Looking The Other Way, Pt. 1: A Powerful Democrat & A #MeToo Scandal
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 0:31.4 | mpr's investigations team. |
| 0:33.0 | Good morning, we are now on the record. |
| 0:34.8 | The time is 10.05 a.m. |
| 0:36.3 | On February 8, 2021. |
| 0:38.5 | Just a few years ago, a group of lawyers |
| 0:40.2 | got together on a video conference |
| 0:41.8 | to question a witness. |
| 0:43.0 | Would you please raise your hand? |
| 0:45.0 | You do solemnly state under penalty of perjury that the testimony you shall give in this |
| 0:49.0 | be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. |
| 0:52.0 | I do. |
| 0:53.0 | This witness almost avoided testifying, but a judge said he had important information in the case and ordered |
| 0:59.2 | him to sit for a deposition. |
| 1:01.3 | At the time, he was one of the most powerful people in the city of Los Angeles. |
| 1:05.2 | Sir, state your full name and spell it please. |
| 1:08.4 | Errik with a C, Michael, M-I-C-H-A-E-L, Garcetti, G A R C E T T T T T T T T. |
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