The Articles of Impeachment

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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House Democratic leaders have introduced two articles of impeachment against President Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. But they did not include obstruction of justice. In today’s episode, we delve into the unseen fight among Democrats over whether two articles of impeachment was enough. Guest: Nicholas Fandos, who covers Congress for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:In the draft articles, House Democrats claim that Mr. Trump used as leverage against Ukraine two “official acts”: the delivery of $391 million in security assistance and a White House meeting for Ukraine’s president.Here are key takeaways from yesterday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:02.4	This is The Daily.
0:04.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:07.4	Today, how democratic leaders have introduced two articles of impeachment against President Trump,
0:16.4	charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
0:21.8	My colleague Nick Fando's on the unseen fight among Democrats,
0:26.5	over whether two articles of impeachment was enough.
0:32.0	It's Wednesday, December of the month.
0:36.1	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:39.4	Nick, how would you characterize the impeachment inquiry that we have all watched playing out over the past few weeks?
0:46.7	So in an odd sense, there has been, for the last month or so,
0:50.5	an error of inevitability about this inquiry.
0:53.3	Since Democrats decided to take it in the public and begin holding,
0:56.9	fact-finding hearings, writing a written report that they released to the public talking about,
1:01.9	the President's pressure campaign on Ukraine,
1:04.4	it seemed to all of us watching this closely that it was only going to end in one place,
1:09.2	and that was with the impeachment of the President of the United States.
1:13.2	But at the same time, privately behind the scenes, there was a debate going on
1:18.4	about one of the most fundamental unanswered questions about this.
1:22.6	What exactly were they going to charge the President with?
1:25.2	What was the case against him going to encompass?
1:28.1	Right. What would be the articles of impeachment?
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