Chief Justice, Senators sworn in for Trump impeachment trial; House Democrats call on Senate to hear evidence from Giuliani associate in impeachment trial; Trump: Senate trial "should go very quickly";

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 16 January 2020

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House managers formally present articles to Senate; Senate expected to vote on whether to call trial witnesses; John Dean: I'd be astounded if Senate doesn't call witnesses; Senate impeachment starts as Giuliani associate implicates Trump; Ukraine's FM: I don't trust a word Parnas is saying; Ukraine launches investigation after text messages suggest surveillance on former U.S. Ambassador; Lawyer releases video showing Trump with Parnas at Mar-a-Lago; GAO: Trump Admin broke law by withholding Ukraine aid; Trump (again) insists he doesn't know Parnas after explosive claims implicate him in Ukraine scandal; Trump claims no knowledge of Rudy Giuliani letter to Zelensky; Giuliani associates says Ukraine scheme "all about 2020"; Trump still faces GOP challengers for the presidency despite many states cancelling GOP primaries; Buttigieg blitzes Iowa as impeachment trial takes four Senate Democrats off campaign trail; Impeachment trial takes four 2020 Dems off campaign trail; Sanders on impeachment trial: I'd rather be campaigning but I swore an oath; New Buttigieg Ads target Iowa counties Trump flipped; Source: Intel Officials don't want public hearings on worldwide threats after angering Trump last year; Putin's handpicked new PM takes over today after entire government resigns; Putin appears to cement grip on power by changing rules of Russian constitution;To 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	The evidence still pouring in even as senators are taking their oaths.
0:05.9	The lead starts right now.
0:08.1	President Trump's fate now in the hands of the US Senate as the third impeachment trial in the history of the United States. the broke the law a witness coming forward as well and saying the president knew and it
0:25.5	was all about 20-20 one of Rudy Giuliani's foot soldiers indicted and as and
0:30.0	dubious credibility but is what he's saying true?
0:33.2	Plus, medal with an election?
0:35.4	How about rigging the entire country's constitution?
0:38.5	Today, another piece of Vladimir Putin's plan
0:41.4	to hold on to power comes together.
0:44.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.
0:49.0	We begin with the politics lead today.
0:51.0	The fate of the Trump presidency now lies in the hands
0:55.2	of the US Senate. The historic moment marked with the reading of the articles of
0:59.2	impeachment on the floor of the Senate and the swearing in of Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts,
1:05.2	along with the swearing in of nearly every U.S. Senator as they prepare for the impeachment
1:10.6	trial of President Donald J. Trump.
1:13.0	Democrats in the last hour are making note of the gravity of this moment and the case
1:18.8	for the President's impeachment.
1:21.7	Nothing we do while we serve in the United States Senate will be more important and
1:28.5	consequential than putting country above party.
1:34.0	Today House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is using new evidence, some of it official, some of it of dubious origin,
1:41.0	to reiterate the Democrats push for witnesses in the Senate trial
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