The Lawfare Podcast: Bonus Edition: Acting DNI Joseph Maguire vs. the Committee with No Bull
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🗓️ 27 September 2019
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire appeared before the House Intelligence Committee to discuss his handling of the whistleblower complaint that alleges inappropriate conduct by the President related to his interactions with the Ukrainian government. In the hours preceding Maguire’s testimony, an unclassified copy of the complaint was released to the public. The hearing saw Democrats scrutinize Maguire’s handling of the complaint and the administration’s role in withholding it. The hearing occasionally devolved into discussions of conspiracy theories about Democrat’s motivations to investigate Trump’s conduct and the party’s ties to Ukraine. But we cut out all the unnecessary repetition and theatrics to leave you with just the questions and answers that you need to hear.
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:30.4 | I'm Alana Kagan and this is the LawFair podcast September 26th 2019. |
| 0:37.0 | Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph McGuire appeared before the House Intelligence |
| 0:41.1 | Committee to discuss his handling of the whistleblower complaint that alleges inappropriate |
| 0:45.7 | conduct by the president related to his interactions with the Ukrainian government. |
| 0:50.5 | In the hours, presviditing McGuire's testimony, an unclassified copy of the complaint was |
| 0:54.5 | released to the public. |
| 0:56.3 | The hearing saw Democrats scrutinize McGuire's handling of the complaint and the administration's |
| 1:00.7 | role in withholding it. |
| 1:02.7 | The hearing occasionally devolved into discussions of conspiracy theories about Democrats' motivations |
| 1:07.3 | to investigate Trump's conduct and the party's ties to Ukraine. |
| 1:11.4 | But we cut out all the unnecessary repetition and theatrics to leave you with just the questions |
| 1:16.0 | and answers that you need to hear. |
| 1:18.3 | It's the LawFair podcast bonus edition, McGuire versus the committee with no bull. |
| 1:23.7 | Would you agree that the whistleblower complaint alleges serious wrongdoing by the president |
| 1:28.0 | of the United States? |
| 1:36.3 | The whistleblower complaint involved the allegation of that. |
| 1:40.7 | It is not for me in the intelligence community to decide how the president conducts, is it |
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