Maxine Waters: Trump’s Not a ‘Legitimate President,’ ‘I’m Never Going to Change My Mind’ on Impeachment

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WHITFIELD: "So, congresswoman, you for a very long time have led this charge for impeaching the president. You are the chair of the house financial services committee. And a recent “Washington Post” polling is supporting Democrats, you know, opening a range of investigations of trump, including suspected ties between foreign governments. However, that same poll shows that only 40% believe Congress should begin impeachment proceedings. So how are you prioritizing that whole idea this go-around?"
WATERS: "Let me just say this. I am pleased that I started the conversation early. I believe that the president early on had defined himself as someone who was incapable of being a legitimate president. And so I started the conversation, of course we got a lot of criticism, I got a lot of criticism, but he has been defining himself ever since. And you will hear impeachment being talked about more and more. 80% of Democrats believe he should be impeached. I know that the Congress of the United States is slow and reticent to do it without all the facts. They’re waiting on Mueller to come back with the information that will either say he colluded with the Russian government or he obstructed justice or he committed some other kinds of crimes. We want to hear what Cohen has to say. He’s been subpoenaed. He has additional information. So we have a ways to go, but I believe that I’ve been right all along, that I was able to understand what he’s all about and his allies, their connection to the oligarchs of Russia. The intent on being able to lift those sanctions, and I believe that was part of the agreement with sending Manafort there to help run the campaign, that if this president was elected that he would lift those sanctions so that Putin and the oligarchs would have their way and moving forward with drilling for oil and other kinds of things they want to do to continue to enrich themselves."