffer served on the house intelligence committee as their senior counsel from 2011 to 2013eorge mason university law school, founder of their security institutes, welcome to the program. based on your experienceof the house intelligence committee and there's a lead committee on this impeachment inquiry, what national security concerns do you hear coming out of that one piece of evidence, that memorandum on the phone call ? >> guest: obviously the phone call is concerning . if the president is making commitments are asking for things from foreign leaders that don't go to the national interest , that go to his personal interest, that could be a concern to the committees in the house not just the intelligence committee but the judiciary committee which will vote on impeachment and send them to the floor. the house as you point out is doing all the investigation. when i served under chairman mike rogers, it was a bipartisan committee. they spent time figuring out a way to work together and create common cause to support the national security . as we seen in recent months and on

jamil jaffer, and martin smith will join us to talk about a documentary on mohammad bin salman, titled "the crown prince of saudi arabia." watch at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. public remarks since resigning as national security advisor, john bolton talks about u.s.-north korea relations, and initiatives by president trump to reach a nuclear arms deal. the center for strategic and international studies hosted this event. it is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much, john. i appreciate the kind words of introduction. and i want to thank the center for strategic and international studies and joongang ilbo, the host of today's forum, for their invitation to speak. i think this is the ninth or 10th such forum, and it's a great opportunity, very timely, to discuss a lot of critical issues. i also want to congratulate csis and john and victor cha for the 10th anniversary of the korea chair of csis. issues. i also want to congratulate csis and john and victor cha for the 10th anniversary of the korea chair of csis. it marks a decade of on korean issues that

democrats impeachment inquiry of president trump with george mason university's gmail chauffer, and jamil jaffermartin smith will join us to talk about a documentary on mohammad bin salman, titled "the crown prince of saudi arabia." watch at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. public remarks since resigning as national security advisor, john bolton talks about u.s.-north korea relations, and initiatives by president trump to reach a nuclear arms deal. the center for strategic and international studies hosted this event. it is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much, john. i appreciate the kind words of introduction. and i want to thank the center for strategic and international studies and joongang ilbo, the host of today's forum, for their invitation to speak. i think this is the ninth or 10th such forum, and it's a great opportunity, very timely, to discuss a lot of critical issues. i also want to congratulate csis and john and victor fo

jamy jaffer is the director of the national law and policy program.are sort of wrapping our minds around the news this is going to be now a criminal prosecution. senator warner not too happy about it. what does that say to you, the criminal investigation? >> well look, john durham has been appointed to look into this entire matter of how this investigation began. one of the things that this "new york times" report suggests is that they are investigating leaks. were there leaks to the media of information, classified orion going investigation? the claim on the table that's what durham may begin a criminal inquiry. there are laws against leaking. laws against disclosing information that's classified. the justice department under president obama and now president trump has been fairly aggressive in pursuing those leaks. it wouldn't be surprising if they were investigating that and convening a grand jury or just preliminary inquiry. extensive attorney general guidelines what you need to begin an investigation. they have to comply with those to start a cri

. >>> switching focus, president trump is speaking at the white house just moments ago our eamon jaffers question about trade >> mr. president, the report this afternoon, the chinese are lowering their expectations for a trade deal are you also lowering your expectations for a trade deal? >> no, i don't think so, i think they're doing a good job you know better than anybody, i think you doll a good job over there, i watch a lot we are so far down in terms of where we started for presidents that didn't do their job for many years since the world trade organization founding, china went in, 2001 or so, china went in and it just rimmed off the world. and i told that to president xi. i said like this can't be like a 50/50 deal because a 50/50 deal, you're like up there, we're down here so a 50/50 deal doesn't work, right? you got to have a little balance. this has to be a better deal from our standpoint. and i think they fully understand it. one of the really good meetings i had today was with our people on opioids and drugs and fencenn fentanyl, and fentanyl with respect to what you're speak

. >> bill: jamil jaffer, i just want to share -- the calendar for today, tomorrow and friday on screen right here. we mentioned the schiff/pelosi meeting today. presidential news conference from the white house there. the state department i.g. with linick. tomorrow the special envoy, friday the closed hearing with the intelligence community ig michael atkinson. is the appearance of linick today is significant? >> you have the request for testimony by five career or low-level political appointees of the state department. you have mike pompeo saying don't threaten my employees. if you want to come to us, come to us through our legislative liaison dock also. these are state department documents. you have the war of words. in the middle of this you have the state department i.g. asking for an urgent meeting with house and senate staffers. what does linick have that is so important to get over there and ignoring pompeo's direction going up there and if so, what does it mean? >> bill: so they're saying that mike pompeo has an issue. does he or not? he is entitled to be on that phone call as

on theamil jaffer served house intelligence committee as their senior counsel. now in george mason university law school and founder of their national security institute. welcome to the program. of then your experience house intelligence committee, and they are the lead on this impeachment inquiry, what concerns did you hear coming out of that one one guest: guest: -- one piece of evidence. the phone call is concerning. if the president is asking for things from foreign leaders that do not go to the national interest, and go to the personal interest according to the claim, that is a concern to the committees of the house, but the judiciary committee which will vote on impeachment and send it to the floor. the intelligence committee is doing the investigations. there,served their, -- it was very bipartisan, they had figured out a way to work together and get it to be common cause. as we have seen in recent months and over the past two years, the committee has become partisan on both sides and we can blame the former or current chairman, but it has become partisan