Amanpour: Anne Milgram, Douglas Wigdor, Marc Lotter and Dan Pfeiffer

Amanpour

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🗓️ 25 February 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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As Harvey Weinstein is found guilty of committing a criminal sex act in the first degree involving one woman and rape in the third degree involving another woman, the former New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram joins Christiane Amanpour to reflect on this landmark ruling. Once a prosecutor of sex crimes, she explains how this verdict will offer hope to other survivors of sexual violence. Douglas Wigdor, the attorney for a witness who testified in the Weinstein trial, weighs in on what he calls a major victory. Marc Lotter, director of strategic communications for the Trump presidential campaign, offers a window into Trump's campaign strategy and how his team are using data to target voters. Our Michel Martin sits down with author Dan Pfeiffer to discuss his new book, "Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again." He lays out what the Democrats need to do in order to win in 2020.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:08.0	Harvey Weinstein guilty as charged on two of the five counts.
0:15.0	We dig into what this verdict on sexual assault means and...
0:20.0	The President of the United States of America, Mr. Dolan Trump.
0:27.0	India says Namaste Trump,
0:31.0	while the Democrats vying to replace him at home,
0:33.3	enter a critical voting phase.
0:35.4	We talk to the President's top campaign
0:37.6	communication strategist Mark Lotto.
0:40.5	Plus.
0:41.1	I think Democrats, we have not spent enough time and I think this is fair to say the people in the Obama administration
0:47.1	myself included focused on the the actual blocking and tackling work of politics.
0:56.0	President Obama's advisor Dan Fyfa on what Democrats need to do to win back the White everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. The revelations two years ago that sparked a movement have finally
1:25.2	produced a verdict in a criminal court. Today the former movie mogul
1:30.0	Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of committing a criminal sexual
1:34.3	act in the first degree involving one woman and rape in the third degree involving
1:39.7	another woman. The New York jury acquitted Weinstein on the more serious charges of
1:44.7	predatory sexual assault. Weinstein is now in custody and his team is appealing.
1:50.3	The Manhattan District Attorney Saivas has called it a new day.
1:55.0	The message is, this is a big day, this is a new day, and I hope women will, I hope women will understand the significance of the jury verdict today.
2:06.6	My hope is with this verdict, survivors of sexual assault, whether it's of Mr Weinstein, or whether it's of someone else,
2:16.0	will come forward and our office and others like our office will, I hope, be there to listen to them and to help them move forward.
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