In this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, “Impeachment Game Plan,” co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram break down the latest developments:
-- The House Intelligence Committee has reportedly begun writing a report summarizing its inquiry findings, which will be used by the House Judiciary Committee to help draft the articles of impeachment.
-- It remains to be seen what the impeachment charges will be, and what will happen in a Republican-controlled Senate trial which will be presided over by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts.
-- Meanwhile, we have also learned that Trump defender Rep. Devin Nunes reportedly met with a former Ukrainian prosecutor last year to get dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden; Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s long-awaited report into the FBI’s handling of the Russia investigation will be released on December 9th; and Navy Secretary Richard Spencer was forced to resign on Sunday in connection with the case of Navy SEAL Ed Gallagher who was pardoned by President Trump earlier this month.
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REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
- Stay Tuned with Preet: Impeachment Hearings (Special Episode with Anne Milgram), 11/21/19
- Guide to the Impeachment Hearings, PBS News Hour
- “Trump’s GOP support hardens despite damning impeachment testimony,” The Washington Post, 11/23/19
- “‘Improper’ and ‘unusual’: White House aides criticize Trump’s Ukraine call,” Politico, 11/19/19
- Clip of Fox News host Chris Wallace confronting Republican Louisiana Senator John Kennedy who refused to openly disagree with President Trump in saying that it was Russia, not Ukraine, that had interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, 11/24/19
- “White House review turns up emails showing extensive effort to justify Trump’s decision to block Ukraine military aid,” The Washington Post, 11/24/19
- “Judge will rule by Nov. 25 in Don McGahn subpoena fight,” Politico, 11/19/19
- “Bolton re-emerges after public hiatus charging White House froze his Twitter account,” CNN, 11/22/19 (Twitter account of John Bolton, Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs)
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
- “What’s Next in Impeachment: Judiciary Committee Up Next,” The Associated Press, 11/25/19
- “Does Trump Impeachment Case Need to Prove a Quid Pro Quo? Asking Ukraine for Help is Bad Enough, Legal Experts Say,” Newsweek, 11/22/19
- Full text of the Articles of Impeachment approved by the House Judiciary Committee on July 27, 1974 against President Richard Nixon
- Full text of the Articles of Impeachment approved by the House Judiciary Committee on December 11, 1998 against President Bill Clinton
- “Impeachment is about to get a Robert Mueller reprise,” Politico, 11/22/19
- “Must Impeachable Offenses Be Violations of the Criminal Code?,” Lawfare, 11/19/19
SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
DEVIN NUNES-UKRAINE ALLEGATIONS
- “Lev Parnas Helped Rep. Devin Nunes’ Investigations,” The Daily Beast, 11/21/19
- “Exclusive: Giuliani associate willing to tell Congress Nunes met with ex-Ukrainian official to get dirt on Biden,” CNN, 11/22/19
- “Devin Nunes doubles down on promise to take CNN and Daily Beast to court: ‘It should be fun,’” Fox News, 11/24/19
INSPECTOR GENERAL’S INVESTIGATION
- “Exclusive: Former FBI lawyer under investigation after allegedly altering document in 2016 Russia probe,” CNN, 11/21/19
- “Russia Inquiry Review Is Said to Criticize F.B.I. but Rebuff Claims of Biased Acts,” The New York Times, 11/22/19
OUSTER OF NAVY SECRETARY
- “Navy secretary forced out by Pentagon chief over handling of Navy SEAL’s war crimes case,” The Washington Post, 11/25/19
- Letter to President Trump from Navy Secretary Richard Spencer acknowledging his “termination,” 11/24/19
IUD OR IED?
- “GQ Corrects Vindman Story After Saying He Was Injured By Birth Control Instead Of Explosive Device,” Daily Caller, 11/22/19
