presidents from george washington, abraham lincoln, thomas jefferson, who had been accused of abuse of power. none of them was impeached. it shows you how vague and open-ended and selective that criteria is. it can be weaponized and used against anybody or nobody, depending on the whim of congress. >> sean: your case was compelling. let me ask you this: the issue of witnesses, why would w republicans bring in witnesses they didn't even subpoena in the house? >> first of all, under my constitutional analysis, witnesses would not be f proper because this is a case for dismissal. if you accuse somebody, impeach somebody for being, say, dishonest. that's not a criteria. so it doesn't matter how many witnesses you call. it doesn't matter how many witnesses you call when you accuse somebody of abuse of power or obstruction of congress. but if they do call witnesses, they have to call witnesses on both sides, and hunter biden is obviously a relevant witness tou this state of mind of the president which is crucial to impeachment. >> sean: by the way, all the evidence you'd need for a real i

you're pushing the boundaries of executive privilege, which george washington used, and every president pretty much in between and since. take a look. >> the trial of the leader of the free world and the duly elected president of the united states, it is not a game of leaks and unsourced manuscripts. that's politics, unfortunately. to be specific, you cannot impeach a president on and unsourced allegation. but to have a removal of the duly elected president based on a policy disagreement, that's not what the framers intended. if you lower the bar that way, danger, danger, danger. >> sean: jay is right. what's happening here is dangerous. a small group of republican senators, well, they are the can of caving to the democratic colleagues. maybe they want to be like. maybe they are putting their own election results ahead of the constitution. and what's in the best interests of the country and the principle of executive privilege in the right of a president to get free and fair and open advice from his top advisors. maybe they want the democrats to get all the witnesses they want

back to george washington, you would be destroying the power of the presidency and spinning on the constitution. act serious. and it's clear that the schumer-schiff sham show is nothing but revenge. they have been dreaming about impeachment since 2016. 19 minutes, this insane political stunt they have put this country through for three years is long enough. how about working for the people of this country. you are supposed to be public servants. this has got to end. the american people, you get to shock the world. in 285 days, you will be the ultimate jury. i hope you shock the world again and you don't reward what they've done to this country for three years. as we speak, we are watching the tale of two coamericans here. you've got the president, racking up in the last week and a half, one major a compliment after another. look at these accomplishments. record breaking new trade deals, $220 billion with china. farmers, manufacturers, autoworkers, energy sector, service sector, japan, europe, canada. unemployment every demographic. what have they done to improve the lives of anybod

the words but it was executive privilege was george washington. guess what the opposing people called george washington. they said he abused his power by refusing tosh turn over documents about the sanjay treaty which was very -- john jay treaty which was very controversial. this has happened from the beginning of our history. and the idea that anybody could be impeached for abuse of power, something that almost every president has been accused of,f, during the obama administration there was a whole congressional hearing on obama administration abusing its power. it's a cliche abuse of power. it's something that is tossed out about every president by political opponents. >> sean: no crime. >> it's not an impeachable offense.of it's not even close. even if you don't need a crime and there is a dispute about that. you can't raise that issue abuse of power to the level of impeachable offense. and framers would have rejected that. >> sean: seeking remedy when there is a conflict between the executive and legislative branch i didn't go to harvard like you and ted cruz. i ran out of

office of the presidency, that would be a fight on executive privilege that even george washington used and in 287 days, i have really good news tonight. you, the american people, thankfully, and i mean that to make you get the final say. in 287 days, you can shock the world again. you, the american people, in one sense, are the real jurors and in my honest opinion, you never take a jury for granted. the democrats have overreached, they have done nothing to serve the american people, they abused power and what they are doing is unconstitutional. it is sad. this impeachment charade is an exercise in futility and it is only a matter of time before the president will get acquitted and vindicated. and let me be clear. the democrats, they do not have a case. in just a few short minutes, there have fake were literally ripped to shreds. we see pat cipollone up there. let's give you a little background that was unfolding by the president, for the first time, the president's defense, the president's expert legal counsel. take a look. >> mr. schiff also talked about a trifecta. i will give you a

advisors." this has been utilized by every single president starting with that guy, george washington. president obama asserted his power once. neither was subject of an impeachment charade. was it considered obstruction when they do that? in 1999, even jerry nadler, biggest hypocrite along with schiff in congress, argued that it is not illegal or impeachable. that's only for his side. here's the kicker. in a dispute over the legitimacy of that, the court issued the verdict. they provide a remedy. in the case of president trump, democrats didn't bother to fight the case in court. i'll tell you why. they thought they were going to lose. constitutional scholar, jonathan turley. according to the president's legal brief, "they simply announced that constitutional accommodation. they must impeach the president immediately, urgently." tonight, the senate must not, your elected senators must not capitulate legitimacy to the demands of compromise in this specific case, congenital liar. schiff and the rest of his house managers. that's because this is a baseless impeachment. it has been politically motiv