John Kelly: what Vindman heard on Trump-Ukraine call was equivalent to "an illegal order"; Bloomberg, Trump escalate feud with personal insults; AG Barr: Trump should stop tweeting about DOJ; makes it "impossible for me to do my job"

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Hope Hicks, Trump's ex-body man return to White House; Source: official who ran office overseeing Stone case resigns after nomination for top treasury job pulled; Trump: may stop aides from listening to calls with world leaders; President Trump says Kelly was in "over his head" after ex-chief of staff says working for Trump was a "killer"; Barr slams Trump's DOJ tweets, but says president never asked him to do anything in Roger Stone case; Bloomberg spending on campaign ads top $350m; AG Barr: Trump should stop tweeting about DOJ; makes it "impossible for me to do my job"; Crossover voting could disrupt Democratic primaries; Some Republicans look to disrupt South Carolina Democratic primary; Limbaugh attacks Buttigieg, says Trump could "have fun" debating a "gay guy kissing his husband on stage"; Experience & popularity may not matter... as history proves; "Race for the White House" premiers Sunday at 9p et/ptTo 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	So at this point if I see President Trump on Fifth Avenue I'm crossing the street.
0:06.0	The lead starts right now.
0:08.0	President Trump's former chief of staff unloading saying working for him was a killer and that his request for
0:14.8	dirt on Biden from Ukraine was illegal. What was General Kelly's last straw? He's
0:21.2	trashing Trump throwing around millions trying to become a cool meme, but Mike
0:26.0	Bloomberg's surge is also coming with serious questions about his record.
0:29.9	Plus Rush Limbaugh, President Trump's most recent Medal of Freedom recipient,
0:35.0	says that manly President Trump will have fun with Pete Buda Judge because
0:39.2	Buda Judge is gay and has a husband. You can try to take a guess which one of these three guys volunteered
0:44.5	to serve in the military in a war zone.
0:47.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper. We begin today with the politics lead
0:54.2	with President Trump continuing on his post-impeachment campaign to throw
0:58.5	caution to the wind and elbows to his enemies.
1:01.5	Firing officials who testified against him, attacking the faith of folks
1:05.2	who voted against him, smearing judges and prosecutors and anyone who may question him.
1:11.2	The President is today targeting his former chief of staff,
1:13.8	retired Marine General John Kelly, after Kelly told an audience in New Jersey that it was
1:17.8	quote a killer to work for President Trump and Kelly insisted that
1:22.0	lieutenant colonel Alexander Vinman was right to be
1:24.5	concerned and to report President Trump's call with Ukraine's President Zilinsky
1:29.4	which deviated from years of US policy and Kelly considers illegal.
1:34.0	As CNN's Caitlin Collins reports,
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