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CLINE EDITOR AT LARGE AT VOX AND
HOST OF THE EZ TRA CLINE SHOW.
EZRA, THERE’S SO MUCH TO COVER
HERE TONIGHT.
HERE TONIGHT. ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS TODAY
WAS THE PRESIDENT TAKING TIME TO
PUBLICLY PROCLAIM HE’S NOT THE
CRAZY ONE HERE.
>> SO THINGS ARE GOING GREAT IN
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY I GUESS.
>> I DIDN’T KNOW QUITE HOW TO
PUT THAT.
PUT THAT. >> THERE’S A NICE LINE IN THE
"NEW YORK TIMES" PIECE ABOUT
THAT IN THE MOMENTS HE BEGAN
GOING AROUND THE ROOM, GO ONLINE
AND LOOK AT THERE.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAD THIS
SIDE IN THEIR PIECE SAYING IN A
RITUAL RATHERLY SEEN IN A
DEMOCRACY IT LOOKED LIKE THE
KIND OF PAL TIN KIN MOMENT YOU
SEE IN DICTATORSHIPS.
IT WAS A SCARY MOMENT WATCHING
HIM HERD HIS OWN STAFF INTO A
ROOM TO PUBLICLY TESTIFY TO HIS
OWN STATE OF MIND AND AS YOU
SAY, PUBLICLY REBUT A CLAIM THAT
WAS NOT ACTUALLY MADE ABOUT HIM.
IT WAS STRANGE AND GIVEN THE
FACT THAT THE GUY HAS HIS HANDS
ON A NUCLEAR WEAPON, IT’S
TROUBLING.
TROUBLING. >> AND EZRA, LET ME GET YOUR
REACTION TO THE BREAKING NEWS IN
RACHEL’S HOUR.
RACHEL’S HOUR. CHAIRMAN NADLER ANNOUNCING
ROBERT MUELLER IS NEGOTIATING
FOR A CLOSED DOOR HEARING WITH
TRANSCRIPT TO BE RELEASED LATER.
>> I THINK ROBERT MUELLER WHO
HAS DONE I THINK A LOT OF
TREMENDOUS WORK IS SO -- IS A
LITTLE BIT TOO CONCERNED OVER
THE IDEA THAT HIS WORK COULD BE
INTERPRETED POLITICALLY.
INTERPRETED POLITICALLY. YOU CANNOT TAKE QUITE SO MUCH OF
THE POLITICS OUT OF POLITICS.
HE’S A FACT FINDER.
HE HAS DONE AGAIN I THINK A
TREMENDOUS JOB TRYING TO
ESTABLISH A PATTERN OF FACTS.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS LEFT OPEN BY
THE DOCUMENT HE CREATED AND
WHILE I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE
IDEA THAT WHEN YOU GET PUT IN
FRONT OF A CAMERA WITH THE
CONGRESS THE WAY THAT IT IS, A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
GRANDSTANDING AND TRYING TO
CREATE THAT THE ONE VIRAL MOMENT
OR COUPLE MOMENTS THAT WILL GO
VIRAL IN DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF
AMERICAN POLITICS.
AMERICAN POLITICS. YOU’RE WORRIED THAT IT COULD BE
POLITICIZE THE TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, YOU’RE WORKING FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. THAT DOESN’T QUITE ADD UP TO ME.
>> AND EZRA, WE’RE HEARING, WE
HEARD FROM CHAIRMAN NADLER AN
OUTLINE I’VE WHOLE NEW APPROACH
TO HEARINGS THIS SUMMER TRYING
TO BASICALLY COVER THE TERRITORY
OF THE MUELLER REPORT, THE
CHALLENGE HE’S HAVING IS EXACTLY
WHAT WITNESSES DO YOU GET, THE
REPORTS ARE THE COMMITTEE IS
SURPRISED AT THE RESISTANCE
THEY’VE BEEN GETTING FROM THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON GETTING
WITNESSES.
WITNESSES. INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE ALSO
MAKING PLANS FOR A SIMILAR
APPROACH TO HEARINGS THAT WILL
ILLUMINATE WHAT’S IN THE MUELLER
REPORT.
REPORT. >> SOMETHING THAT I AM STRUCK BY
AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT THE
CONGRESSMAN SAID IN THE SEGMENT
EARLIER IS THAT DONALD TRUMP
SINCE RELEASE OF THE MUELLER
REPORT HAS CONSIDERABLY
STRENGTHENED THE CASE FOR
IMPEACHMENT AGAINST HIM.
THERE IS WHAT THE MUELLER REPORT
SAYS AND THEN THERE IS THE WAY
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION UNDER
HIS COMMAND HAS ACTED ABOVE THE
LAW SINCE.
LAW SINCE. THE COMPLETE STONEWALLING OF
WHAT IS FUNCTIONALLY CONGRESS’S
CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO CONDUCT
OVERSIGHT OVER HIM.
ADDED TO THAT, THE REVERSAL OF
THE NORMAL APPROACH PREYS TAKE
WHICH IS TO SAY I’M THE ONE HERE
DOING THE PEOPLE’S BUSINESS
WHILE THEY’RE INVESTIGATING ME
AND DOING A CIRCUS.
INSTEAD HE’S SAYING TILL THEY
STOP INVESTIGATING ME, I WILL
NOT DO THE PEOPLE’S BUSINESS AS
IF GOVERNING IS A FAVOR HE DOES
US WHEN EVERYBODY IS NICE TO HIM
OTHERWISE.
OTHERWISE. SO I THINK THAT DONALD TRUMP IS
DOING A PRETTY NICE JOB
STRENGTHENING THE CASE FOR AN
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AGAINST HIM
AND I THINK NANCY PELOSI WHO HAS
HAD HIS PSYCHOLOGY PEGGED
PERFECTLY SINCE THE BEGINNING IS
DOING A NICE BAITING LIME IT
STEP BY STEP.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE HER
POSITION HAS NOT BEEN NO
IMPEACHMENT BUT TO CONTINUE
GOING FORWARD AND EITHER
BUILDING SUPPORT FOR IT OR IN
SEEING SUPPORT DISSIPATE FOR IT.
SO FAR SHE’S MOVED INTO HIM INTO
A PLACE WHERE I THINK HE IS