Hearing Recaps Impeachment Probe; DOJ IG Report Finds No Bias in Russia Inquiry
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2019
⏱️ 15 minutes
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And in a report released Monday afternoon, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz found that the department's Russia investigation was "properly" predicated and conducted without political bias — but there were numerous problems with the surveillance of a junior campaign aide to Donald Trump.
This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, election security editor Phil Ewing, and National Political correspondent Mara Liasson.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Charlotte. I'm here with my baby sister, Emily. |
| 0:04.0 | And I love Jack Spier. And I love my baby, and I was in Washington. |
| 0:10.0 | And I love my mom and dad. I'm three years old. |
| 0:14.0 | Aww. I want Jack Spier to be the president. |
| 0:20.0 | This podcast was recorded at... |
| 0:24.0 | 240 PM on 9th December. |
| 0:27.0 | Things may have changed by the time you hear it. |
| 0:31.0 | Okay, here goes so. |
| 0:33.0 | Aww. Charlotte and Emily, so cute. |
| 0:40.0 | For those who don't listen to the radio and only consume their NPR through our incredible podcast, |
| 0:45.0 | Jack Spier is a veteran newscaster who casts the news in the afternoons for NPR. |
| 0:52.0 | And he's got a great voice, which those kids have probably heard in the car. |
| 0:56.0 | Whether they were willing or not. |
| 0:58.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm Phil Ewing, Election Security Editor. |
| 1:04.0 | And I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent. |
| 1:07.0 | If it's Monday, it must be time for another impeachment inquiry hearing. |
| 1:12.0 | The House Committee on the Judiciary will come to order. |
| 1:14.0 | This morning, the House Judiciary Committee kicked off another hearing. |
| 1:18.0 | This one, sort of a best of review of the previous hearings. |
| 1:23.0 | For example, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, Democrat from New York, |
| 1:29.0 | used a lot of lines that we've heard before. |
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