Is Donald Trump A Traitor?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

New York Times Opinion

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🗓️ 6 December 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Trump's Russia entanglement has the columnists asking, "Is the president a traitor?" Ross Douthat sits down with Lawfare's executive editor Susan Hennessey to lay out what's happening with Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation. Later, Ross remains agnostic on Trump's collusion, Michelle Goldberg says dayenu, and David Leonhardt thinks there's a path to impeachment through Mueller's report. For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument.

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0:00.0	I'm Michelle Goldberg.
0:01.3	I'm Ross Douthod.
0:02.5	I'm David Lee and Hart.
0:03.8	And this is the argument.
0:06.2	This week, is President Trump a traitor?
0:09.6	We talked to Susan Hennessy about what the latest revelations mean
0:12.8	for the Mueller investigation.
0:14.4	What is the kind of conduct that you would say I've had enough?
0:19.7	Then should Democrats in the House impeach Donald Trump
0:23.2	when they take control?
0:24.5	I don't think he would be the end of the world.
0:27.0	And later, a recommendation.
0:29.2	I just never have really had to dress like a normal adult.
0:39.3	Robert Mueller's Russian investigation has been back in the news
0:42.4	and it's likely to stay there in coming days and weeks.
0:45.4	Trump's longtime fixer, Michael Cohen,
0:47.0	played guilty to a new charge.
0:48.5	A new court filing by the special counsel Bob Mueller
0:51.3	claiming Paul Manafort lied to Mueller's team
0:54.2	and the FBI repeatedly.
0:56.0	I think that is a statement of how Mueller is going to approach
1:01.2	the remainder of his investigation.
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