Kamikaze mission at the next Democratic debate? - The Podtable for July 26
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 26 July 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Bill breaks down the Mueller testimony, the odds on impeachment and previews the second Democratic Debate with Reid Epstein of The New York Times, Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times and Jordan Fabian of The Hill.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, and welcome. Welcome back to the Bill Press Pod and this week's pod table. It's about 8.45 a.m. on Friday, July 26. Time to look back at the big stories dominating this week, |
| 0:23.8 | from Robert Mueller's testimony to a great big bipartisan budget deal to a big deal between California |
| 0:31.0 | and four leading automakers. We look back this week on the podcast with three reporters in the heart |
| 0:37.1 | of the action here in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:39.1 | Jordan Fabian on the job at the White House every day for the hill, the hill.com. Hello, Jordan. |
| 0:44.9 | Hello, Bill. Good to see you. Jennifer Habercorn. She's got Congress covered every day for the Los Angeles Times, |
| 0:50.8 | LA Times.com. Hi, Jennifer. Hey, Bill. And, from the New York Times, running fast to keep up with all |
| 0:58.1 | the candidates in the Democratic primaries 2020 for president. |
| 1:02.7 | Reed Epstein. Hello, Reed. Hello. Good morning, friends. New York Times.com. Thank you all for |
| 1:07.8 | being with us. So it was, um, it was like the second coming this week. |
| 1:13.5 | Everybody in anticipation of the testimony of special counsel, Robert Mueller. |
| 1:19.4 | Chairman Jerry Nadler started it off and maybe got the best soundbite or the best answer out of the day of Robert Mueller, here in his opening questions, here's how it all began. |
| 1:30.3 | Director Mueller, the President has repeatedly claimed that your report found there was no obstruction and that it completely and totally exonerated him. |
| 1:40.3 | But that is not what your report said, is it? |
| 1:43.3 | Correct, that is not what the report said. is it? Correct. That is not what the report said. |
| 1:46.0 | And now reading from page 2 of volume 2 of your report that's on the screen, you wrote, quote, |
| 1:52.0 | If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. |
| 2:01.6 | Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, however, we are unable to reach that judgment, close quote. |
| 2:08.6 | Now, does that say there was no obstruction? |
| 2:11.6 | No. |
| 2:12.6 | And what about total exoneration? Did you actually totally exonerate the President? No. |
| 2:18.3 | Now, in fact, your reports expressly states that it does not exonerate the President. |
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