The Impeachment of President Donald J. Trump

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 19 December 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The House of Representatives has impeached President Trump, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. We traveled to Michigan to understand how a fractious Democratic Party ultimately united around impeachment, having started the year divided over the issue. Guests: Representative Elissa Slotkin and Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrats of Michigan. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:Mr. Trump became only the third president in American history to be impeached, as the House charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The votes were largely along party lines.Moderate Democrats encouraged their party to begin the impeachment inquiry. Now, those representatives face a reckoning with that decision.Are you confused by the impeachment process? Here’s how it works.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:33.0	This is The Daily.
0:36.0	Today, the United States House of Representatives has impeached President Trump for abuse of power
0:50.0	and obstruction of Congress.
0:53.7	My colleague, Lisa Chow and I, on the story of how a fractious democratic party, which started
1:00.8	the year divided on impeachment, ultimately united around it.
1:10.5	It's Thursday, December 19th.
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