Impeachment is in the eye of the beholder

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🗓️ 11 December 2019

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President Trump claims he's not intimidated by the charges against him, calling them "impeachment-lite." But does the narrow scope of the impeachment articles unveiled yesterday give political cover to the thirty-one House Democrats from districts that Trump won in 2016? Plus, the intense partisan divide in Washington subsumes the Inspector General's report about the investigation into Trump's campaign. CNN political director David Chalian is joined by CNN senior Washington correspondent Joe Johns and CNN political commentator Alice Stewart. They compare and contrast the current impeachment saga with the Clinton proceedings twenty-one years ago.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	Hey, everyone. I'm David Chalien, the CNN political director. This is the Daily D.C. impeachment watch.
0:10.9	Every weeknight, we've got a new episode packed with the latest reporting and analysis connected to this historic and fast-moving impeachment inquiry.
0:19.4	Yesterday, House Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment. Today,, House Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment.
0:24.2	Today, the next phase begins.
0:26.7	I have two deeply sourced guests to help me unravel the twists and turns of this
0:31.5	impeachment saga.
0:32.5	In a few minutes, we'll be talking with GOP strategist and CNN political commentator, Alice
0:37.4	Stewart.
0:38.1	But first, I'm joined by my colleague CNN's senior Washington correspondent, Joe Johns.
0:42.5	Joe, thanks for being on the podcast.
0:43.9	Glad to be here.
0:45.1	So one of the big debates that we've been hearing about up on the hill from sources around town inside the Democratic caucus before the reveal of these two
0:55.1	articles of impeachment yesterday was broader narrow and should they include things from the
1:00.1	Mueller report or not. And clearly Nancy Pelosi, who I believe is the one that made the ultimate
1:05.0	decision here of which articles were going to be presented in judiciary and then to the
1:10.3	full house, decided narrow was the way to go.
1:14.2	We had heard from some moderate Democrats.
1:16.5	They were concerned about pulling in stuff from the Mueller report.
1:20.0	They were not for impeachment when that was the context and that Ukraine changed everything for them.
1:26.1	I want you to hear our Manu Raju catching up with Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, the leader, I think, in this effort to impeach the president.
1:36.8	Here is how he explained to Manu on why they chose the more narrow path.
1:43.2	Mr. Schiff, why no obstruction of justice in the articles of impeachment?
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