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The Daily 202's Big Idea

The second Trump impeachment is bipartisan

The Daily 202's Big Idea

The Washington Post

Politics, News, Daily News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Plus, the Secret Service takes command today of all security preparations for the inauguration, and the FBI warned of a “war” at the Capitol the day before the mayhem.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

0:05.7

2002 for Wednesday, January 13th. In today's news, the Secret Service takes

0:11.7

command of all security precautions for the inauguration.

0:15.0

The FBI warned of a war coming to the Capitol the day before the mayhem.

0:22.0

And Joe Biden's advisors fear that President the day before the mayhem.

0:22.6

And Joe Biden's advisors fear that President Trump's order to widen the vaccine pool

0:28.0

is reckless. But first, the big idea.

0:37.0

The push for an unprecedented second impeachment of President Trump

0:41.0

took a dramatic bipartisan turn on Tuesday as

0:44.2

several senior House Republicans joined the Democratic effort to remove Trump

0:49.2

for his role in inciting the angry mob that stormed the Capitol last week,

0:54.0

and the White House this morning is bracing for more defections.

0:57.0

Congresswoman Liz Cheney from Wyoming,

1:00.0

the daughter of the former vice president,

1:02.0

and the third ranking Republican in the house.

1:05.0

Joined John Katko, the congressman from New York who is the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee,

1:12.0

to endorse impeaching Trump.

1:16.8

They were later joined by Congressman Adam Kensinger from Illinois, Fred Upton from Michigan, and Jamie Herrera Butler from Washington.

1:26.0

Cheney said in a statement that the president summoned this mob, assembled this mob,

1:31.4

and lit the flame of this attack.

1:33.4

She added, quote,

1:35.0

there has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office

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