Senate GOP introducing resolution to condemn impeachment process; Dems accuse GOP Reps of stunt & violating House rules after rushing secure room; U.S. may start moving battle tanks & troops to Syria to protect other troops near oil fields;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 24 October 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Sources: Dems aiming for public hearings in November; NYT: WH sent warning letter to Pentagon Official who testified before Congress; GOP Source: Diplomat's testimony "reverberating" among House GOP; GOP tries to downplay damning testimony as "hearsay"; "No quid pro quo" defense may not matter for impeachment; Trump applauds GOP lawmakers who stormed secure room; Sources: Giuliani now searching for a defense attorney; Two Giuliani associates promoted connections to Giuliani and Trump to make money; Lawyer for Giuliani associate links Trump to case by suggesting executive privilege may apply; Right now: Rep. Cummings lies in State at U.S. Capitol;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	The impeachment
0:02.0	is now 30 days old.
0:04.0	Boy, that was a busy year.
0:06.0	The lead starts right now.
0:08.0	The pushback, President Trump's Republican allies
0:11.0	rallying to condemn the impeachment inquiry after the president
0:14.5	calls Republicans who do not back him human scum. It's a tongue twister and
0:20.7	President Trump's new attempt to reframe the debate.
0:23.8	No quid pro quo, he says.
0:26.2	But will the facts drown out his new catchphrase?
0:29.3	Plus, leave the US allies stay for the oil fields.
0:33.4	New CNN reporting today on the president's plan to leave troops behind in Syria and what
0:38.1	that says about his priorities. month since House Democrats formally announced the impeachment inquiry and today Republicans are slamming it
0:56.0	with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Lindsey Graham introducing a resolution to condemn the impeachment inquiry process. Republicans are in part
1:04.1	attacking the fact that these depositions of witnesses conducted by both
1:09.1	Democrats and Republicans are being done in private.
1:13.3	This, of course, is a way for them to attack Democrats
1:16.6	without having to address the President's conduct
1:19.1	and the allegations being made about a quid pro quo.
1:22.0	Testimony that Trump demanded that Ukraine
1:24.6	investigate Joe and Hunter Biden in exchange for 400 million dollars in US
1:28.5	military aid and more. Now as a journalist I should say I want everything out in the open depositions hearings everything
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