Counterintelligence probe of Giuliani hinges on ties to Ukraine, wealthy foreigners & WH; Pelosi: Trump had a "meltdown" in meeting on Syria; Trump's letter to Erdogan: "Don't be a tough guy! Don't be a fool!"

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 16 October 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Federal investigations of Rudy Giuliani includes counterintelligence probe; Democrats speak after meeting with Trump at WH; Trump claims Turkey's invasion of Northern Syria "has nothing to do with us"; House voted 354-60 on resolution condemning Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria; Former senior aide: Pompeo silent when asked to support ambassador targeted by Giuliani; Former senior Pompeo adviser ends testimony after 5 hours; Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine expected to testify Tuesday; Former WH, admin officials paint damning picture of Ukraine push; Trump's letter to Erdogan: "don't be a tough guy! Don't be a fool!"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 feds have been looking at Rudy Giuliani for months.
0:05.0	The lead starts right now.
0:07.0	Breaking today new details on the federal investigation into the President's
0:11.0	lawyer and his dealings in Ukraine looking into an alleged
0:13.6	operation that could go all the way to the White House.
0:16.7	Shocking comments even by President Trump standards calling his deadly decision
0:21.4	to pull troops from serious strategically brilliant
0:24.0	while trashing our former allies left behind. Plus, welcome to front-runner status.
0:30.3	moderate Democrats gang up on Senator Elizabeth Warren.
0:33.2	While the most troubling news for Joe Biden may have nothing to do with last night's debate.
0:37.3	This is CNN Breaking News.
0:43.0	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper.
0:45.0	We start with Breaking News and our politics lead today.
0:47.0	Shocking news that the office of the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York
0:51.0	is investigating the President's Attorney,
0:53.0	Rudy Giuliani, who himself used to be the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of
0:57.0	New York. The probe deals with not only potential corruption, but also includes a
1:01.4	counterintelligence investigation about whether
1:03.6	Giuliani helped wealthy foreign figures attempt to influence the
1:07.8	White House. Joining me is CNN's Evan Perez and Sarah Murray who broke this
1:11.6	story for CNN and former federal prosecutor
1:14.1	Kim Whaley whose new book How to Read the Constitution and why is out now.
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