Behind Closed Doors

Article II: Inside Impeachment

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🗓️ 18 October 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Seven witnesses have now appeared before Congressional committees to share what they know about the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine. But why is so much of this process behind closed doors? Will the public ever learn what was said? Julia Ainsley, NBC News Correspondent covering the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, explains the political calculation behind the Democrats’ decision to conduct most of their inquiry in private. Questions about the impeachment process? Email us at [email protected]. For a transcript please visit https://www.nbcnews.com/articletwo.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Article 2, Inside Impeachment.
0:08.4	We are a brand new podcast from NBC News all about the politics of impeachment.
0:14.2	I'm Steve Kurnaki and my official title is National Political Correspondent for NBC
0:18.2	in MSNBC.
0:20.1	You might know me as the numbers guy over here.
0:22.3	I'm usually standing in front of a big screen.
0:24.5	Some might say talking excitedly and gesturing wildly.
0:28.2	Let's go to math class here and let's try to figure this one out together.
0:31.0	How many absentee ballots are left in the district of 847 is the
0:34.5	margin? We're sitting here, oh I got the wrong one from a pouchery 20% in 2014 up to 36%.
0:40.4	Okay 847, let's say 200 votes. You got to see a surprise there for
0:46.5	tomorrow for Democrats and then everything has to go their way after that.
0:49.2	Yep, that's me but here on this we're going to do something a little different because
0:54.6	this is an extraordinary moment.
0:57.7	The president may be impeached.
0:59.7	Hearings are already underway in the house.
1:01.8	Formal articles may be introduced soon. There could be a
1:04.0	trial in the Senate to decide whether Donald Trump gets removed from office. Impeachment dramas are
1:09.6	rare in American history and this one comes with an added twist the election
1:13.7	the one where Trump will be running for re-election if he's not removed just a year
1:18.4	away it has been said before and it is true impeachment is ultimately a political process.
1:24.2	Politicians in the House and the Senate casting votes on the President's fate.
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