A Louder, Messier Phase of Impeachment

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The House Intelligence Committee has released its impeachment report to the Judiciary Committee, signaling the end of one phase of impeachment and the beginning of another. Today, we break down the report and explore why those two phases will look so different. Guest: Julie Hirschfeld Davis, the congressional editor of The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:The House Intelligence Committee released its impeachment report this week, concluding that President Trump tried to “use the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 election.” Here are our key takeaways from the report.Confused by what happens next? Our step-by-step guide to the impeachment process has you covered.

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0:00.0	From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow, this is The Daily.
0:10.0	Today, the House Intelligence Committee has released its impeachment report to the Judiciary Committee,
0:17.0	signaling the end of one phase of impeachment and the beginning of another.
0:23.0	Julie Davis on why those two faces will look so different.
0:32.0	It's Wednesday, December 4.
0:38.0	Julie, tell me about these two phases
0:41.0	of the House impeachment inquiry.
0:43.0	Well, the House Intelligence Committee has just finished its report
0:46.0	and completed its work.
0:48.0	And now the House Judiciary Committee has its job to do.
0:52.0	And these are two very different committees.
0:55.0	The House Intelligence Committee is a very sort of buttoned up,
0:59.0	frequently less partisan place.
1:01.0	They deal in matters of intelligence.
1:03.0	They oversee the intelligence community.
1:05.0	They deal in state secrets.
1:07.0	And because of that,
1:09.0	Committee has been extensively briefed on these efforts
1:11.0	over regular basis as a part of our ongoing
1:13.0	oversight responsibility over the...
1:15.0	It attracts sort of the workhorse members who are into dealing with
1:21.0	long reports, really meaty, substantive issues,
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