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Talking Feds

Burning Down the House

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Government, Politics

4.84.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this special Talking Feds Now, Harry convenes with Andrew Weissmann, Sam Vinograd, Jennifer Rodgers, and Steve Vladeck to discuss one of the most harrowing and memorable days of our lifetime, when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. They discuss the dozens of questions this raises, including sedition, possibilities of impeachment, the 25th Amendment, and national security risks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to a very, very special episode of Talking Feds Now. In the middle of one of the most

0:14.6

harrowing and memorable days in our lifetimes and it's not even over yet. After a rally this morning

0:22.8

by President Trump in support of his bunk and incendiary claim of having had the election taken

0:31.1

from him degenerated into a frothing riot. His supporters stormed the Capitol, took possession

0:38.9

of the Senate and House chambers in the process. Somebody was killed, we don't know exactly who.

0:46.8

There are dozens of issues and questions that this raises and we're here to take a quick first

0:53.2

swipe at history and to do it we have three somewhat shell-shocked experts starting with Steve

1:00.1

Vlodick of the University of Texas. Steve, hi. Hello, Harry. Jennifer Rogers of Columbia and NYU.

1:08.8

Hello, good evening. CNN National Security Analyst and Senior Advisor to the Biden Institute

1:15.2

Sam Vina Grad who brings her specialty in national security to the gathering. Sam, thanks for being

1:23.2

here. Thanks for having me. And Andrew Weissman of Jenner and Block and NYU and Holy Cow, where do we

1:32.1

start? I agree. All right, we're having bizarre and somewhat conflicting accounts of what's going

1:39.4

on with the president of the United States who supposedly is completely lost it. It's almost a

1:48.8

25th Amendment situation in the making before they've used it. Is that right? What the hell is up

1:55.7

with the president and what is it portand for the next day and weeks? I mean, Harry, I'll jump

2:02.8

on this grenade. I think that the odds that President Trump makes it to noon on January 20th

2:09.0

have decreased dramatically today. And I think that's for a couple of reasons. I think there is now,

2:14.7

I think a whole lot of momentum in the House of Representatives to impeach him again. I think there

2:19.6

is now far more than one Republican senator who'd be willing to vote to remove him, just based solely

2:25.4

on his conduct today. There's also reports coming across the wires tonight that at least some cabinet

2:31.8

secretaries are talking about the nuclear option, which is section four of the 25th Amendment. So

2:37.2

we should spend some time reflecting on the horrors of the violence of today and all of the questions

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