The Latest: The Mueller Question

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🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

To mention the Mueller report in articles of impeachment against President Trump, or not? That’s the question Democrats have been asking. Today’s impeachment hearing before the House Judiciary Committee gave us a clue about which way they’re leaning. “The Latest” is a 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 leader.
0:07.6	I had a perfect phone call with the president of Ukraine.
0:11.0	Like, I mean perfect.
0:12.8	Today, I'm asking our chairman to proceed with the articles of impeachment.
0:17.8	You need to call the ball of the straws right away.
0:20.8	You don't interrupt either one of them.
0:22.8	You're a questioner over the witness.
0:24.8	I think it's harder.
0:26.3	Still don't make the point.
0:27.3	You're not doing it right.
0:31.0	It's Julie Davis in the Washington Bureau of the New York Times.
0:33.9	Today, the House Judiciary Committee took the next step in building an impeachment case against Donald Trump.
0:39.6	As they worked toward drafting articles of impeachment, they heard from attorneys who work for the two congressional committees leading this charge.
0:46.7	We will hear 30 minute opening arguments from councils for the majority and the minority of this committee.
0:51.3	Lawyers from the Judiciary Committee, which has been thinking about impeachment for months.
0:55.2	Then we will hear 45 minute presentations of evidence from majority and the minority council from the permanent select committee on intelligence.
1:02.8	And from the intelligence committee, which wrapped up its work last week investigating this Ukraine matter, they're recapping for the Judiciary Committee,
1:11.1	everything that's come out of the hearing so far.
1:13.6	So the committee can figure out if they can translate that into actual articles of impeachment and if so, what they should say.
1:20.0	Mr. Burke is recognized.
1:21.8	Stay well, continuous.
1:22.8	The Burke has the floor.
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