Welcome to the commentary magazine podcast today is Tuesday January 21st

2020 the first day of the trial of Donald John Trump in the Senate I am John

Potowards the editor of commentary magazine the 70 out-year-old monthly of

intellectual analysis political property and cultural criticism from a

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please bear with us as we are trying to fix some stuff in the back where

behind the curtain you know where where we work in the store so we're doing

something new today because with me as always is senior editor a Greenwald

hi-A hi John associate or nor Rossman hi Noah hi John in Washington senior

writer Christine Rosen hi Christine hi John and a guesting for the first time a

guest appearance on the commentary magazine podcast no no not the first time

Christine Rosen I guess Christine Rose was our first guest before she became a

member of our staff and but we have with us today Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake

author of the February 2020 commentary lead article the FBI scandal which we

will get to later in the podcast hello Eli Lake oh it's great to be here

long time listener first time guest excellent so okay so we we have a lot to get

to some of us have been watching the opening of this forgone conclusion

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