Historic week as house prepares to vote on impeachment; Trump defends Giuliani ahead of impeachment vote; Trump steps up twitter attacks as impeachment vote looms;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 16 December 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Schumer: McConnell orchestrating a "cover up"; Schumer requests witnesses, documents for senate trial; Democrats allege Trump committed "multiple federal crimes" in new impeachment report; McConnell opposes impeachment witnesses now, but supported them during Clinton trial; Republicans show unity in defending Trump ahead of impeachment vote Wednesday; Trump defends Giuliani: he does what he does "out of love"; New Yorker: Giuliani wanted Yovanovitch out, "she was going to make the investigations difficult"; Trump, Giuliani push Ukraine conspiracy theories on twitter; Giuliani claims to uncover fraud in Ukraine, anti-corruption groups debunk his theory; FOX poll: 53% say Trump abused the power of his office;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	Democrats in the Judiciary Committee suggesting today that the
0:04.4	president's crimes are punishable by prison time. The lead starts right now.
0:09.8	Senator Schumer wants witnesses, President Trump claims he'll do whatever,
0:14.0	and Senator McConnell says he's coordinating with Trump.
0:16.3	So what will the Senate impeachment trial actually look like
0:20.4	as the jurors prepare to consider what Democrats say are federal crimes.
0:26.0	President Trump seemingly on edge likely to become just the third US president in history
0:31.8	to have this impeachment stain on his legacy.
0:34.3	The polls from the President's favorite channel that have him fuming and tweeting.
0:38.1	Plus, Russia's been listening, State TV reporting on Rudy Giuliani's mission in Ukraine and Giuliani
0:44.4	making a stunning new admission just out.
0:48.6	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper. We begin this historic week with the
0:55.5	politics lead and Democrats setting the table for the big vote in the House of
0:59.1	Representatives this week on whether to impeach President Donald J. Trump, the House Judiciary Committee
1:04.4	releasing a new report today accusing President Trump of offenses not specifically
1:09.2	laid out in the articles of impeachment, including bribery and wire fraud and pointing out that
1:14.5	those crimes carry sentences of 15 and 20 years in prison respectively.
1:19.9	Now it's unknown what the impact of any that Democratic report will have on
1:24.2	Wednesday's vote or the likely and subsequent trial in the Senate for which
1:28.3	Minority Leader Chuck Schumer today outlined the Democratic demands asking for
1:32.4	witnesses who have yet to testify
1:34.4	before the American people and documents that have yet to be released.
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