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Skullduggery

The Whistleblower's Complaint

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

42K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

CNN legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Elie Honig joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." The group breaks down the now-unclassified whistleblower complaint regarding President Trump and his July 25 phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.

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0:00.0

I would like you to do us a favor.

0:04.7

So said President Trump to the President of Ukraine on July 25, 2019, words that will

0:10.9

forever be memorialized as an iconic moment of his tenure as the highest office holder

0:17.2

in the land.

0:18.7

The favor was crystal clear.

0:21.0

Trump wanted the Ukrainian government to revive an investigation into an energy company,

0:25.9

like to the son of former Vice President Biden, a potential opponent in next year's presidential

0:32.0

election.

0:33.0

It was a stunning request, all the more so because according to a newly released whistleblower

0:38.2

complaint, the President had just suspended military aid to the Ukrainians desperately

0:43.8

fighting Russian aggression.

0:46.6

Had the quid just been introduced to the quo, the Democrats now have the ammunition to actually

0:52.4

impeach the President, or have they once more overshot their mark.

0:57.3

We'll discuss on this episode of Skolduggery.

1:07.4

Because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook, well I'm not

1:10.6

a crook.

1:11.6

I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostage.

1:14.6

My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence

1:19.3

tell me it is not.

1:20.6

I did not have sexual relations for that woman.

1:24.6

There will be no lies.

1:27.5

We will honor the American people with the truth and nothing else.

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