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Advisory Opinions

Defending a President

Advisory Opinions

The Dispatch

News, Government, Politics

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Last week, Vice President Kamala Harris ruffled West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s feathers when she sat down with local television stations in his state to chat about Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill without first giving him a heads up. On today’s episode, our hosts break down why these sorts of intra-party kerfuffles matter and how they might shape the Biden administration’s relationship with the Senate moving forward. Also in the hopper for today, Sarah and David put their trial lawyer skills on full display when they explain the former president’s best defense against impeachment. Show Notes: -“The Senate’s impeachment trial is illegal and a sham” by Rand Paul in the Washington Examiner. -Explainer on bills of attainder and House Resolution 24 - Impeaching Donald John Trump, president of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You ready?

0:02.0

I was born ready.

0:04.0

Welcome to the advisory opinions podcast.

0:22.0

This is David French with Sarah Isger.

0:24.0

And we've got mainly impeachment talk today.

0:28.0

But we're going to do something kind of interesting.

0:32.0

We're going to talk about what, if we were representing the president, how would we defend him?

0:56.0

In other words, what is the best defense that former president Trump has in the world?

1:00.0

that former president Trump has for impeachment.

1:03.0

So we want you to understand and know the arguments

1:06.5

that are going to unfold in the impeachment trial.

1:09.0

And we're going to talk about what is the former president's best defense for impeachment?

1:15.3

We're also going to talk a little bit of politics.

1:17.7

I'm going to talk to Sarah, professional political operative,

1:22.3

and get her opinion on some political recent political kerfuffles.

1:27.8

One, a little bit of sniping within the Democratic camp,

1:33.3

and another one, a lot of sniping within the Republican camp.

1:38.3

So we got a few things to cover.

1:42.0

But first, let's talk about a little Democratic controversy.

1:47.2

And whether it's a big deal, and then I have a theory, Sarah, to share with you.

1:52.0

Hit me.

1:54.0

All right, here we go.

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