"Well, it's absolutely critical. It goes to the pressure that they were facing and they actually didn't want this revealed because they felt that their relationship with the United States was at risk."
"They said, you can't withhold this aid that Congress has appropriated. It's illegal. And yet their warnings went totally unheard."
"Imagine when Trey Gowdy was conducting the Benghazi investigation of Hillary Clinton behind closed doors, if Democratic members had after each deposition, gone and called Hillary Clinton and plotted H..."
"But the question is does it cross an ethical line. Should members of Congress whose job is to exercise oversight over the executive branch be plotting with the executive branch on their strategy?"
"Most people, I think, will agree that the president of the United States should not be telling foreign leaders to go dig up dirt on their political rivals, that that is not how we conduct democracy in..."
"The reality is the president has no defense. Everyone knows he's bragged about saying that he wanted Zelensky to investigate Biden."
"If the president really believes that he did nothing wrong, why does he need House members to be plotting a legal strategy? Why is there a concern about people like Vindman filing complaints?"
"these are the places where the most sensitive classified information is shared. No one -- everyone knows this, you are not allowed to take any electronic device."
"he doesn't understand that we live in a constitutional democracy where the rule of law matters more than any individual."
"this is just contrary to everything the country stands for to interrupt proceedings when the Republicans have every due process."
"there was a quid pro quo, that the president basically is withholding aid, Zelensky is being told that you have to have a public press conference announcing a investigation into Joe Biden. And that's ..."