Interview with Michael Mukasey

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🗓️ 24 April 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Chris begins the show with Symone Sanders, Paul Begala, and Dan Pfeiffer discussing the 2020 Democratic candidates and whether or not seeking to impeach President Trump is on the horizon. Then, Chris brings on David Cay Johnston who gives his insight on the President's taxes and the IRS missing the second deadline to turn them over. Next, Chris moderates "The Great Debate," with Angela Rye and Steve Cortes. Chris wraps up the show with Michael Mukasey and a Closing Argument on the President's latest attacks on the media.

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0:00.0	Thank you Anderson. I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Prime Time. The 2020 race has changed over just
0:06.2	the past 24 hours. More Democratic candidates pushing for impeachment proceedings. We have
0:11.2	Democrats of great portfolio assembled. They've helped shape some of the biggest political machines
0:17.0	their party has had. Did they see a winner on the stage last night and did they see the same winner?
0:22.9	We'll see about that. And Jared Kushner weighing in on Mueller and what the real threat is to our
0:29.5	democracy. This was a wow moment and we're going to take it up in the great debate. Plus President
0:36.1	Trump says no. No to his aide's testifying to Congress. No to turning over his taxes. But what does
0:43.3	the law say? What is his ability to say no? No. A brand new interview and we're going to test it
0:50.4	with a very capable guest, a former attorney general who knows the law, who knows the current
0:56.4	attorney general. Very well. What does he make of all this? What do you say? Let's get after it.
1:07.2	To impeach or not to impeach, that is a question. So why all the waffling, the hand ringing,
1:15.2	some Democrats all in, other Democrats all over the map. Why? Take a listen.
1:20.0	Countability has to come from the Congress. And the tool that we are given for that accountability
1:30.8	is the impeachment process. I believe Congress should take the steps towards impeachment.
1:35.7	If for the next year, year and a half going right into the heart of the election,
1:39.8	all that the Congress is talking about is impeaching Trump and Trump Trump Trump and Mala Mala Mala.
1:45.6	What I worry about is that works the Trump's advantage. The impeachment proceedings are up to the
1:51.0	House. They are going to have to make that decision. I'm also going to leave it to the House and
1:54.8	send it to figure that out because my role in the process is trying to relegate Trumpism to the
2:00.0	dustbin of history. So what do you see there? Arrange, right? What's the consideration? Is
2:06.8	impeachment holding this president accountable? Is that the winning issue? If so, why vacillating?
2:12.0	If not, then why the vacillating? Let's take what happened on that stage to three democratic
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