House Dems introduce articles of impeachment against Trump; Trump's Day" Impeachment, trade deal, Russian FM visits; Sources: Trump, McConnell at odds over impeachment trial

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Mueller report; House Dems introduce articles of impeachment, full house could vote as soon as next week; McCarthy: Democrats are just angry they lost 2016 election; Schiff: Waiting on impeachment allows Trump to continue cheating; Sources: Nadler pushed for separate article of impeachment on obstruction of justice; Barr suggest FBI acted in "Bad Faith" in trump-Russia probe; Grisham,: Trump is "Not relieved, but we did expect this"; Sources: McConnell wants fast senate trial, but Trump is pushing for a dramatic spectacle; GOP Senator: We've warned the White House not to "turn the senate into a circus"; Trump lashes out at "current" FBI director for stating facts; Wray: No evidence FBI unfairly targeted Trump campaign; Wray: No indication Ukraine interfered in 2016 election; Trump allies defend the president with falsehoods; Democrats & trump each claim victory as new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal reached; Trump hosts top Russian diplomat in oval office, behind closed doors; Judiciary committee to begin impeachment articles markup at 7PM tomorrowTo 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	The four words no president ever wants to hear high crimes and misdemeanors.
0:06.5	The lead starts right now.
0:08.4	A momentous and solemn day for the nation as House Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment
0:14.2	against President Trump as the president looks to put on a show with his
0:18.6	presidency on the line at a Senate trial. Well the president of Ukraine cannot get an Oval Office visit
0:26.5	but guess who just did the foreign minister for the very country that actually
0:31.1	did attack the US during the 2016 election.
0:34.7	What happened today when Putin's Point Man came to town?
0:38.0	Plus, the truth hurts, President Trump attacking his own FBI director for backing an inspector general report
0:45.0	that shoots down a self-serving conspiracy theory, not unlike the conspiracy theories that got the president to the brink of impeachment.
0:53.0	Welcome to the lean up, Jake Tapper.
0:58.0	We begin today with the politics lead in what can only be described as a serious and historic day in American history, Democrats
1:04.8	unveiling two articles of impeachment against President Donald John Trump, one for abuse
1:10.2	of power, the other for obstruction of Congress, setting the stage for the third ever impeachment
1:16.2	of a sitting U.S. President in history.
1:18.8	The full House of Representatives could vote on the articles next week after they are voted upon and sent to the floor of the
1:24.4	House by the House Judiciary Committee.
1:26.7	That committee vote could happen as early as Thursday of this week.
1:30.3	Democrats allege that President Trump abused the power of his office by pushing a foreign
1:34.4	government, the Ukrainians, to interfere in the 2020 election.
1:38.6	And then, they say, the President Stonewalled Congress from conducting proper oversight. The response from the
1:43.8	president and his allies has largely been to dispute empirical facts, to
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