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The Daily

Impeachment Through the Eyes of a Child

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran. After we sat down with Leo, a third grader, to talk about the impeachment inquiry, we were flooded with emails expressing gratitude for our guest. So we called Leo back and asked him about what he’s been up to while the impeachment inquiry has unfolded. Guests: Michael S. Schmidt, who covers national security and federal investigations for The New York Times; Bianca Giaever, a producer for “The Daily”; and Leo, a third grader who was obsessed with the impeachment inquiry. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:Leo predicted President Trump would be impeached in the House of Representatives. He was right.The impeachment process was paused after Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would wait to see what the trial in the Senate would look like before sending the two charges there.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Michael.

0:01.5

All this week, the daily is revisiting our favorite episodes of the year,

0:05.7

listening back, and then hearing what's happened since they first ran.

0:10.7

Today, impeachment, through the eyes of a child,

0:15.4

it's Thursday, December 26th.

0:18.2

So Bianca, you're a new journalist at the times.

0:22.8

Yes.

0:23.5

So what's happening?

0:24.7

So it feels like people have been getting a little bit exhausted from all the impeachment coverage,

0:30.8

and the hearings haven't even begun.

0:32.9

Mm-hmm.

0:33.9

But I actually found someone this week who was excited to hear more.

0:37.7

Really?

0:38.5

Yeah.

0:39.3

And I recorded a call with him, so let me play it for you.

0:43.3

Please.

0:44.5

BEEP!

0:48.3

Hello?

0:49.2

Hey, Leo.

0:50.0

Can you hear me, okay?

0:52.5

Yeah.

0:53.5

So I heard that you are interested in the impeachment.

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