Chief Justice, senators sworn in as Trump impeachment trial begins; Giuliani associate: "Of course" Vice President Pence knew about Ukraine pressure campaign

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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🗓️ 17 January 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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GOP Sen. McSally lashes out after question about impeachment evidence, calls reporter "a liberal hack"; Trump says "I don't know him" after indicted Giuliani associate implicates president in Ukraine scandal; Trump denies knowledge of Giuliani's letter seeking meeting with Ukraine president claiming Trump's consent; Government watchdog: trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid; Trump says he'll be at Davos Economic Summit during impeachment trial next week; Giuliani associate: Push for Ukraine to investigate Biden was "all about" helping Trump win in 2020; Giuliani associate: trump knew exactly what was going on; Source: Wary of angering Trump, intel officials request no public hearings on worldwide threats; Ukraine investigating whether U.S. Ambassador was being tracked; FBI visits home, business of congressional candidate implicated by Giuliani associateTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Wolf Blitzer in the situation room. We're following historic developments here in Washington for only the third time in US history the
0:14.6	president of the United States is now on trial in the US Senate for alleged high
0:18.8	crimes and misdemeanors. President Donald Trump now facing two articles of impeachment
0:23.7	accusing him of abusing the power of his office and obstructing Congress's
0:28.2	constitutional obligation to investigate. Just a short time ago the Chief Justice of the United States
0:34.5	John Roberts was sworn in to preside over the President's trial and he in turn
0:39.7	swore in members of the US Senate will decide the president's fate while also
0:44.8	setting the rules for the trial. Let's go straight to Capitol Hill right now our
0:48.5	senior congressional course, Mano Rageu is joining us. Mano truly solemn proceedings there today
0:54.4	marking the next phase of this historic episode.
0:57.3	Walk us through these momentous moments.
1:00.6	Yeah, Senators said they could feel the weight of the history of the moment as they sat in the room.
1:06.0	They took their oaths of office and the trial is about to begin in just a matter of days.
1:11.5	Now, it started, of of course when the house impeachment
1:13.8	managers walked from the house side of the capital to the senate side of the
1:16.9	capital that read aloud the articles of impeachment later the chief
1:20.3	justice of the Supreme Court took his own oath, he was sworn in, and then the
1:24.0	senators took their oath and they vowed to do impartial justice.
1:29.8	Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.
1:32.0	All persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment
1:36.4	while the House of Representatives is exhibiting to the Senate of the United States
1:40.8	articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States.
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