A Growing Call for Impeachment

The Daily

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🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In the weeks since the release of the Mueller report, the Democratic Party has been struggling with how to proceed. Now, divisions are emerging as a group of House members push their leaders to open impeachment proceedings. Guest: Nicholas Fandos, who covers Congress for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: Some liberal Democrats called for an impeachment inquiry of President Trump after the former White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, under the direction of the president, skipped a scheduled House Judiciary Committee hearing.

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0:25.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.6	This is The Daily.
0:35.6	Today, in the weeks since the release of the Mueller report, the Democratic Party has been
0:46.8	struggling with how to proceed.
0:49.2	Now, divisions are emerging as a group of house members are pushing their leaders to open
0:55.4	impeachment proceedings, saying the current strategy is not working.
1:03.3	It's Wednesday, May 22.
1:06.3	Hey, guys.
1:10.3	Hey!
1:11.3	Sorry, I'm late.
1:13.3	What did you run over?
1:15.4	Did you run from the Capitol?
1:16.6	I raced over from the Capitol, where house Democrats were figuring out what the hell
1:22.0	did it next.
1:24.5	The Democratic office covers Congress for the times.
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