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‘Unshackled and unleashed’: Trump, post-acquittal

Post Reports

The Washington Post

Daily News, Politics, News

4.45.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Today on Post Reports, Philip Rucker describes what the presidency could look like post-impeachment. And ahead of Sunday’s Academy Awards, Sarah Hashemi considers whether gendered categories should be eliminated from award shows. 

Read more:

Historians and legal experts say President Trump’s acquittal could have profound ramifications for what future presidents consider permissible conduct

The Oscars have a gender problem. Non-binary actors have some solutions.

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0:00.0

From the newsroom of the Washington Post.

0:04.8

Hi, this is Vanessa Williams from the Washington Post.

0:08.4

Hey, it's Philip Rutger at the Washington Post.

0:10.9

Do you have a minute?

0:11.9

Hi, this is Dan Zagff.

0:13.7

This is Post Reports.

0:14.7

I'm Caroline Kitchener.

0:18.9

It's Friday, February 7.

0:21.4

Today, what the acquittal means for the presidency?

0:28.2

And why do the Oscars still have gendered categories?

0:36.0

So since the president was acquitted, what have we been hearing from him?

0:40.8

You know, he is a president entirely unshackled and unleashed.

0:44.9

Phil Rucker is the White House bureau chief for the post.

0:49.7

We've all been through a lot together, and we probably deserve that hand for all of us

0:55.7

because it's been a very unfair situation.

0:58.6

I invited him.

1:00.7

He held forth in the eastroom of the White House, which is one of the most regal settings

1:05.5

of American power in our history and unleashed what amounted to a festivist of grievances.

1:12.1

Had I not fired James Comey, who was a disaster, by the way, it's possible I wouldn't need

1:20.3

me standing here right now.

1:22.4

We caught him in the act.

1:23.8

He attacked Nancy Pelosi and suggested Nancy Pelosi is a horrible person.

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