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Deconstructed

Finally, Impeachment: Julián Castro on Trump and Ukraine

Deconstructed

The Intercept

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4.84.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

It finally happened: on Tuesday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced the beginning of a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. The final straw was a July phone call in which Trump pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his potential 2020 rival, Joe Biden, and appeared to suggest that US aid to Ukraine might be contingent upon his compliance. Nearly all of the 2020 Democratic candidates have come out in support of impeachment proceedings. On this week’s Deconstructed, one of those candidates, former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss the week’s developments. Intercept DC Bureau Chief Ryan Grim stops by to break down the political prospects for impeachment.

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0:00.0

The stages set for an historic clash between Congress and the president.

0:03.9

The House of Representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry.

0:08.2

Just say you understand it's the single greatest witch hunt in American history.

0:19.1

Welcome to Deconstructed, I'm Maddie Hussin. Could this be the week that marks the beginning of

0:24.0

the end of the Trump presidency? I know, I know, you've heard it before so many times before.

0:30.0

But this time, impeachment is actually on the table.

0:33.8

He very clearly asked him to investigate Joe Biden and his son, which in and of itself is impeachable conduct.

0:42.6

That's my guest today, Juliane Castro, the Democratic presidential candidate who's been

0:46.8

calling for impeachment for a while now, discussing the bomb cell phone call between Donald Trump

0:52.1

and the president of Ukraine, which was released on Wednesday. So is this enough to finally take down Trump?

1:00.3

It's here at last an official impeachment inquiry.

1:06.9

Today, I'm announcing the House of Representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry.

1:12.8

The president must be held accountable. No one is above the law.

1:17.4

A welcome change in tune from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who up until Tuesday afternoon had done

1:22.6

everything in her power, and she has a lot of power, to block congressional Democrats from impeaching

1:28.3

this most impeachable of presidents. Up until Tuesday, she said it would be divisive.

1:33.7

She said he just wasn't worth it. She even pushed the crazy conspiracy theory that Donald Trump

1:40.0

wants to be impeached. Trump is coding us to impeach him. He knows that it would be very divisive

1:47.7

in the country, but he doesn't really care. Just wants to solidify his base.

1:53.6

Are you freaking kidding me? Trump, the most ego-miniacal, megalomaniacal, thin-skinned president

1:59.6

in modern American history, wants to go down as one of only three presidents to ever be impeached.

2:05.7

Wants to have his legacy tainted forever. Come on. Just look at how he's reacted to news of this

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