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The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 15 April 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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No action on Russian bounties on U.S. soldiers, despite Biden criticizing Trump for lack of response; U.S. confirms Paul Manafort associate gave internal Trump polling data to Russia; Closing arguments start Monday after defense rests; Pulmonology expert: “No, I do not believe” Floyd’s carbon monoxide levels could have been as high as defense proposed; Judge denies prosecution request to introduce evidence that Floyd’s blood showed normal carbon monoxide levels; Juror will be sequestered during deliberations; No decision yet on J&J vaccine from CDC advisory cmte, citing more info needed; CDC: 5,800 “breakthrough” cases of Covid reported out of 78 million in U.S. who are fully vaccinated; Michigan hospitals at 90-95% capacity amid surge; Inspector General: Leaders ignored, overlooked intel reports warning of attack on Congress; To 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	And welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We begin today with the world lead in minutes.
0:07.1	President Joe Biden will speak after imposing sweeping sanctions on Russia blocking 46 Russian
0:15.6	officials' operatives and entity, all of them from entering the United States and also preventing
0:23.2	Americans from doing business with them. The Biden administration also today,
0:27.5	expelling an additional 10 Russian diplomats slash operatives from the United States. The moves are,
0:34.4	the administration says, punishment for Moscow's interference in the 2020 election,
0:39.9	its occupation of the Ukrainian territory, Crimea, and the massive solar winds cyber attack,
0:47.4	publicly acknowledged in December. You might recall that was a massive cyber breach of U.S.
0:52.3	companies and different U.S. government agencies. The United States for the first time today formally
0:57.6	named the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service called the SVR as the perpetrator of the solar winds
1:04.2	attack. And the Biden administration also revealed some new details about Russia's interference
1:09.1	in the 2016 election. The U.S. now disclosing what has long been suspected but never stated outright
1:16.0	by the U.S. government that Russian agent Constantine Kalimnik, who received those sensitive internal
1:21.8	polling data information from the Trump campaign in 2016, specifically from Paul Manafort,
1:28.0	that he gave that information Kalimnik to Russia's intelligence services. He might recall former
1:34.6	president Trump denied and downplayed Russia's actions. He ultimately pardoned Manafort for separate
1:40.8	offenses. Now, as seen in Zalik's Marquard reports, today's move suggests clearly a very different
1:47.2	approach regarding Russia than that of Biden's predecessor.
1:54.0	Harsh and wide-ranging punishments today from the Biden administration against Russia,
1:58.9	an aggressive response to Russian interference in U.S. elections and their recent historic cyber
2:04.7	attack. Our objective here is to impose costs for what we feel are unacceptable actions by the
2:14.2	Russian government. Among those actions, Russia's attempt to influence the 2020 presidential
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