You! Welcome to Radio Atlantic, I'm Isaac Dauver.

It all happened so quickly.

After three years of news about Russia and the Mother Report, an entirely new scandal made

impeachment a sudden reality.

Last Monday, as details of the whistleblower complaint emerged, the Washington Post published an

op-ed in which seven Democrats, all with national security backgrounds, came out in favor of

impeachment.

The next afternoon, not coincidentally, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

announced the beginning of the impeachment inquiry. This week we're talking

with one of those Democrats. time detailed to the White House. And it just so happens she worked on Ukraine

policy when she was at the Pentagon during the Obama presidency. I want to get her to

explain what's going on, what is supposed to happen in these situations, and why it was these actions by the

president which took her to yes on an impeachment inquiry. So after we talk

about what she saw that brought her to impeachment we're going to talk about how the politics have been playing out.

Slochen represents a very pro-Trump district in Michigan, a state which is going to be at the

center of the action for next year's presidential race.

So Congresswoman, thanks for being here on Radio Atlantic.

Thanks for having me.

So let's start with this.

You spent time as a CIA analyst detailed to the National Security Council on the White House. You work there under Bush and

Obama. So you're one of the few people who've done the kind of work that this whistleblower

did. So can you help us understand what that role is like? When you read the complaint, did you

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