All right. Our next guest comes at this situation two ways. He calls the impeachment inquiry

nothing more than a political act. But he is one of the only Trump supporters to acknowledge

that the president did something wrong in this situation. How do we reconcile the two?

What is the way forward here? Chris Ruddy is back with us tonight. Close friend of President

Trump, CEO of

Newsmax. Good to see you, as always. Thank you for taking the opportunity. So what is the answer to that?

You believe that what the president did on the call or with the president of Ukraine was wrong slash

inappropriate. Why? Well, you used the word wrong. I never used the word wrong.

But I do think that it was not the best political good thing to do.

I don't think he committed any crime, but I don't think he should have mentioned Biden's name in the call.

I have defended the president because I believe he's been a victim of these investigations where people think somebody committed a crime.

The whole Mueller thing, $50 million, 500 witnesses, they cleared him.

It was all because somebody claimed they thought there was Russian collusion.

So I've always been very consistent, Chris.

I don't believe that people should be investigated criminally unless there's evidence of a crime.

There's no evidence that Biden committed a crime.

But I have said the president has a legal right as the chief law enforcement officer of the nation to say he would like something investigated.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Right.

But I just think it's not politically appropriate. I hear you. Not to walk too far backwards. But the reason we had Mueller was the result of a process that was investigative of what they saw as very suspicious

activity that worried them on a criminal and on an intelligence level. The special counsel was appointed by someone that Trump had put in office.

What was the evidence?

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