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After a big vote, the

After a big vote, the impeachment inquiry is going to be public.

What should it look like?

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Well, Patty, there's a lot to talk about again this week.

You know, I'm really focused on talking about the impeachment inquiry because, look,

it is the most important story. There's a lot of other stuff to talk about

who would ever thought that you know I was on CNN last night talking about Rudy

Giuliani and it was like the third story or something because even though the guy I forgot about him for a minute.

Well, yeah, it's like the president's lawyer who also happens to be, you know, the former mayor in New York, the former United States attorney is under criminal

investigation it's like well you know we voted for impeach you know we voted for an impeachment

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