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The Hartmann Report

THE PAST AND PRECEDENTS

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

News, Congress, America, Thom Hartmann, Climate Change, Democracy, Debate, Economics, The Hartmann Report

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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THE PAST AND PRECEDENTS

Thom puts the Articles of Impeachment announced by House leadership into both deep and immediate historical context. Then, Thom's brilliant callers take time to digest the implications of this whole situation. What kind of people can knowingly defend Trump's blatant crimes? What are the chances of a secret ballot in the Senate? Will any of the brats end up doing the right thing?


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0:00.0

This is the Tom Hartman program.

0:15.0

Greetings my friends, Patriots, lovers of democracy, truth, and justice,

0:20.0

believers in peace, freedom in the American way.

0:22.0

Tom Harbin here with you.

0:24.0

The articles of impeachment were rolled out, let's say.

0:27.0

I don't think that they've been formally introduced into Congress yet.

0:30.0

The number one is for abuse of his power in office.

0:35.4

Donald Trump abusing the power of his office,

0:37.8

which includes the Ukraine stuff and Jerry Naddler said

0:41.0

our president holds the ultimate public trust when he betrays that trust

0:44.7

and puts himself before country.

0:46.7

He endangers the Constitution, he endangers our democracy, and he endangers our national security.

0:53.0

But I mean let's just consider who this guy is and what he's been up to, right?

0:58.9

First of all, the first investigation into Donald Trump his campaign and its

1:06.3

association or its possible association specifically with Russia. I think

1:10.5

frankly it should have been a lot broader than that but nonetheless

1:13.0

that lasted 15 months it produced 34 indictments and charges of

1:19.3

individuals three indictments of companies, five guilty pleas, four convictions, over

1:28.3

a hundred and ninety one criminal charges, two counts of conspiracy against the United States, two counts of conspiracy against the United States two counts

1:34.7

a conspiracy to launder money eight counts of bank fraud ten counts of

1:38.4

bank fraud conspiracy ten counts of subscribing to false tax returns and we still don't know what's in Trump's tax returns.

1:46.2

Six counts of making false statements, 13 counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States,

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