Trump consumed by the unraveling of his presidency as Senate trial looms

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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One day after being impeached for the second time, Pres. Trump has been lashing out at aides, allies and lawyers trying to protect him from criminal exposure following his role in inciting the violence on Capitol Hill that left five people dead. Sources tell CNN he’s grown more and more worried about what legal and financial woes may be waiting for him once he leaves the protection of the presidency. Anthony Scaramucci worked briefly in the Trump White House as Communications Director. He joins AC360 to react to the President’s mood following being impeached again and says in 50 years historians will look at what happened and say “he didn’t accept the election, he signaled prior to the election that he wasn’t going to, and he incited an insurrection where people descended on the Capitol building calling for the death of his Vice President.” Plus, the National Mall will be closed to the public on Inauguration Day as authorities brace for the possibility of more extremist violence. Former FBI Director James Comey is the author of “Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust." He tells Anderson Cooper moving the inauguration indoors would be a “win for a group of terrorists.” Airdate: January 14, 2021 Guests: James Comey Anthony Scaramucci To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening. We begin tonight with the contrast between incoming and outgoing
0:03.3	administrations at a point in time unlike any of the countries ever seen before.
0:06.9	Just moments ago, President-elect Biden outlined his plan to fight COVID and
0:11.0	boost the economy at the end of a week that saw a death top 4,000 a day and
0:15.2	nearly a million more Americans file for unemployment benefits.
0:19.3	There is real pain overwhelming the real economy. One where people rely on
0:29.2	paychecks, not their investments to pay for their bills and their meals and
0:34.9	their children's needs. And it's not hard to see that we're in the middle of
0:39.5	the once in several generations economic crisis with the once in several
0:44.9	generations public health crisis. The crisis of deep human suffering is in plain
0:52.3	sight. There's no time to waste. We have to act. We have to act now.
0:59.5	President-elect laying out an emergency package which includes $1,400 stimulus
1:03.7	checks extending and expanding unemployment benefits, $400 supplemental
1:08.0	payments, also additional food aid and assistance to restaurants and small
1:11.6	businesses in a $50 an hour minimum wage. The price tag $1.9 trillion.
1:16.9	Mr. Biden saying the spending will yield greater returns the economy and society
1:20.9	in the long term. Clearly he's choosing to try to go big tonight. At the
1:25.4	White House meantime a few signs of normality for a transition such as moving
1:29.7	vans and staffers departing but also a president with just six days left still
1:33.8	determined to go small and angry and petty. Certainly not doing what his predecessors
1:38.9	and both parties have instead of thanking staffers writing traditionally
1:42.2	gracious note for the next president to find inside the resolute desk. He's
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