Source: President's new personnel head tells agencies to look out for staffers disloyal to Trump; Bloomberg says women can be released from non-disclosure agreements; CNN examines medical docs Sanders released after heart attack;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Sources: Election security official told lawmakers Russia is looking to help Trump win in November; Source: President Trump upset he heard about intel conclusion on Russia from a House Republican; Warren slams Bloomberg as an "arrogant billionaire"; Sen. Bernie Sanders briefed by U.S. Officials that Russia is trying to help his presidential campaign; U.S. & Taliban agree to 7-day break in violence in Afghanistan;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	Trump loyalty rewards getting you more than a free continental breakfast these days.
0:05.7	The lead starts right now.
0:07.8	Breaking news, the post acquittal purge hitting a new gear as the White House tells cabinet officials they need to start
0:14.5	sniffing out anyone who might be disloyal to President Trump in their ranks.
0:19.9	Going for broke, Democratic candidates burning through cash trying to keep up with a surging
0:24.8	Bernie Sanders and a billionaire with a bottomless bank account with just hours until a critical
0:30.1	election battle. Plus, Taliban truce. The Trump administration
0:35.1	announcing the first step toward a peace deal in Afghanistan if no bombs go
0:39.5	off for seven days might we finally be on the road to peace.
0:44.6	This is CNN Breaking News.
0:50.3	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper and we begin with breaking news President
0:53.4	Trump's purge the latest chapter in President Trump's post-equital
0:56.9	presidency in which he seems quite focused on punishing his perceived
1:00.8	enemies and rewarding loyalists breaking today.
1:04.1	Sources telling CNN that President Trump's new personnel chief,
1:07.5	John McEntee, told cabinet officials that his office wants them to report to him appointees in their agencies and
1:14.7	departments who might be seen as disloyal to President Trump in his agenda.
1:18.9	Macinty, you might recall, was among the Trump loyalists brought back to the White House during this
1:24.4	post-equital vengeance tour.
1:27.1	And as CNN's Caitlin Collins reports, Mackinty yesterday told cabinet officials that they
1:31.0	should be preparing to name names.
1:34.2	Today the White House is making another effort at a post-impeachment purge. Johnny McEntee is the post-impeachment purge.
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