Adam Schiff: ‘There Is No Chance of Us Persuading the Senate in Impeachment’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT If the ░░░░░░░░ did in that phone ░░░░░░░░ push the Ukrainian president ░░░░░░░░ investigate Hunter Biden and ░░░░░░░░ Biden eight times as ░░░░░░░░ Wall Street Journal reported ░░░░░░░░ it an impeachable offense ░░░░░░░░ your view Well Jake ░░░░░░░░ know I have been ░░░░░░░░ reluctant to go down ░░░░░░░░ path of impeachment for ░░░░░░░░ reason that I think ░░░░░░░░ Founders contemplated in a ░░░░░░░░ that has electioned every ░░░░░░░░ years this would be ░░░░░░░░ extraordinary remedy a remedy ░░░░░░░░ last resort and not ░░░░░░░░ resort but if the ░░░░░░░░ is with holding military ░░░░░░░░ at the same time ░░░░░░░░ to browbeat a foreign ░░░░░░░░ into doing smig illicit ░░░░░░░░ dirt on his opponent ░░░░░░░░ a presidential campaign then ░░░░░░░░ may be the only ░░░░░░░░ that is only co ░░░░░░░░ to the evil that ░░░░░░░░ conduct represents We re ░░░░░░░░ to hear from the ░░░░░░░░ of national intelligence on ░░░░░░░░ Why he s the ░░░░░░░░ director to withhold ever ░░░░░░░░ whistleblower complaint and we ░░░░░░░░ going to make sure ░░░░░░░░ we get that complaint ░░░░░░░░ whistleblower is protected and ░░░░░░░░ re going to make ░░░░░░░░ that we find out ░░░░░░░░ the president is engaged ░░░░░░░░ this kind of improper ░░░░░░░░ But it may be ░░░░░░░░ we do have to ░░░░░░░░ forward with that extraordinary ░░░░░░░░ if indeed the president ░░░░░░░░ at the same time ░░░░░░░░ holding vital military assistance ░░░░░░░░ is trying to leverage ░░░░░░░░ to obtain permissible help ░░░░░░░░ his political campaign That ░░░░░░░░ the farthest I ve ░░░░░░░░ heard you go when ░░░░░░░░ comes to the possible ░░░░░░░░ for impeachment But for ░░░░░░░░ Democrats as you know ░░░░░░░░ is not enough 2020 ░░░░░░░░ senator Elizabeth Warren tweeted ░░░░░░░░ Friday by failing to ░░░░░░░░ impeach President Trump by ░░░░░░░░ quote Congress is complicit ░░░░░░░░ Trump s latest attempt ░░░░░░░░ solicit foreign interference to ░░░░░░░░ him in U S ░░░░░░░░ and congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio ░░░░░░░░ said something similar this ░░░░░░░░ on Twitter that the ░░░░░░░░ scandal is Democrats letting ░░░░░░░░ happen How do you ░░░░░░░░ Well I would just ░░░░░░░░ this there is no ░░░░░░░░ of us persuading the ░░░░░░░░ in impeachment They have ░░░░░░░░ they will carry the ░░░░░░░░ s baggage no matter ░░░░░░░░ soiled the contents but ░░░░░░░░ want to make sure ░░░░░░░░ we go down the ░░░░░░░░ that we could persuade ░░░░░░░░ public this is the ░░░░░░░░ thing to do and ░░░░░░░░ of persuading the public ░░░░░░░░ impeachment is the right ░░░░░░░░ to do is making ░░░░░░░░ the current understands this ░░░░░░░░ a last resort Now ░░░░░░░░ of the folks that ░░░░░░░░ mentioned have been embracing ░░░░░░░░ from the very beginning ░░░░░░░░ don t think that ░░░░░░░░ useful in making the ░░░░░░░░ to the public that ░░░░░░░░ did this reluctantly but ░░░░░░░░ president is pushing us ░░░░░░░░ this road and if ░░░░░░░░ particular after having sought ░░░░░░░░ assistance and welcomed foreign ░░░░░░░░ in the last presidential ░░░░░░░░ as a candidate he ░░░░░░░░ now doing the same ░░░░░░░░ again but now using ░░░░░░░░ power of the presidency ░░░░░░░░ he may force us ░░░░░░░░ go down this road ░░░░░░░░ ve spoken with a ░░░░░░░░ of colleagues over the ░░░░░░░░ week and this seems ░░░░░░░░ in kind and we ░░░░░░░░ very well have crossed ░░░░░░░░ rubicon here.