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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Guardian: Cassidy Hutchinson claims Rudy Giuliani groped her

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In her new book, the star witness for the January 6th committee hearings, Cassidy Hutchinson, says Rudy Giuliani groped her according to an excerpt obtained by The Guardian. Plus, tough questions were put to Attorney General Merrick Garland at a House Judiciary Committee hearing focused on allegations surrounding Hunter Biden. Also, a sobering statistic from the US Census Bureau shows child poverty has doubled in the last year.  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

A shocking accusation from Cassidy Hutchinson against Rudy Giuliani, the lead starts right

0:09.6

now.

0:11.8

In her new book, The Star Witness, in the January 6th Committee hearings, Cassidy Hutchinson

0:16.3

now says Rudy Giuliani groped her, this according to an excerpt obtained by the Guardian.

0:22.2

Now Giuliani is responding, plus interrogated on the hill, tough questions put to Attorney

0:27.6

General Merritt Garland about the special counsel investigations into Hunter Biden into former

0:33.0

President Donald Trump and the Justice Department's decisions to proceed with charges.

0:40.2

Who does he report to?

0:41.2

Again, I'm not going to get into this.

0:43.2

Is it you?

0:44.2

I'm ultimately responsible.

0:45.8

Is it the DAG?

0:46.8

Mr. Weiss did not have to report to anybody.

0:49.8

He was the supervisor and decision maker in these matters.

0:54.9

Over this hour, a brand new CNN poll zeroing in on the first in the nation, primary state

0:59.3

of New Hampshire, a state Trump won the primary for in 2016, but lost in the general election

1:05.3

then and in 2020.

1:07.2

Where does he stand with the voters of New Hampshire today?

1:14.8

Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper.

1:16.2

We begin with our law and justice lead the attorney general of the United States, Merritt

1:20.0

Garland, forcefully attempting to rebuke Republicans who are accusing him and the justice

1:24.9

department of political bias.

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