Special Edition (2): The White House in Crisis. Pompeo accuses House Dems of bullying, Dems warn Pompeo to stop "intimidating" witnesses; Intel watchdog defends whistleblower as Trump steps up attacks;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 1 October 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Trump's first supporter in Congress resigns, pleads guilty in corruption case; Pompeo pushes back on Dem effort to depose State Dept Officials; Source: President Trump would "go on random tangents" about Mueller probe in calls with foreign leaders; GOP Sen Grassley defends whistleblower who sounded alarm on Trump; WSJ: AG Barr complained to Trump in April about Giuliani; Barr facing questions about his actions as Attorney General; Intel watchdog debunks Trump's whistleblower conspiracy; Giuliani on subpoena: "I'll give it appropriate consideration"; Trump: I am "trying to find out" whistleblower's identity; Dem Rep Waters: Trump should be in "solitary confinement"; Trump threats ramp up amid growing controversy; Sen. Lindsey Graham, who once called Trump "unfit for office", now pushing baseless theories on his behalf; Sen. Graham now calls impeachment inquiry a joke, but during Clinton era he said it restored integrity to WH; Key impeachment inquiry deposition rescheduled; Ambassador Volker to appear this Thursday; Candidates attack Trump as impeachment inquiry ramps up and new fundraising totals roll in; Sanders sets new pace for fundraising as candidates release totals for third quarter; Sanders pulled in $25M n 3rd quarter, Buttigieg $19M, Booker $6M, Harris $11MTo 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	breaking news as President Trump continues to rail against as far as the evidence
0:06.0	shows baseless claims of corruption the first member of Congress to back his White
0:11.2	House run has just pleaded guilty to crimes connected
0:14.3	to actual proven corruption. Republican Chris Collins of New York, the
0:18.5	congressman who officially resigned from the House of Representatives today, pleaded
0:22.1	guilty for charges related to insider trading.
0:24.7	CNN's Bryn Jengrass joins me now from outside the courthouse.
0:27.0	Brin, tell us what happened inside the courtroom.
0:30.9	Yeah, Jake, well, Chris Collins actually just left the courthouse and jumped into a van didn't say a word. Now remember this is a man who adamantly denied any wrongdoing for the last year. This morning he became a former congressman congressman by this afternoon he became a
0:43.8	convicted felon pleading guilty to two charges conspiracy to commit
0:47.5	securities fraud and making false statements each which carry a five-year
0:50.7	penalty remember he admitted now to making a call on the White
0:56.2	House lawn at a congressional picnic to his son telling him about a failed
1:00.0	drug trial which he served on the board of that drug company allowing his son
1:04.1	and an associate to essentially dump stock saving money he's now going to
1:08.5	face sentencing for that in January Jake.
1:11.0	All right Brent Jig, thank you so much.
1:15.0	This is CNN Breaking News.
1:18.0	Welcome to a special edition of The Lead, The White House and Crisis.
1:21.4	I'm Jake Tapper, and we begin this hour with breaking news.
1:24.0	Three top House Democrats this afternoon are accusing Secretary of State Mike Pompeio
1:29.0	of intimidating witnesses in an effort to protect himself and President Trump.
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