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State of the Union

Interviews with: Rep. James Comer, Rep. Jamie Raskin

State of the Union

CNN

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3.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

First, Jake presses Republican House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer about why he wants to investigate Biden’s potential mishandling of classified documents but says investigating Trump is “not a priority.” Also, with the U-S facing a risk of a default this summer, Jake asks what will be done in a GOP-led House to avoid an economic catastrophe. Next, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, responds to Rep. Comer and contrasts Biden’s approach to the Justice Department documents investigation to Trump’s. Finally, our panel analyzes the latest developments on the special counsel probes and discuss the House’s contingency plan in case of a debt default. Today’s panel includes Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, CNN Political Commentators Scott Jennings and Ashley Allison, and former Trump White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews. 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

How will this investigation change Biden's presidency and top priority House Republicans

0:22.4

launch their own probes into the Biden administration?

0:25.0

I am concerned about ethics and transparency in the federal government.

0:28.8

Does that apply to both sides of the aisle?

0:30.8

I'll speak to the chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, Republican

0:34.7

James Comer, and then the Committee's top Democrat, Jamie Raskin, ahead.

0:39.0

Plus, hitting the limit, House Republicans make plans to try to limit the fallout if they

0:43.6

carry through on their threat to only raise the debt ceiling accompanied by spending

0:48.0

cuts.

0:49.0

Is the U.S. headed for fiscal catastrophe?

0:58.8

Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is classified.

1:06.7

Today, President Biden is in Atlanta, focused on the legacy of the late Reverend Dr. Martin

1:11.3

Luther King, Jr., but here in Washington, the president is facing sharp political headwinds

1:16.6

of his own making.

1:17.7

On Saturday, the White House announced that five more pages of classified documents

1:22.1

had been discovered at the president's home in Greenville, Delaware, that's a suburb

1:25.6

of Wilmington, Thursday night, and immediately turned over to the Department of Justice,

1:30.0

which had just launched a special counsel investigation earlier that day, bringing the

1:34.6

total to approximately 20 classified records found there and in President Biden's private

1:40.9

office in Washington, Saturday's announcement by the White House heightened questions about

1:45.5

repeated delays in informing the public about the discoveries of these classified documents.

1:50.8

And so weeks or months before the president seems likely to announce his reelection campaign,

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