No Witch Hunt, No Hoax, No Treason; Key Democrat: Announcement Tomorrow On Articles Of Impeachment; Another Remarkable Day In Washington

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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IG Report: No Evidence Of "Political Bias Or Improper Motivation" In FBI's Russia Probe; IG Report: FBI's Russia Investigation Justified; But "Serious Performance Failures" Found; IG Report Refutes Pres. Trump's Conspiracy Theory That FBI Illegally Spied On His 2016 Campaign; Barr: Russia Probe An "Intrusive Investigation"; DOG IG Report & FBI Director: Probe Was Justified; Attorney General Barr Disputes IG Finding, Says FBI Opened Investigation On "Thinnest Of Suspicions"; Comey Defends FBI, Criticizes AG Barr After Release Of IG Report; Former FBI Director Comey On IG Report: "Finally The Truth Gets Told"; Comey: "There Is A Risk We've Become So Numb To The Lying That We Move Onto The Next Outrage"; Comey: "Whether You Are A Republican Or Democrat You Need The FBI"; Comey On FBI: "It's Human It Makes Mistakes, But It's Not Engaged In Treason Or A Political Minded Investigation"; Comey On Lisa Page: Pres. Trump "Attacked Her, Mocked Her, Belittle Her .. And It Was All A Lie"; Comey On IG Report: "We Conducted A Professional Investigation Which Is What The American People Would Have Expected Of Us"; Comey On Pres. Trump's Lies: "It Almost Boggles The Mind"; Former FBI Dir. Comey On IG Report: "Finally The Truth Gets Told"; Comey: "There Is A Risk We've Become So Numb To The Lying That We Move Onto The Next Outrage"; Comey: "Whether You Are A Republican Or Democrat You Need The FBI"; Comey On AG Barr: "Certainly Hard To Explain A Lot Of his Conduct Over The Past Year"; Comey On Cancellation of Fox News Interview: "They Must Have Read The Report"; Comey On Giuliani's Actions: "In A WAy It's Sad"; Comey On AG Barr: "The Justice Statue Wears A Blindfold Because You Cannot Be Peeking At Your Political Boss... When making Decisions"; Democrats Expected To Announce Articles Of Impeachment After Dem Counsel Says "Evidence Is Overwhelming" For Impeachment; Key Democrat: Announcement Tomorrow On Articles Of Impeachment; Dem Counsel: "Evidence Is Overwhelming" For Impeachment; Dem Counsel: President Trump "Directed A Scheme" To Pressure Ukraine To Help His 2020 Campaign, Not The U.S. National Interest; GOP Counsel: Pres. Trump Had Legitimate Reasons To Be Concerned About Ukrainian Corruption; Dem Counsel: Pres. Trump's Effort To "Cheat To Win An Election" Are A Threat To National Security; GOP Counsel: Democrats "Obsessed With Impeaching Pres. Trump," Regardless Of Facts; Democratic Counsel Accuses President Trump Of An "Unprecedented Campaign Of Obstruction Of Congress"; GOP Counsel: "The Democrats Do Not Have The Proof" For Impeachment; Dem Counsel: Pres. Trump Is A "Clear And Present danger To Our Free And Fair Elections And To Our National Security"; Dem Counsel: President Trump "Directed A Scheme" To Pressure Ukraine To Help His 2020 Campaign, Not The U.S. National Interest; GOP Counsel: Pres. Trump had Legitimate Reasons To Be Concerned About Ukrainian Corruption; Dem Counsel: Pres. Trump's Efforts To "Cheat To Win An Election" Are A Threat To National Security"; Democratic Counsel Accuses President Trump Of An "Unprecedented Campaign Of Obstruction Of Congress"; Judiciary Committee Concludes Impeachment Hearing; Justice Dept IG Says No Political Bias In FBI SurveillanceTo 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	Good evening for Washington tonight, a stunning rebuttal.
0:03.6	Virtually everything the President Trump has said, again and again, for years about what
0:07.3	he calls the Russia hoax.
0:09.3	That and impeachment hearings today that saw the President describe as a clear and present
0:13.0	danger to free and fair elections.
0:14.7	It doesn't get much bigger than that.
0:16.7	We begin with a report from the Justice Department's Inspector General that exposes the
0:21.0	President of the United States is fundamentally dishonest about the Russian investigation
0:25.2	and the people who conducted it.
0:26.6	In a moment, I'll talk with one of those people, former FBI director James Comey,
0:30.9	when the President of fire and has attacked relentlessly ever since, along with the men
0:35.1	and women who worked for him and continued to work at the Bureau at the Justice Department
0:38.9	and inside the intelligence community.
0:41.0	The Inspector General's report also identified significant errors in how the FBI conducted
0:45.9	what became known as crossfire hurricane.
0:48.0	We'll talk about that as well.
0:49.7	However, the headline is that it debunks allegations like these.
0:55.1	It was an illegal investigation.
0:57.9	It was started illegally.
0:59.9	It was spying on my campaign and it went right up to the top.
1:03.2	This was an attempted coup.
1:05.7	This was an attempted take down of a President.
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