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Article II: Inside Impeachment

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🗓️ 8 February 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Three journalists take us behind-the-scenes of the third impeachment of a President in American history.

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0:00.0	I'm announcing the House of Representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry.
0:14.8	Nobody pushed me.
0:19.8	In other words, no pressure.
0:21.0	Get over it.
0:24.0	There's going to be political influence in foreign policy.
0:27.0	That goal was perfect.
0:28.0	I think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign.
0:34.0	In the course of that discussion said that Rudy Giuliani was a hand grenade that was going to blow
0:38.7	everyone up.
0:39.7	Everyone was in the loop. Today we are here to defend democracy for the people.
0:47.0	I guarantee you one day you'll be back in the minority and it ain't gonna be that fun.
0:52.0	Article 1 is adopted.
0:55.0	Article two is adopted.
0:58.0	It's the single greatest witch hunt in American history, probably in history, but in American history probably in history but in American history it's a
1:05.2	disgrace the president has done nothing wrong and these types of
1:09.4	impeachments must end you can't trust this president to do the right thing, not for one
1:14.9	minute, not for one election, not for the sake of our country. You just can't.
1:21.5	It is therefore ordered and a judge that the said Donald John Trump be and he is
1:27.3	hereby acquitted of the charges in said articles.
1:39.0	From NBC News, this is Article 2, Inside Impeachment. I'm Steve Kurnaki.
1:40.0	Today is Friday, February 7th, and it's our final episode.
1:45.0	It's not very often that journalists across any medium, television, print, radio, podcasts,
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