Hours away from first committee debate on articles of impeachment; DOJ inspector general: Russia probe justified, but no vindication for anyone involved; Officials: shooters targeted Jewish kosher deli
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 11 December 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Senator Lindsey Graham says Russia, not Ukraine, hacked the Democrats in 2016. |
| 0:06.1 | Someone might want to tell his golf buddy, President Trump. |
| 0:10.1 | The lead starts right now. |
| 0:12.0 | Just hours away from the first committee debate on articles of impeachment |
| 0:16.6 | as new CNN reporting reveals what the Senate trial might look like, |
| 0:21.2 | and it's possible President Trump will not be happy about it. |
| 0:25.4 | Just the facts today the Justice Department Watchdog stood by his report showing no evidence |
| 0:30.4 | of a deep state plot to launch that investigation into the Trump campaign |
| 0:35.2 | but a whole lot of evidence serious FBI misconduct during that |
| 0:39.7 | investigation plus new details on a wild deadly horrific shootout a kosher market in New Jersey to target |
| 0:47.7 | Antisseism the apparent motive and a pipe bomb founded the scene What else was behind this vile act of hate? |
| 0:58.7 | Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper. |
| 1:00.2 | We begin today with the politics lead |
| 1:01.7 | in just under three hours from now the House Judiciary |
| 1:05.1 | Committee will begin the official debate over and finalizing of the two articles of impeachment |
| 1:10.8 | against President Donald J. Trump. |
| 1:12.5 | We know the charges, obstruction of Congress, and abusing the power of his office. |
| 1:17.3 | This is all in preparation for a historic vote tomorrow by the committee and then a final |
| 1:21.9 | House floor vote next week. |
| 1:24.4 | Right now it appears House Democrats do have the votes to impeach President Trump |
| 1:28.1 | and then send the matter to the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate. |
| 1:31.2 | Where removing the president from office seems quite unlikely. |
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