The Latest: A New Word for What Trump Did

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🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

We’ve been hearing a lot about the “quid pro quo.” But this week, Democrats started using a new term, one that shows up in the impeachment clause of the Constitution, to describe President Trump’s actions toward Ukraine. Republicans started using it, too — to reject it. “The Latest” is a new series on the impeachment inquiry, from the team behind “The Daily.” You can find more information about it here.

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0:00.0	It started with a whistleblower's complaint about President Trump's contact with a foreign
0:06.1	leader.
0:07.1	Tonight, allegations of a White House cover-up as details of a whistleblower's complaint
0:11.7	are revealed.
0:12.7	I had a perfect phone call with the president of Ukraine.
0:16.4	Like, I mean, perfect.
0:18.2	In that call, the president asked for an investigation of Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden
0:24.0	and his son Hunter.
0:25.2	Today, I'm announcing the House of Representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry.
0:31.8	Now the burden is on the Democrats really to tell Americans the story of what happened
0:36.0	and why it's impeachable.
0:39.0	The spectacle is doing great damage to our country.
0:42.2	It's nothing more than an impeachment process and search of a crime.
0:47.0	Hey, it's Julie Davis in the Washington Bureau.
0:52.4	It's November 14.
0:53.9	The latest over here is the fallout from yesterday's first day of public impeachment hearings.
1:00.3	And this morning in the capital, a cross-town from here.
1:03.4	Good morning, everyone.
1:04.7	Good morning.
1:05.7	Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker, had her weekly press conference.
1:09.3	We passed a packet of bills.
1:10.8	Nine bills.
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