This is the grand room.

From NBC News, this is Article 2, Inside Impeachment.

I'm Steve Kurnaki.

It's Wednesday, December 4th. And here's what's happening

in that grand hearing room today.

We have each taken an oath to protect the Constitution, and the facts before us are clear.

There are no set facts here.

The impeachment inquiry moved to the House Judiciary Committee overseen by Chairman

Cherry Nadler of New York.

We are all aware that the next election is looming.

But we cannot wait for the election

to address the present crisis.

And Ranking Member Doug Collins of Georgia.

They want to do it before the end of the year.

Why?

Because the chairman said it just a second ago.

Because we're scared of the elections next year.

The clock in the calendar of what's driving impeachment, not the facts. During the Intelligence Committee hearings last month, we heard from fact witnesses, but in this hearing,

lawmakers called on constitutional scholars.

If you will, think now about a specific date in the Constitutional Convention,

July 20th, 1787. The framers concern about the need to protect against a

corrupt president was evident throughout the convention.

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