Decision Day For “MAGA’s Rasputin”

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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January 6 committee gets closer to holding Trump ally Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress. President Biden holds critical meetings with fellow Dems, still divided over his transformative spending plans. More mixed messages on mixing and matching COVID vaccines. 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	It's Decision Day for Maga's Rasputin.
0:04.9	The lead starts right now.
0:07.4	Breaking news.
0:08.4	The committee investigating the Capitol riot is a bout to vote to hold Trump's former
0:13.1	right-hand man, Steve Bannon, accountable for ignoring the rule of law.
0:17.8	What that could mean for Trump's other loyalists and for the former president himself.
0:22.7	Also breaking right now, President Biden holding critical meetings with his fellow Democrats
0:27.0	still divided over his transformative social safety net and climate change plans.
0:32.1	Can Biden deliver?
0:34.3	Plus more mixed messages on mixing and matching COVID vaccines.
0:38.0	The FDA expected to say, hey, go for it, but…
0:41.6	Welcome to the lead, everyone, I'm Jake Tapper, and we begin today in the politics
0:50.7	leading just a few hours.
0:51.7	The January 6th select committee will vote.
0:54.4	It's a vote to hold Trump allies, Steve Bannon, in contempt of Congress for defying
0:58.8	the committee's own subpoena, putting on full display.
1:01.9	Just how much muscle lawmakers have to seek meaningful consequences for former President
1:06.7	Trump's attempt to stage essentially a coup, Bannon is claiming executive privilege, even
1:12.6	though Bannon has not worked in the White House in years, now tonight's vote will kick
1:16.4	off a process that ultimately puts this political hot potato in the lap of a self-described
1:21.3	A political person, Attorney General, Merrick Garland, but as CNN's Ryan Noble's reports,
1:26.3	whether or not Attorney General Garland will ultimately prosecute Bannon for contempt of
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