>> WELCOME BACK TO CHEDDAR'S
NEWS WRAP ON THIS THURSDAY THIS
WEEK HAS BEEN LARGELY DEFINED
BY COVID-19 RELIEF TALK ON
CAPITOL HILL. BUT WE ARE JUST A
FEW DAYS AWAY FROM IMPEACHMENT
TAKEN OFF FOR OUR NATION'S
CAPITAL REMEMBER THAT WHOLE
THING AND IN THAT VEIN HOUSE
IMPEACHMENT MAN THE JURORS
EARLIER THURSDAY REQUESTED THAT
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
TESTIFY AT HIS OWN SENATE
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL SET TO BEGIN
NEXT WEEK JOINING US NOW FOR
MORE IS DANIEL LIPPMAN REPORTER
COVERING THE WHITE HOUSE
IN WASHINGTON AT POLITICO
DANIEL GREAT TO HAVE YOU THANKS
FOR TAKING THE TIME AS ALWAYS.
SO WE DID SEE THIS LETTER HERE
FROM CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN
SORT OF THE LEAD IMPEACHMENT
MANAGER
EARLIER TODAY. WHAT'S YOUR BEST
SENSE AS TO WHY DEMOCRATS WOULD
DO THIS
AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE
AS WE UNDERSTAND IT FROM THE
FORMER PRESIDENT'S DEFENSE.
>> WELL JASON PRESENCE CURRENT
SPOKESMAN SLASHED ORGANIZER
SAID THAT TRUMP IS NOT GOING TO
DO THIS. AND THEN I READ THE
LETTER A COUPLE TIMES THAT
RASCON SENT TO THE HE BASICALLY
SAID THAT.
>> THE IMPEACHMENT
DEFENSE FREE.
>> YOU KNOW HAD YOU KNOW
FACTUAL THINGS RASKIN DISAGREE
WITH.
>> AND THAT MEANS THAT
CONTRARY TO THE ACTUAL FACTS
AND SAY INVITED TRUMP TO CLEAR
THEM UP. AND YOU KNOW SPEAK AT
A TIME OF HIS CHOOSING AND SO I
THINK THE REST WAS DOING THIS
TOO TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
HEY WE WANT.
YOU KNOW GET THE PRESIDENT'S
SIDE OF THE STORY NOT JUST WHAT
HIS LAWYERS THEY'RE SAYING AND
SO WE WANT TO GIVE HIM EVERY
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
>> IT WAS THIS A BIT OF
POLITICAL THEATER.
>> I'M PERHAPS ON BEHALF
REPRESENTATIVE RASKIN HERE MEAN
THERE'S NOT A SERIOUS
SUGGESTION THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S GOING TO SHOW UP OR OR
SUBMIT TESTIMONY IS THERE.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S
YOU KNOW YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE
HIS MIND AND DORIAN'S WHAT
JASON MILLER. I HAD SAID, BUT I
JUST DON'T SEE THE THE YOU KNOW
HIGH CHANCES OF
THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW HE
DOESN'T WANT TO MAKE IT HARDER
FOR REPUBLICANS
TO DO IF HE SAYS LOTS OF CRAZY
THINGS IN THAT TYPE
OF INTERVIEW AND I THINK HE IS
PROBABLY MORE HAPPY ON THE
GOLF COURSE, INSTEAD OF
ANSWERING HOSTILE DEMOCRATIC
QUESTIONS AND SO I THINK
THAT'S. THE ONE REASON TO TO
YOU DO IS THAT HE LOVES IT GOOD
FIGHT HE TALKED ABOUT JUST AND
LAST TIME FOR HIS FIRST
IMPEACHMENT. BUT I REALLY JUST
DON'T SEE THE UPSIDE FOR HIM
RIGHT NOW.
>> I HAVE A SNEAKING SUSPICION,
YOU'RE CORRECT THAT THE GOLF
COURSE DOWN FLORIDA'S A BIT
MORE COMFORTABLE THAN THE
CON 5 TIMES RAYBURN OFFICE
TESTIMONY.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING HERE
DANIEL YOU THINK AT THIS POINT
THAT COULD CONVINCE 7 TEEN CITY
REPUBLICANS
TO JOIN WHAT WE NEED TO BE
BASICALLY EVERY DEMOCRAT IN
ORDER TO GET A CONVICT ACTION
OR AT THIS POINT HERE
IN WASHINGTON. WE ALL KIND OF
KNOW WHERE THIS IS HEADED.
>> NOW THERE'S NOT A LOT OF
DRAMA FEELING HERE TO LET YOU
HE IT IT JUST
FEELS LIKE.
>> THERE WAS A CERTAIN FOODS,
SMALL SLIVER OF RATE WHEN
MCCONNELL SAID HE WANTED TO.
>> POTENTIALLY CONNECTED HE
MIGHT STILL YOU I STILL PRESS
TO DATE. BUT LOOK AT THAT VOTE
THAT RAND PAUL THE WORD YOU A
STERLING CENTERS QUESTION
BECOMES CONSTITUTIONALITY OF
IMPEACHING A FORMER PRESIDENT
AND KICKING HIM OUT OF OFFICE
HE DOESN'T HOLD IT MORE.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE
VOTE TOTALS WE'RE LOOKING AT
RIGHT NOW.
>> LET'S ALSO TALK ABOUT OTHER
ACTION OVER ON CAPITOL HILL
REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR
GREENE FOR GOOD OR FOR BAD
DANIEL CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF
IF NOT THE SINGULARLY MOST
DISCUSSED MEMBER OF CONGRESS
RIGHT NOW AT
THIS MOMENT. WHAT'S YOUR SENSE
HERE ON HOW THIS PLAYS OUT FOR
DEMOCRATS SO WHAT'S THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MOVE HERE
OF STRIPPING THE NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVE IN
CONGRESS OF HER TO COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS.
>> IN THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
THEY DON'T SPEND IT
ON TIME. ALWAYS ON THEIR
COMMITTEES AND SO THEY'RE
BUSY FUNDRAISING. AND YOU KNOW
VOTING ON THE FLOOR AND DOING
MEDIA APPEARANCES AND HELPING
CONSTITUENTS AND SO SHE IS
STILL GOING
TO BE CONGRESSWOMAN NO MATTER
WHAT AT AND I DON'T THINK
THERE'S A SERIOUS CHANCE THAT
THEY WOULD CARE I HEARD OUT
OF CONGRESS. HER KIND OF HER
VOTERS KNEW WHAT THEY WERE
GETTING INTO.
WHEN ELECTED HER LAST YEAR FOR
BETTER OR FOR WORSE AND SO BUT
PRETTY
UNPRECEDENTED BREE. ONE PARTY
TO DECIDE THE PERSONNEL MOVES
OF ANOTHER.
>> CAN THIS NOT JUST
BACKFIRE TREMENDOUSLY FOR
DEMOCRATS BECAUSE YOU MENTION
REPRESENTIVE GREEN'S ABILITY TO
FUNDRAISE AND SHE
DOES FUN RAYS VERY WELL AND SHE
IS SORT THIS REPRESENTED THE
HEIR APPARENT AT LEAST
RIGHT NOW TO THE SORT OF VERY
TRUMPIAN LANE OF THE GOP I FEEL
LIKE THIS IS THE SORT OF THING
THAT JUST FIRES OF VOTERS IN
HER DISTRICT I WAS THERE IN
DALTON GEORGIA WHEN THE
PRESIDENT
FORMER PRESIDENT HELD A RALLY
ON THE EVE OF THE GEORGIA
SENATE RUNOFFS WITH MARJORIE
TAYLOR GREENE AND THIS IS GREEN
TERRITORY. THIS IS THE STORM IT
GET CAN'T SHE JUST SIMPLY GO
BACK AND RAISE DOBBS OF MONEY
FOR THE NEXT
YEAR SAYING THIS IS THE DEEP
STATE THAT WORK THEY'RE TRYING
TO OVERTURN.
YOUR VOICE AS AS AMERICAN
CITIZENS. I MEAN WE SEE THIS
KIND OF WORKING TO HER
ADVANTAGE SHE WANTS TO BE ON
COMMITTEES BUT CAN THIS NOT
BACKFIRE ON DEMOCRATS.
>> WELL IT'S GOOD IT'S A PRETTY
VERY HARD DISTRICT FOR THEM TO
WIN BACK.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME
THAT THEY DEMOCRAT IN THAT
BY YOU KNOW, SHE'S RAISED OVER
$300,000 THIS WEEK OFF OF THIS
CONTROVERSY ONLINE AND SO.
THIS IS ONE REMEMBERS YOU WHEN
THEY ARE IN THE HOT BECAUSE
THERE'S A
LOT OF POINT YOU KNOW ATTENTION
ON BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING
TO BED FIRE BECAUSE DEMOCRATS
THEIR BASES URGING THEM TO GET
RID OF THIS PERSON AT LEAST
THE MINISTRY POWER AND SO I
THINK IT PUTS THE REPUBLICANS
IN TOUGH POSITION BECAUSE
ALL HOUSE MEMBERS ON EITHER
SIDE ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO WEIGH IN ON WHETHER
THEY'RE WITH WOULD TELL A GREEN
OR WITH. YOU KNOW ANTI
CONSPIRACY THEORY STUFF.
>> THAN WHAT WE
HAVE YOU I DO SIR WANT TO GO
BACK TO THE STORY FOR JUST
A SECOND IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME
HERE MY FRIEND BECAUSE WE DID
JUST GET BREAKING NEWS. WE HAVE
AN OFFICIAL LOOKS LIKE FROM
BRUCE CASTOR AND DAVID SCHOEN
OF COURSE THOSE ARE THE 2 LEAD
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, DEFENDING
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
THEY RESPOND TO CONGRESSMAN
RASCON YOUR LETTER ONLY
CONFIRMS WHAT IS KNOWN TO
EVERYONE YOU CANNOT PROVE YOUR
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE
45TH PRESIDENT, WHO IS NOW A
PRIVATE CITIZEN MISTER SCHOEN
GOING ON TO SAY I DON'T THINK
ANYONE BEING IMPEACHED WOULD
SHOW UP AT
THE PROCEEDINGS. WE FIRMLY
BELIEVE ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
SOUNDS LIKE A
NO GO. I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE NOT
SURPRISED BY KNOW IF YOU HAVE
ANY REACTION TO THAT NEWS THAT
JUST BROKE THEIR MOMENT AGO.
>> NOW I'M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL
IT PRETTY STANDARD THE MISSION
SUPER LAWYERS ACTUALLY DOWN IN
MAR-A-LAGO OR THEY'RE JUST
DOING THEIR WORK
OATLEY. BUT YEAH I DON'T
TOTALLY DIGNIFY
IMPEACHMENT IF TRUMP SHOWED UP
AND SO YOU KNOW MAYBE THAT'S
WHAT YOU KNOW HE WAS MORE AND
LAST TIME, BUT THIS TIME
HE FEELS. HE'S ALREADY BEEN
IMPEACHED ONCE AND FOR WHAT
HELPED US.
>> ACTUALLY LITTLE MORE ON THIS
I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING, I
BELIEVE IT WAS MISTER SCHOEN
ACTUALLY DID AN APPEARANCE
RECENTLY WAS SEAN HANNITY ON
FOX NEWS. IT DANIEL APPEARS TO
BE LIKE THAT'S WHAT DONALD
TRUMP WAS RIGHT HE DOESN'T JUST
WANT LOYALIST AND PEOPLE
SURROUNDING HIM. HE WANTS
SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO BE
WILLING TO GO ON PRIME TIME TO
A NATIONAL TV AUDIENCE AND JUST
BASICALLY DEFEND HIM. IN TERMS
OF THE COURT OF
PUBLIC OPINION IS THAT YOUR
SENSE ON THE SORT OF ATTORNEYS
THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP IT HAS BEEN
LOOKING FOR TO DEFEND HIM HERE
IN IMPEACHMENT SOMEONE WHO'S
WILLING TO PLAY THE
MEDIA GAME. AS FREQUENTLY AS
FERVENTLY AS THEY'RE WILLING TO
PLAY THE GAME INSIDE THE SENATE
TRIAL.
>> YEAH I THINK WHEN TRUMP IS
LOOKING FOR YOU ALWAYS WANT
SOMEONE TO BATTLE IT OUT
ESPECIALLY ON FOX NEWS WHICH HE
OFTEN CRITICIZES YOU KNOW, HE'S
TALKED ABOUT MAYBE STARTING AT
NOON ET
BY I
THINK YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT HIS
LAWYERS YOU A HIGHER FIRST WERE
NOT HAPPY AND THEN THEY THEY
DID NOT WANT TO SPEW THESE
VOTER FRAUD, CONSPIRACY
THEORIES. BUT YOU
KNOW THIS ACTION IS GORE
AMENABLE TO DOING WHAT TRUMP
WANTS.
>>