mr. nadler, mr. schiff, mr. engel, and congresswoman maloney, madam chair maloney, released new evidence pursuant to a house subpoena from lev parnas, recently photographed with the republican leader, an asocial of rudy giuliani that 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 is why the leader signed on to that dismissal resolution, a dismissal, again s. a cover-up. the american people will fully understand the senate's move to begin 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 deserve the truth. the constitution requires a trial, a fair trial. the g.o.p. senate -- the american people -- let me make this briefer. the house is now moving forward the vote to transmit articles and appoint managers. as speaker i was

mr. nadler, it is not non-sense. these are privileges recognized by the supreme court of the united states. and to shred the constitution on the floor of the senate to serve what purpose? the senate is not on trial. the constitution doesn't allow what just took place. look what we have dealt with for the last now 13 hours? we hopefully are closing the proceedings. not on a high note. only guilty people try to hide evidence? so i guess when president obama instructed attorney general to not give information he was guilty of a crime. that's the way it works, mr. nadler? is that the way the united states constitution? because that's not the way it was written. that's is not the way it is interpreted. and there's not the way the american people should have to live. i'll tell you what's treacherous. come to the floor of senate and say executive privilege and other non-sense. we yield the rest of our time. >> managers have 27 minutes remaining. >> mr. chief justice, members of the senate. the president's counsel has no sta

mr. nadler? what happened? the american people pay their salaries, and they're here to take away their vote. they're here to take away their voice. they've come here, and they've attacked every institution of our government. they have attacked the president, the executive branch. they have attacked the judicial branch. they say they don't have time for courts. they have attacked the united states senate repeatedly. it's about time we bring this power trip in for a landing. president trump is a man of his word. he made promises to the american people, and he delivered over and over and over again. and they come here and say, with no evidence, spending the day complaining that they can't make their case, attacking a resolution that had 100% support in the body, and some of the people here supported it at the time. it's a farce, and it should end. mr. nadler, you owe an apology to the president of the united states and his family. you owe an apology to the sen e senate. but most of all, you owe an apology to the a

mr. nadler? what happened? the american people pay their salaries and they are here to take away their vote. they are here to take away their voice. they have come here and they have attacked every institution of our government. they have attacked the president, the executive branch, the judicial branch, they say they don't have time for courts, they have attacked the united states senate repeatedly. it's about time we bring this power trip in for a landing. president trump is a man of his word. he made promises to the american people and he delivered over and over and over again. they come here and say with no evidence, spending the day complaining they can't make their case. attacking a resolution that had 100% support in this body and some of the people here supported at the time. it's a farce, and it should end. mr. nadler, you owe an apology to the president of the united states and his family. you owe an apology to the sena senate. but most of all, you owe an apology to the american people, i yield the re

mr. nadler: let me add to that. an overwhelming case, any reasonable doubt, that the president betrayed the by using -- by withholding federal funds ppropriated by congress -- breaking the law and doing so -- in order to extort a foreign in rnment into intervening our election to embarrass -- to try to embarrass a potential opponent of his. there's overwhelming evidence of that. we couldn't wait. some people said, let the election take care of it. to cheat in that election. so it is essential that we bring impeachment to stop the president from trying to rig -- not from trying -- tried -- from election.e next from conspiring with the russian the russian government rigged our last election. the evidence is overwhelming. the latest evidence with it more so.es it made sense to wait a while as more evidence piled up, but we have to proceed. integrity of the election is at stake. let me add one other thing. this is a test of the constitution. president's conduct violates the constitution in every single way. to rig an el

mr. nadler, mrs. love green, misdemmings and mr. crow are appointed managers to conduct the impeachment manager against donald john trump a message be sent to the senate to inform the senate of these appointments and the managers may in connection with the preparation and the conduct of the trial exhibit the articles of impeachment to the senate and take all other actions necessary which may include the following, one, employing legal, clerical and other necessary assistance and incurring such other is expenses paid be necessary to be from amounts made available to the committee of judiciary under applicable expense resolutions or ap lick cabble accounts of the house of representatives. two, sending for persons and papers and filing with the secretary of the senate on the part of the -- on the part of the house of representatives any pleadings in conjunction with or subsequent to the exhibition of the articles of impeachment ta the managers consider necessary. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 767, the resolution

mr. nadler and mr. shift are -- shiff are part of our managers. i should not say freshman. they have been here one year. congressman jason crow. congresswoman val demings of the state of florida. texas.swoman garcia of are we all here? distinguished chair of our caucus, hakeem jeffries of new york. and zoe lofgren. this is her third impeachment. impeachment, she was a staffer for a judiciary committee member of california. she was a member of the judiciary committee on the clinton impeachment. the housemember of administration with oversees elections, and a manager. with that, i thank them all for their leadership and service. i will now proceed to sign the article. [inaudible] speaker pelosi: that is why it is taking so long. [laughter] speaker pelosi: i will keep one for myself. >> the senate will receive a message from the house of representatives. >> a message from the house of representatives. mr. president, i have been directed by the house of representatives to inform the senate the house has passed h- res 798, a resolution appointing and authorizing managers for the

mr. nadler and mr. schiff are part of our managers. i want to matted -- acknowledge our other managers who are with us. i should not say freshman. they have been here one year. things.shed great crow ofman jason colorado. congresswoman val demings of the state of florida. congresswoman garcia of texas. are we all here? where is hakeem? distinguished chair of our caucus, hakeem jeffries of new york. is that everybody? and zoe lofgren. this is her third impeachment. for the nixon impeachment, she was a staffer for a judiciary committee member, don edwards of california. she was a member of the judiciary committee on the clinton impeachment. and now a member of the judiciary, the house administration which oversees elections, and a manager. with that, i thank them all for their leadership and service. i am now going to proceed to sign the article. [inaudible] speaker pelosi: that is why it is taking so long. [laughter] [inaudible] speaker pelosi: i will keep one for myself. >> the senate will receive a message from the house of representa

mr. nadler? is that the way of the united states constitution? because that is simply that it was written. that's not the way it's interpreted. and it's not the way the american people should have to live. i will tell you what is treacherous. come to the floor of the senate and state executive privilege and other nonsense. we will yield the rest of our time. >> the managers of 27 minutes remaining. >> mr. chief justice and members of the senate, the president's council has no standing to talk about fighting. he told this body today, the president of this body and the american people repeatedly, for example, a that the house of representatives refused to allow the president due process. i think you it's available, public document. november 26 letter from me to the president offering him due process, offering witnesses, offering cross-examination. two days later, we received a letter from mr. cipollone from the white house nation but said no, there's no interest in appearing. so on the one hand, they are lying because the house is condemned by the

mr. nadler and mr. schiff are part of our managers. but i want to acknowledge our other managers with us. a freshman member -- but i shouldn't say freshman. they've been here one year, accomplished great things. congressman jason crow of colorado, congresswoman value -- val demings of the state of florida, congresswoman garcia of texas -- are we all here? where are we? where's hakeem? hakeem, distinguished chair of our caucus, hakeem jeffries of new york. is that everybody? and zoe lofgren. this is zoe's third impeachment. she was for the nixon impeachment she was a staffer , for a judiciary committee member, don edwards of california. she was member of judiciary committee during the clinton impeachment, in her own right member of the judiciary committee and now member of the judiciary chair of house administration which oversees elections important to all of this, and a manager. so, with that i thank them all for their leadership and their service, and i'm now going to proceed to sign the articles. conversations] >> the senate will re

mr. nadler, mrs. love green, misdemmings and mr. crow are appointed managers to conduct the impeachment manager against donald john trump a message be sent to the

mr. nadler, mr. schiff, mr. engel, and congresswoman maloney, madam chair maloney, released new evidence pursuant to a house subpoena from lev parnas, recently photographed with the republican leader, an asocial of rudy giuliani that 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 is why the leader signed on to that dismissal resolution, a dismissal, again s. a cover-up. the american people will fully understand the senate's move to begin 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 deserve the truth. the constitution requires a trial, a fair trial. the g.o.p. senate -- the american people -- let me make this briefer. the house is now moving forward the vote to transmit articles and appoint managers. as speaker i was

mr. nadler came up here and made false allegations against our team.e false allegations against all of you, he accused you of a cover-up. he's been making false allegations against the president. the only one who should be embarrassed, mr. nadler, is you. >> i think it is appropriate at this point for me to admonish both the house managers and presidents counsel in equal terms to remember that they are addressing the world's greatest deliberative body. one reason it has earned that title is because its members avoided speaking in a manner and using language that is not conducive to civil discourse. >> bret: strong letter to follow there. we will see what happens as this begins in earnest. let's bring in republican congressman lees alden, also a member of the president's impeachment defense team. your thoughts as this gets ready to get underway and we hear the opening statements from the house managers? >> what we will see over the course of up to 24 hours over the next three days, the house impeachment managers will be telling their story. what you wil

mr. nadler of all people, because they share significant committees, really should know this. and they should know what isnd happening. let me remind you of something, just six tenths of a mile from this chamber since a foreign intel intelligence court known as the pfizer court. it is a federal court established and authorized under the foreign intelligence surveillance act to oversee request by a federal agencies fr surveillance orders against foreign spies inside the united states including americanre citizens. because of the sensitive nature of the business the court is a more secret court, the hearings are closed to the public in in this court there is no defense, counsel no opportunity to cross-examine witnesses and the only material that the court adversities of those materials itsubmitted on trust by membersf the intelligence community. with the presumption that they would be asking in good faith. on december 17, 2019 the pfizer court issued an order in respone to the justice department inspector general's report of fbi crossfire hurricane investigation into whether or

mr. nadler served the new york state assembly for 16 years. chair zolofkin. jurisdiction over federal elections is a senior member of the house judiciary committee. she's serving her 13th term in congress. this is chairwoman's -- as a staffer in the nixon impeachment, as a member of the judiciary committee in the clinton impeachment, and now as a manager in this impeachment of president trump. chair hop kin jeffreys. the chair of the house democratic caucus and is serving his fourth term in congress. he's a member of the house judiciary committee. before in congress he served in the assembly of new york for six years. an accomplished lit gator and private practice before running for office. mr. jeffreys clerked for the honorable howard bare junior for the southern district of new york. congresswom congresswoman val demings of florida. she's a member of both the house permanent select committee on intelligence and the house judiciary committee. mr. demings is serving her second term in congress. before congress she served as the orlando police department for 2

mr. nadler and mr. philbin. >> the question from senator kennedy and senator ernst from both parties, the house managers will be first. if the president asked for investigation of possible corruption by a political rival, under circumstances that objectively are in the national interest, should the president be impeached if the majority of the house believes the president did it for the wrong reason? >> the president of course is entitled to conduct a foreign policy, and is entitled to look into corruption in the united states or elsewhere. they are entitled to use the department of state or other purposes. he is not entitled to target an american citizen specifically, nor did he do so innocently here. it was only after mr. biden became an announced candidate for president that he suddenly decided the ukraine ought to look into the bidens. it might be very -- he made it very clear that he wasn't interested in investigation. he was interested in an announcement of investigation just so the bidens could b

mr. nadler is putting you on trial. everybody is on trial except for them. it is ridiculous. it is ridiculous. they said in their brief, we have overwhelming evidence, and they were afraid to make their case. think about it. think about it. it is common sense. overwhelming evidence to impeach the president of the united states, and then they come here, on the first day, and they say you know it, we need some more evidence. now let me tell you something. if i showed up, in any court in this country, and i said, judge my cases overwhelming, but i'm not ready to go yet, i need more evidence before i can make my case. i would get thrown out into seconds. and that is exactly what should happen here. that is exactly what should happen here. it is too much to listen to, almost. the hypocrisy of the whole thi thing. and what are the stakes? what are the stakes? there is an election in almost nine months. months from now, there's going to be an election. senators in this body the last time had very wise words. they go to the words of our founders a partisan impeachment is like stealin

mr. nadler, ms. lofgren, mr. jeffries, miss demings, mr. crow, and ms. garcia are appointed managers to conduct the impeachment trial against donald trump. that a message be sent to the senate to inform the senate of these appointments and that the managers may, in connection with the preparation and conduct of the trial, may exhibit articles of impeachment to the senate and take all other actions necessary, which may include the following. employing legal, clerical, and other assistance and incurring other expenses as may be necessary to be paid from amount available to the committee on the judiciary under applicable expense resolutions. number two, persons and papers filing with the secretary of the senate on the part of the house, any pleadings and conjunction with or subsequent to the exhibition of the articles of impeachment that of the managers may consider necessary. i will now read the articles of impeachment. house resolution 755, impeaching donald trump, president of the united states, for high crimes and misdemeanors. resolved. the president,

mr. nadler or suggestions to mr. nadler, we expect there to be legislation on the floor next week with reference to what we call supplemental legislation for appointment of managers and funding of the effort and we pect papers will be sent sometime soon. mr. scalise: does the gentleman yield? mr. hoyer: i yield. sca mr. scalise: we have seen chorus of democrat senators in the recent days expressing concern that the papers should be sent over. obviously on my side, we felt that there was no case, there was no crime and it was clear in so many areas of this, but ultimately house passed the legislation, whether the speaker voted for it or against it, it's not some power of the speaker exclusively to hold on to that if the speaker doesn't want to send it to the senate ultimately for the ability to function as a legislative body, if the house passes legislation, it goes to the senate so the senate can take it up and do whatever they want to do with it, but one person out of 435 can make a decision that if the house passes

mr. nadler, is you. >> this clash even prompting a rare moment, chief justice john roberts admonishing both sides. >> i think it is appropriate at this point for me to admonish both the house managers and the president's counsel in equal terms to remember that they are addressing the world's greatest deliberative body. >> reporter: democrats spent most of the day arguing without additional witnesses or documents, the trial amounts to a cover-up. but president trump's lawyers fired back alleging house democrats rushed to impeach without fighting for witnesses in court. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell did make some changes to his proposed rules, now giving three days of opening statements and allowing the existing evidence, but democrats kept fighting. >> the house calls john bolton. the house calls mick mulvaney. the question is will you let us? >> reporter: well, in all democrats offered 11 amendments to the rules, but in the end all were voted down almost entirely along party lines. kenneth and kaylee. >> elizabeth hur on capitol hill, thank you. abc news will bring you live coverag

mr. nadler, is you.ou: of course nadler is beyond shame, and perhaps embarrassment of any kind. >> absolutely. he set out to impeach this president from day one as has democrat party and the media because they were so upset with what the american people decide was best for them in 2016. the president was not allowed to have counsel during the house proceedings. it was a sham. it continues to be a sham. the senate has stayed united and republican party is more united than ever behind our president. lou: the republican conference and the u.s. senate absolutely united and voting united. ronna mcdaniel, always good to see you. president trump is home. he's back in washington. in the white house after two days of advocacy advocating his wildly successful populist agenda to the global elites of government and business worldwide. as a caricature artist, i appreciate what makes each person unique. that's why i like liberty mutual. they get that no two people are alike and customize your car insurance so you only

mr. manager nadler said that the effort to hold eric holder, attorney general holder in contempt for refusing to comply with various subpoenas was, quote, politically motivated and speaker pelosi called the matter, i quote, little more than a witch hunt. what are we dealing with here? why arere we here? are we here because of a phone call? or arehere, before this great body, because since the president wasthe was a desire t removed? i remember in the mueller report there were discussions about insurance policies. insurance policy didn't work out so well. so then we moved to other investigations. i guess you would call it re-insurance. or an umbrella policy. and that didn't work out so well. and here we are today. manager schiff quoted the supreme court. and i'd like to make reference to the supreme court justice reo wrote for the majority in 1973, we may some day be presented with a situation which the conduct of law enforcement agents is outrageous that due process would obtain a conviction, that day was today, that day was a year ago. that day was in july. when special counsel mueller testi

mr. nadler, mr. jeffries, missus deming's, mr. crowe and ms. garcia of texas are appointed managers to conduct the impeachment trial against donald john trump, president of the united states. a message be sent to the senate to inform the senate of these appointments and that the managers so appointed may, in connection with the preparation and conduct of the trial, exhibit articles of impeachment to the senate and take all other actions necessary which may include the following: employing legal clerical and other necessary assistance and incurring such other expenses as may be necessary to be paid for amounts available to the committee on the judiciary under applicable expense resolutions or from the applicable account of the house of representatives. number two, persons and papers and filings with the secretary of the senate on the part of the house of representatives and anf pleadings in conjunction with or subsequent to the exhibition of the articles of impeachmentmp tt the managers may consider necessary. with the permission of the senate i

mr. nadler. >> thank you very much. i want to make a number of points. first, the general point. you heard adam and i and probably most of the other managers say over the last few days that predict that the president's case would not go into evidence. it would not deal with the substance of the accusations because they can't defend the accusations. they would go into process. they would talk about how the house managers were terrible about the house procedures were terrible, about how we denied due process, etc., but they wouldn't address the realities of the case. and they couldn't address the realities of the case. and, by the way, when they say that the house should have brought the witnesses by then, by now, where are the witnesses? remember, the president gave a blanket order to everyone not to testify. all members of the executive agencies. the people who testified in front of the intelligence committee were defying direct orders from the president. there are witnesses we wanted in the judiciary committee, there are witnesses adam wanted and others in the intel committee. w

mr. nadler came up here and made false allegations against our team. he made false allegations against all of you. he accused you of a cover-up. the only one who should be embarrassed, mr. nadler is you. for the way you have addressed this body. this is the united states senate. you are not in charge here. it's about time we bring this power trip in for a landing. mr. nadler, you owe an apology to the president of the united states and his family. you owe an apology to the senate. but most of all, you owe an apology to the american people. >> sean: mr. cipollone i have known you a long time you are a brilliant lawyer. you jay sekulow. don't hold your breath. earlier today the president had this to say about his attorney's powerful moment. also had a few choice words for the democratic impeachment managers. the president was in davos where all the world leaders were sucking up to him, the envy of the free world because we have the defining growing economy. and they don't want this president going after better trade deals. trying to play nice in the sand

mr. nadler, for the way you addressed this body.u're not in charge here. >> i think it is appropriate at this point for me to admonish both the house managers and the president's counsel in equal terms to remember that they are addressing the world's greatest deliberative body. >> listen, we're in the early stages of this. how confident are you that chief justice roberts can insert some decorum here and kind of pull that thread a little tighter to keep things in check? >> i think that's probably the easier part. because all the senators are sitting in their desks, you know, not be looking at any devices, listening. and i think we're going to -- i think it's sort of set up in a very scripted way so that he will be able to do it. and after that incident which came around 1:00 a.m. wednesday, lawyers on both sides said, you know, that they were trying to keep it in check. the senators themselves said they thought that was an important reminder to everyone. so i think those are the kinds of things that i think the chief will be watching

mr. nadler said about refusing to call their witnesses would be akin to a treacherous vote against unitedtates, i think that's the spin they are heading. that's going to be the party line and i predict that they will soon i'll be saying that. >> you say you clerked for the chief justice and you're surprised by his reaction when he admonished both sides. that was a moment for you? >> i was very surprised. i've never seen him admonished parties from the bench before. it's worth emphasizing he did that of his own accord. he wasn't asked to do that, he admonished the parties, asserted himself which is very unusual in any trial in a public setting, unusually here and in direct response to mr. nadler talking about treachery on the floor of the united states that is senators committed a vote here, he'd be committing an act against united states, i don't know if you eat did that to accuse us of disloyalty or what it was it was deeply inappropriate. >> we don't control the cameras in the trial itself, so we get one shot of the house manager making the case, paint the picture of what you all are do

mr. nadler, rise. gentleman is recognized minutes. >> mr. chairman, the recklessness of the republican in this proceeding is by articles rated three and four. i believe as i've stated many articles one and two are not sufficient, they don't rise to the level of impeachable offenses, even if provable. sufficient not evidence but numbers three and four, frankly, don't pass the giggle test. quite simply laughable. what is number three, article three. a grab bag of different allegations. he president encouraged ms. monica lewinsky to file a false affidavit. fair reading of the evidence says only one thing. she asked how she could avoid said, well, d he ther witnesses have been allowed to not testify in person by submitting an affidavit. maybe they will let do you that, too. there is no evidence, no from anybody, that he asked her to file a false affidavit instead of appearing grand jury which was nerve ndably about. here is no contradictory testimony at all, yet, to schumer put mr. make that icient to an article of impeachment. the job search, h

mr. nadler: mr. chairman, the recklessness of the republican majority and its proceeding is really illustrated by articles three and four. i believe, as i have stated many times, that articles one and two are not sufficient, they don't rise to the level of impeachable offenses, even if provable. numbers three and four frankly do not pass the giggle test. they are laughable. as well as outrageous. what is number three, article three? a grab bag of different allegations. the president encouraged ms. lewinsky to file a false affidavit. a fair reading of the evidence says only one thing. she asked how she could avoid testifying and he said, well, other witnesses have been allowed to not testify in person by submitting an affidavit. may be they will let you do that as well. there is no evidence, no testimony from anybody that he asked her to file a false affidavit as opposed to simply suggesting she could file an affidavit instead of appearing in front of the grand jury, which she was understandably nervo

mr. nadler, it's not nonsense.

mr. nadler is you. >> mr. cipollone says president trump is a man of his word.resident trump gave his word he would drain the swamp. we've seen his personal lawyer go to jail. his campaign chairman go to jail. his deputy campaign chairman convicted of a different crime. list goes on and on. that's, how i guess, you drain the swamp, you have all of your people go to jail. >> i think it is appropriate at this point for me to add mmonis both the house managers and the president's counsel in equal terms to remember that they are addressing the world's greatest deliberative body. one reason it has earned that title is its members avoid speaking in a manner and using language that is not conducive to civil discourse. i do think those addressing the senate should remember where they are. >> white house counsel pat p cipollone was caught in several lies. >> in every other impeachment proceeding, the president has been given minimal due process, nothing here. not even mr. schiff's republican colleagues were allowed into the skiff. >> now, i'm not going to suggest to you

mr. nadler served in the new york state of assembly for 16 years. a senior member of the house judiciary, serving her 13 years in congress. this is her third impeachment as a committee staffer in the nixon impeachment, as a member of the committee, the clinton impeachment and now as as manager in this impeachment for president trump. >> chairman jeffery, currently serving his fourth terms in congress. he's the member of the house judiciary committee. he served in the assembly of new york for six years, private practice, mr. jeffery, the southern district of new york. congresswoman deming of florida. she's a member of both the house select committee on intelligence and the house traditional committee. miss deming is serving her second terms in congress. >> congressman jason crowe of colorado on services committee. mr. crowe serves our country greatly as an army ranger in iraq and afghanistan before running for congress mr. crowe was a respected litigator in private practice and colorado. congresswoman sylvia garcia of texas, she's a member of the hou

mr. nadler, came up your and made false allegations against our team.made false allegations against all of you. he accused you of a cover-up. the only one who should be embarrassed, mr. nadler, is you. the way you've addressed this body. this is the united states senate. you are not in charge here. it is about time we bring this power trip in for a landing. liz: anything of that. >> i think is largely right. i think ms. miss leslie put adam schiff in charge instead of jerry nadler. in the impeachment. i think is right about that. the ending we already know. we know how the sense. the real question is the state of the union. and about a week, donald trump is scheduled to do that. he will be up there and he will be saying, you through everything at me and i am still here. he's going to make the democrats look weak. liz: the democrats have built their own track record now. they rewrote the impeachment roles denying the house republicans, they funded opposition research and accused that russians and the spring court and it goes on and on and on. what is rea

mr. nadler put it "only guilty people tried to hide the evidence." that is what he said last tuesday night. mr. schiff similarly said in discussing the assertion of the executive branch's constitutional rights, "the innocent do not act this way." really? if that is the principal in the united states of america, that if you assert legal privileges or rights, that means you're guilty? that the innocent don't assert the rights? that the president can't defend the constitutional prerogatives of his office? that doesn't make any sense. the second article of impeachment comes down to a dispute over a legal issue relating to constitutional limits on the ability of the house to compile information from the executive. no matter how house democrats try to dress up their charges, a difference a legal opinion does not rise to the level of impeachment. until now, the house has treated the rejected attempts to impeach presidents over legal disputes over -- and the clinton proceeding, the house judiciary committee concluded that the president had improperly exercis