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Skullduggery

Assange and the Rabble-Rouser

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

42K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Rep. Steve Cohen and Yahoo's DC Bureau Chief Sharon Weinberger join co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on this episode of Skullduggery. Weinberger helps breakdown the recent bombshell indictment of Julian Assange and what that could mean for the future of news organizations, journalists, and the First Amendment. Then Congressman Cohen, who's leading the charge for impeachment of the President, discusses next steps as well as the origins of that now infamous chicken he put in Bill Barr's place in the hearing room.

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0:00.0

The meeting among Democratic leaders in the House was tense, and the frustrations were

0:06.0

palpable.

0:07.3

For weeks, the Democrats had watched as President Trump and his top aides effectively gave

0:12.0

them the finger, refusing to comply with subpoenas for documents, or let key witnesses testify

0:17.6

about the contents of Robert Mueller's Russia report.

0:21.7

For some, Speaker Nancy Pelosi's cautious strategy, investigate, but do not impeach, had

0:27.4

reached its limits.

0:29.1

The House had impeached Bill Clinton over sex, Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen asserted

0:33.9

one of the leaders of the Democrats, impeachment caucus, but Trump, he said, is raping the country.

0:40.8

Is the tide in the House moving in Cohen's direction?

0:43.8

We'll discuss with the veteran congressman, and we'll dig into the striking new indictment

0:48.6

of Julian Assange for publishing classified information on this episode of Skull Duggery.

1:00.1

Because people have got to know whether or not they're President or Sir Croft, well,

1:04.1

I'm not a croft.

1:05.1

I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostage.

1:08.8

My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence

1:13.6

tell me it is not.

1:14.8

I did not have sexual relations with that woman.

1:19.0

There will be no lies.

1:21.8

We will honor the American people with the truth and nothing else.

1:30.1

I'm Michael Isgov, Chief Investigative Correspondent for Yahoo News.

1:35.9

And I'm Dan Clyde, Manager and Chief of Yahoo News.

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