Benjamin Wittes on Investigating the President

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🗓️ 8 September 2017

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the Russian government has been a focal point in political discourse since Mueller’s appointment in May. To contribute to that discussion, Barbara Slavin, director of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council, interviewed Benjamin Wittes at the International Student House last week. Strategies a special counsel might use when investigating, the different mechanisms for removing a president, and the misconceptions surrounding impeachment were all discussed, followed by audience questions on a range of topics.

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0:39.1	Special counsel Robert Muller's investigation into possible collusion between President
0:43.5	Donald Trump's campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 US election has been
0:48.6	a mainstay in political discourse since Muller's appointment in May.
0:52.2	To contribute to that discussion, last week Benjamin Wittis spoke at the International
0:56.4	Student House about the special counsel investigation and the complications of investigating the
1:01.0	president.
1:02.0	He discussed the likely scope of Muller's inquiry.
1:04.5	The strategies of special counsel might use when investigating different mechanisms for
1:08.5	removing a president and answered audience questions on a range of topics.
1:12.7	It's the LawFair podcast, episode 246 investigating the president.
1:19.9	Let me begin by asking about the article that you co-wrote yesterday.
1:24.1	It's time Congress needs to open a formal impeachment inquiry.
1:28.7	It makes a very solid case that now is indeed the time for Congress to start looking at
1:34.8	this, but Congress, as we know, is controlled by the Republicans.
1:39.9	What would it take for the House Judiciary Committee to actually be able to start considering
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