mr. guliani hasn't, donald trump hasn't. to the contrary and consistent with everything that we know about the president, he's done nothing but doubled down. during his first week, the first week of december, mr. guliani traveled to ukraine, hungary to interview the corrupt normer ukrainian prosecutors who had been pushing these false narratives about vice president biden and this cooky conspiracy about 2016. mr. guliani met with current members of the parliament that advocated for that same fraudulent investigation. june of last year, president trump told abc news that he would take political dirt from a foreign country if he was offered it again. if he has learned anything from the tumult of the last three years, he can get away with anything and do it again. can't be indicted, can't be impeach. can't, if you believe our attorney general, even be investigated. our up theeders worried about a situation just like this. james madison put it simply, president "might betray his trust to foreign powers." in his farewell address,

mr. guliani also repeated this publicly, for example. he confirmed this point on may 9 in "the new york times." where he said, well, many things. he said we're meddling in an election -- we're not meddling in an election, we're meddling in an investigation which we have the right to do. there's nothing illegal. somebody could say it's improper and this isn't foreign policy. he went on to say, referring to the president, he basically knows what i'm doing, sure. as his lawyer. my only client is the president of the united states, he said. he's the one that i have an obligation to report to. tell him what happened. think about that. the president is using his personal lawyer to ask ukraine for investigations that aren't "foreign policy." that will be very, very helpful to the president personally. it's not often you get it so graphically as we do here. let's go to the fourth reason that these investigations were never part of the u.s. policy. it wasn't just the president trump used his personal lawyer, it's almost that what he was asking fo

mr. guliani, mrs. toensing or mr. digenova.s is point to help you understand the white house's efforts to coerce the ukraine to announce the investigation the president wanted. the records would also show how the president's personal political agenda became more important than policies to help america's national security interests. the president's counsel made consistent with his prior attempts to hide evidence assert that attorney client privilege would cover the documents. the president's personal attorney client privilege cannot shield evidence of misconduct in office or that of his aides or lawyer's participation in corrupt schemes. we are not asking for documents reflecting legitimate legal advice. you need documents about their actions to pressure ukraine to announce an investigation to president trump's political opponent. there's a set of white house documents that relate directly to the president's unlawful decision to withhold $391 million appropriated bipartisan to help ukraine. witnesses have testified that presiden

mr. guliani's scheme. this is when the music stops and everyone starts running to find a chair. spread quickly from the white house to the nsc. morris talked about seeing the letter in a meeting. lieutenant colonel vindman talked about the investigation. the same day, there were efforts to create a paper trial for the withhold on security assistance away from there white house. duffey sent an e-mail that contradicted months of e-mail exchanges. it stated falsely that omb did not go along with the plan. he was attempting to shift the delay to the pentagon. mckusker replayed, you can't be serious, i'm speechless." now, all of this including omb's effort to shift the blame to the pentagon, the cover story for the hold on assistance were a continuation of the cover-up. it started with the white house's lawyers failure to stop the scheme after the july 10th meeting was reported to them, continued with attempts to hide the july 25 call summary and escalated with the whistle-blower complaint from congress. on september 10 the house intelligence committee requested the dni provide a cop

mr. president, rudy guliani wrote a letter to zelensky requesting a private meeting and he said it was in his capacity as private counsel to president donald trump. this is before the inauguration. did you authorize him to write that letter and what was your understanding of what the meeting was supposed to be about? >> i don't know anything about the letter. certainly rudy is one of the great crime fighters in the history of our country. he is probably the best the last 50 years. he was also the greatest mayor in the history in the city of new york. rudy was truly an outstanding mayor. as an example, his endorsement of bloomberg got him elected. he was the greatest crime fighter and rudy is somebody that frankly having him on my side was a great honor for me. it has been a great honor for me. rudy guliani did a phenomenal job over a long period of time in fighting crime. frankly, he's a very legitimate guy, a very straight shooter. i didn't know about his specific letter but if he wrote a letter, it wouldn't have been a big deal. rudy was always -- it was very important to rudy that i be

mr. angle and congresswoman maloney released new evidence pursuant to a house subpoena from lev parnas photographed with the republican leader and rudy guliani that further proves the president was a central player in the scheme to pressure ukraine for his own benefit in the 2020 election. the senate leader and the president are afraid of more facts coming to light. that's why the leader signed that dismissal resolution. a dismissal is a cover up. the american people will fully understand the senate's move to begin the trial without witnesses and documents as a pure political cover-up. whatever the outcome, the american people want a fair trial. fair to the president, fair to the american people. the american people to serve the truth. the constitution requires a trial. a fair trial. the gop senate -- the american people -- let me make this brief. the hou forward with the vote to transmit the articles and appoint managers. as speaker, i'm proud to point outstanding american patriots to serve in the impeachment panel. chairman schiff, chairman nadler, chair woman zoe lofton. this is her third impeachment. he was in the nixon impeachment, as a