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Ukraine Affair; Giuliani Abroad; Hate Attacks On The Rise; Attacks On Faith; On The Rise; Linda Ronstadt: "The Sound Of My Voice"; New Year's Eve

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

NY Times: Reporting Reveals Mulvaney Deeply Involved In Aid Freeze; NY Times: Bolton, Pompeo, Esper Tried To Convince President Trump To Release Ukraine Aid; NY Times: Top Trump Advisers Warned Him Against Withholding Ukraine Aid; NY Times: New Reporting Details Pres. Trump's Push To Block Aid And Officials' Concerns It Was Wrong; Foreign Policy According To Giuliani; Hanukkah Attack; Washington Post: Pres. Trump's Lawyer Got Involved In Back-Channel Talks With Maduro; Washington Post: "Bolton Vehemently Rejected" Off-The-Books Plan To Ease Maduro From Office; Man Accused Of Stabbing 5 Now Charged With Hate Crimes; Video Shows Deadly Texas Church Shootout As It Happened; Hate Attacks Increasing Across The Nation; Dems Ramp Up Campaigning, And Attacks, As First Votes Near; Sanders Defends "Medicare For All" Plan In Iowa; One-On-One With Gov. Deval Patrick; Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen Host A Times Square Party Starting 8PM ETTo 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, Chris Cuomo.

0:02.2

It's off tonight, topping this late edition of 360, a new window into the heart of the

0:05.5

impeachment case against President Trump.

0:07.1

The New York Times citing previously undisclosed emails and documents as well as interviews

0:11.7

with dozens of current and former administration officials documents the 84 days that could

0:16.5

end a presidency.

0:18.0

84 days when the president's first question about blocking military into Ukraine to the

0:22.9

moment was finally released.

0:24.8

This new account has a lot to say about how it all played out, who the players were,

0:28.2

the concern, so many top officials had that this was either against national security

0:32.4

interests, politically unwise or just plain wrong.

0:36.6

Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is described as being deeply involved in holding

0:40.0

of the aid, which is, you know, the president was allegedly using to leverage investigations

0:44.4

of the Biden's from Ukraine's president.

0:46.8

The Times reporting also shows that the White House budget office was seeking legal justification

0:51.5

for withholding the money as well as doubts from budget officials and sharp pushback from

0:56.3

the president's national security team.

0:58.4

The national security adviser John Bolton for one, as well as the secretaries of state

1:02.4

and defense, Bolton, you'll recall, reportedly referred to it all as a drug deal, according

1:06.9

to testimony.

1:07.9

He's central to the Times report, along with three others, all four of whom happen to

1:11.7

be the very officials.

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