Trump’s Enablers: How Giuliani, Pence, and Barr Figure Into the Ukraine Scandal
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
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🗓️ 27 September 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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This week, evidence emerged that Trump tried to enlist the help of a foreign power to discredit his political opponents—in this case, Democratic Presidential hopeful Joe Biden. Further disclosures revealed that the President may have been aided in his efforts by his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, Vice-President Mike Pence, and Attorney General William Barr. On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced the start of a formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump, saying that he had betrayed his oath of office, the nation’s security, and the integrity of U.S. elections. Jeffrey Toobin, Jane Mayer, and David Rohde—three New Yorker writers who have reported extensively about the Administration—join Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the case against Trump, and how his inner circle may have helped jeopardize his Presidency.
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| 1:16.3 | politics. It's Friday, September 27th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of the New Yorker. |
| 1:23.5 | On Tuesday, Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, announced the start of a formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump, |
| 1:30.9 | saying that he had betrayed his oath of office, the nation's security, and the integrity of U.S. elections. |
| 1:37.5 | She said, the actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the Constitution, |
| 1:43.5 | and that Trump must be held accountable, |
| 1:46.0 | no one she said is above the law. Pelosi acted after learning that the executive branch |
| 1:51.7 | was withholding from Congress an urgent whistleblower's complaint, said to allege that Trump |
| 1:57.8 | had pressured Ukraine's new president, Vladimir Zelensky, to investigate |
| 2:02.3 | Joe Biden, a chief rival in the 2020 election, and Biden's son Hunter, for purportedly corrupt |
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