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hello nerd casters today we're in the room where our recording happens.

But we're going to be talking about the room where it happened, which in addition to being the catchy refrain of a song from

Hamilton musical, is the title of a forthcoming book from former National Security

Advisor John Bolton.

I think the title of his book is stupid.

We have the chance to talk to the man who was in the room where it happened.

I think Manuel Miranda should get money for him copying his title.

In which Bolton reportedly writes that President Donald Trump told him he wanted to exchange aid to Ukraine

for investigations into the Biden family and other Democrats by the Ukrainian government.

Today is the sixth day of the Senate impeachment trial.

It's the second day of President Trump's legal team presenting their defense.

We're taping this at about 4 PM today.

The trial is still going on.

We'll be well until the evening.

But first, as always, we are going to crunch what's

happened in today's impeachment trial into 30 seconds.

Tim be quiet we're trying to record something.

Ready set go. So today's been a real split screen on the Senate impeachment trial.

Privately, the White House is freaking out about John Bolton's allegations that Trump himself

wanted to withhold Ukrainian aid until Ukraine agreed to investigate his

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