CNN Special Report: Whistleblower Tentatively Agrees To Testify; Whistleblower's Report Declassified, May Be Released Thursday

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🗓️ 26 September 2019

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Attorneys: Whistleblower Tentatively Agrees To Testify, As Long As They Get Appropriate Clearances To Attend Hearing; Lawmakers Review Whistleblower Complaint As Rough WH Transcript Shows Pres. Trump Pushed Ukraine's President To Investigate Bidens; NY Times: Whistleblower Identified Multiple WH Officials As Witnesses To Potential Presidential Misconduct Who Could Corroborate Complaint; NY Times: Intelligence Community IG Found Reason To Believe The Whistleblower May Not Support Pres. Trump's Re-Election; Democratic Congressman After Seeing Whistleblower Complaint: "Deeply Disturbing" And "Alarming"; GOP Rep. Stefanik After Reading Complaint: Doesn't Support Impeachment; Senate Minority Leader Schumer After Reading Whistleblower Complaint: "I'm Even More Worried About What Happened"; GOP Sen. Sasse On Whistleblower Complaint: "A Lot That's Very Troubling"; Democratic House Intel Committee Chairman Schiff: Whistleblower Complaint Exposes "Serious Wrongdoing"; Rough Transcript Shows Pres. Trump Pushed Ukraine To Investigate Bidens; Pres. Trump: Conversation With Ukraine President A "Nothing Call"; Sources: Pelosi Wants To Focus Inquiry On Ukraine As Dems Debate Scope Of Potential Articles Of Impeachment; Dem Rep. Maloney On Whistleblower Complaint: "Very Credible"; Whistleblower's Report Declassified, May Be Released ThursdayTo 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	Another historic night as a president facing the specter of impeachment tries what another
0:09.9	White House under fire, the Nixon White House once called a modified limited hangout that
0:15.0	is telling some, but not all.
0:17.6	I'm Jake Tapper.
0:18.6	Hey, Jake, I'm Anderson Cooper.
0:20.0	This is the CNN Special Report, the impeachment inquiry.
0:23.2	And tonight, Anderson, Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill got their first glimpse
0:27.6	of that classified whistleblower complaint that has rocked the Trump presidency and prompted
0:32.6	Democrats in the House to launch an official impeachment inquiry.
0:36.2	The whistleblower, according to a Justice Department memo released earlier today, was concerned
0:40.4	that President Trump sought to pressure Ukraine to quote, help the president's 2020 re-election
0:45.3	campaign.
0:46.3	Also today, the White House released a rough transcript of that July 25th phone call,
0:51.0	which in part spurred the whistleblower to come forward.
0:53.5	No concern about the actions of the president.
0:56.5	On that call, President Trump clearly and openly pressed Ukraine's presidents, Zelenski,
1:01.2	to work with Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, and with Attorney General Bill
1:05.9	Barr to investigate his potential 2020 Democratic opponent, Joe Biden and Biden's son Hunter.
1:12.2	Of the Biden's, we should note, the Ukrainian prosecutor has already said there is no evidence
1:15.8	of any wrongdoing by them.
1:17.7	Now whether he's gaslighting or truly of the belief that there was nothing inappropriate
1:21.5	about his actions, President Trump tried to argue today that the transcript, the rough
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