History Comes Knocking for Donald Trump
The Mother Jones Podcast
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🗓️ 25 September 2019
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday afternoon announced plans to launch formal impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. In recent days, a growing number of Democrats have argued that Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukrainian leaders to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son could be grounds for removing the president from office. “This is a violation of his constitutional responsibility,” Pelosi said in televised remarks on Tuesday evening, accusing Trump of betraying his oath of office. “This is a violation of law." Washington DC bureau chief David Corn, and foreign influence and national security reporter Dan Friedman join host Jamilah King to discuss how a secret whistleblower complaint against Donald Trump rapidly transformed from a trickle of news into a full blown torrent that finally broke the dam.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a special breaking news edition of the Mother Jones Podcast. I'm |
| 0:05.2 | Jamila King in New York. |
| 0:07.0 | It's happening. |
| 0:13.2 | happening impeachment hearings against the President of the United States. |
| 0:17.9 | The President must be held accountable. |
| 0:20.2 | No one is above the law. |
| 0:22.1 | How a secret whistleblower complaint against Donald Trump rapidly transformed from a trickle of news |
| 0:28.9 | into a full-blown torrent that finally broke the dam. |
| 0:33.2 | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's historic announcement. |
| 0:37.1 | Trump's presidency heading into one hell of a storm. |
| 0:40.7 | Why now and what's next? Everything you need to know, stick around. We had a full show plan for you this week documenting a mysterious $50 million Trump debt, uncovering fresh |
| 1:06.4 | details that raise questions about potential tax fraud. |
| 1:10.8 | But history had other plans, so we're bringing you this week's show a little earlier than normal on a Tuesday night. |
| 1:18.0 | Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing |
| 1:23.3 | Pelosi announcing Tuesday afternoon the start of impeachment |
| 1:26.6 | proceedings against President Donald Trump. |
| 1:29.7 | Therefore today I'm announcing the House of Representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. |
| 1:38.4 | The spark that set this fire ablaze was an intelligence community whistleblower complaint that Trump pressured the |
| 1:45.1 | President of Ukraine to open a corruption investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and |
| 1:50.8 | his son Hunter. |
| 1:56.0 | Congress still hasn't seen that complaint, and Trump stonewalling appears to have pushed Pelosi to act. |
| 2:00.0 | You'll hear about the origins of the whistleblower complaint soon. |
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