you go to the judicial branch and you say, executive privilege, which can be traced 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 schume schumer-schiff sham show is nothing but revenge. they have been dreaming about impeachment since 2016. washingto19 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, c

like george washington, the need for executive privilege. again, the house, they could've subpoenaed mike pompeo. mick mulvaney, they could've subpoenaed john bolton and anybody they wanted. he decided not to because it was so urgent for them to go on vacation. >> before we get to executive privilege, you say it's theater and i think what's going on now as a trial lawyer, at least i'm speculating, everybody wants to get the last word before intermission at the theater. i think what the democrats are trying to do is frame it so they get to make all their arguments before the weekend. and then everybody goes home for the weekend, or at least sunday, and they've heard only one side. anna begins to filter into their heads. i think probably that the trump defense would like to at least begin to present their case before the weekend for theater strategic and other kinds of reasons. that's just my speculation. as to executive privilege, look: executive privilege is part of our constitution and it's very important. the president doesn't even have to

guess what the opposing people called george washington. they said he abused his power by refusing to turn over documents ther about the sanjay 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, 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. 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 ledges laslegislative branch i didn't go to harvard like you and ted cruz. i ran out of money to go to college. you would have liked me as

it's not a game when 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. now, to be specific, you cannot impeach a president on an unsourced allegation. but to have a removal of a 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: yep, jay is right. what's happening here is dangerous. a small group of republican senators, well, they are thinking 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 and 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

"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 condemnatioaccommodation. 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 b