Looking Ahead on Trump, and Back on Clinton, Nixon and Johnson

Where are we on impeachment today?
Republicans in the House will meet this evening to strategize ahead of tomorrow's open hearings, which will be the first time in the impeachment probe that the public hears directly from those involved. In a last minute lineup-change on Friday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), one of the President's staunchest defenders in Congress, was appointed to the House Intelligence Committee, which has jurisdiction over the hearings. White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, who had sought to join former National Security Adviser John Bolton and other White House staffers in a lawsuit over congressional subpoenas, will instead file his own, separate case after a closed-door hearing in a federal court. House Democrats released three more transcripts of closed-door hearings with State and Defense Department officials that indicate Ukrainian diplomats had been concerned about the hold on security aid money in August, earlier than had previously been reported. 

On today’s episode:
Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, CNN political analyst, co-host of the podcast "Politics and Polls,” and author of Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party (Penguin Press, 2020)

The House is expected to vote on Articles of Impeachment soon after Thanksgiving. Today, a trip back in time with the ghosts of impeachments past, aka historian Julian Zelizer to see what could be ahead for Trump. Zelizer is professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, CNN political analyst, co-host of the podcast "Politics and Polls,” and author of Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party (Penguin Press, 2020). Also, you'll never guess what Brian's favorite Article of Impeachment is, but it includes the word, "odium." Where are we on impeachment today? Republicans in the House will meet this evening to strategize ahead of tomorrow's open hearings, which will be the first time in the impeachment probe that the public hears directly from those involved. In a last minute lineup-change on Friday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), one of the President's staunchest defenders in Congress, was appointed to the House Intelligence Committee, which has jurisdiction over the hearings. White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, who had sought to join former National Security Adviser John Bolton and other White House staffers in a lawsuit over congressional subpoenas, will instead file his own, separate case after a closed-door hearing in a federal court. House Democrats released three more transcripts of closed-door hearings with State and Defense Department officials that indicate Ukrainian diplomats had been concerned about the hold on security aid money in August, earlier than had previously been reported.

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