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Will Cuomo be impeached? Feb 20, 2021

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Mike Isikoff and Dan Klaidman report on the scandal out of New York, featuring an interview with the lawmaker at the center of Gov. Cuomo's alleged cover-up and threats: NY state assemblyman Ron Kim (D, Queens). He describes in detail the alleged obstruction and lies around the state's Covid-19 reporting. And then we're joined by medical malpractice attorney John Dalli, who is a member of several state task forces on Covid-19 and elder care, to learn more about the latest charges of corruption in Albany.

GUESTS:

Ron Kim (@rontkim) Member (D), New York State Assembly, 40th District (Queens)
John Dalli (@jdalliesq) Member, New York State Bar Association Nursing Home Covid-19 Task Force; founding member, Dalli & Marino, LLP

HOSTS:

Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News

RESOURCES:

"N.Y. Assemblyman: Lawmakers are 'inching toward' Cuomo impeachment probe" by Michael Isikoff, Yahoo News (Feb. 19, 2021)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's press conference for Friday, Feb. 19, The Daily Gazette
"New York assemblymember: Cuomo 'berated me,' asked me to lie about alleged cover-up" by Daniel Payne, Politico (Feb. 18, 2021)

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Packing a Punch Feb 19, 2021

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Mike and Dan sit down with Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer, the founders of Punchbowl News and the co-hosts of the news podcast The Daily Punch. They talk about Ted Cruz's misbegotten Mexico adventure, the chilly Trump/McConnell relationship, the proposed 9/11-style commission to investigate the Capitol attack, and more.

GUESTS:

Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman), Founder, Punchbowl News
Anna Palmer (@apalmerdc), Founder/CEO, Punchbowl News

HOSTS:

Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News

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The 60 Minutes Tell-All Feb 16, 2021

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Mike and Dan are joined by Ira Rosen, a two-time Peabody Award-winning writer and former producer for CBS's 60 Minutes. He regales us with stories from his 40+ year career, including an insider perspective on Steve Bannon, Ghislaine Maxwell, mafioso Joe Bonanno, and, of course, Donald Trump. Ira also discusses the delicate process of cultivating sources, and the evolving mission of journalism in general.

GUEST:

Ira Rosen, former producer, 60 Minutes

HOSTS:

Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News

RESOURCES:

Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes by Ira Rosen (St. Martin's Press, 2021)
"The Week Trump Won" by David Brooks, New York Times (Oct. 26, 2017)
"The Opioid Epidemic: Who Is to Blame?" CBS, 60 Minutes

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Conway on the Constitution in Crisis Feb 14, 2021

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In the immediate aftermath of Trump's acquittal by the Senate, George T. Conway III joins Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman to discuss the impeachment trial, the attempted overthrow of constitutional democracy in America, the future legal battles for Donald Trump, and the unravelling of The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln), of which Conway was a co-founder.

GUEST:

George T. Conway III (@gtconway3d), Contributing Columnist, Washington Post

HOSTS:

Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News

RESOURCES:

Impeachment audio, C-SPAN
"Former president, private citizen, and perhaps, criminal defendant: Donald Trump's new reality" by George T. Conway III, Washington Post (Jan. 22, 2021)
"In Georgia, a New District Attorney Starts Circling Trump and His Allies" by Danny Hakim and Richard Fausset, New York Times (Feb. 13, 2021)
"The Predator in the Lincoln Project" by Miranda Green, New York Magazine (Feb. 12, 2021)
Full text of Donald Trump's statement on his second impeachment acquittal

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Impeachment: 2021 - Day Four: The View from Trump Country Feb 13, 2021

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Mike Isikoff and Dan Klaidman are again joined by Yahoo News reporter Jon Ward, as well as Gary Abernathy, a Trump apologist and occasional Washington Post columnist, to discuss the defense offered by Trump's legal team on Day 4 of his second impeachment trial. They discuss the political future of Trump — and of Trumpism — on the precipice of a possible second acquittal.

GUESTS:

Gary Abernathy (@AbernathyGary), Contributing Columnist, Washington Post
Jon Ward (@jonward11), Senior Political Correspondent, Yahoo News

HOSTS:

Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News

RESOURCES:

Impeachment audio, C-SPAN
"Trump lawyers dismiss context of Jan. 6 insurrection to claim Trump's innocence" by Jon Ward, Yahoo News (Feb. 12, 2021)
"You can disavow Trump without apologizing for his presidency" by Gary Abernathy, Washington Post (Feb. 2, 2021)
"Nikki Haley's Time for Choosing" by Tim Alberta, Politico

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Impeachment: 2021 - Day Three: Absurdities and Atrocities Feb 12, 2021

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Mike Isikoff and Dan Klaidman are joined by Yahoo News reporter Jon Ward and legal analyst and law professor Kim Wehle to discuss the culmination of the presentation by House managers on Day 3 of Trump's second impeachment trial. They examine the case from legal and political perspectives, looking ahead to the Trump defense, the endgame of the trial, and to the future of the Republican party.

GUESTS:

Kimberly Wehle (@kimwehle), Legal Analyst, Law Professor, and fmr. U.S. Attorney
Jon Ward (@jonward11), Senior Political Correspondent, Yahoo News

HOSTS:

Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News

RESOURCES:

Impeachment audio, C-SPAN
"Learning from their mistakes, Democrats close their 2nd case against Trump" by Jon Ward, Yahoo News (Feb. 11, 2021)

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Impeachment: 2021 - Day Two: "Is this America?" Feb 11, 2021

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Mike Isikoff and Dan Klaidman are joined by legal analysts Matthew Miller and Sol Wisenberg to discuss the presentation by House managers on Day 2 of Trump's second impeachment trial. They examine the impressive case made by the evidence, and discuss the possibilities that it will move a critical mass of Republican Senators toward a potential conviction.

GUESTS:

Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller), MSNBC Legal Analyst; Fmr. Dept. of Justice Director of the Office of Public Affairs
Sol Wisenberg (@WisenbergSol), Legal Analyst; Partner, Nelson Mullins

HOSTS:

Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News

RESOURCES:

Impeachment audio, C-SPAN

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Impeachment: 2021 - Day One Feb 10, 2021

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Legal analysts Norm Eisen and Robert Ray join Mike Isikoff and Dan Klaidman to unpack Day 1 of Trump's second impeachment trial in the Senate. Eisen was formerly counsel to the Democrats during Trump's first impeachment trial, while Ray was formerly on Trump's legal defense team.

GUESTS:

Norm Eisen (@NormEisen), Legal Analyst & Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Robert Ray, Legal Analyst & Partner, ZEK, LLP

HOSTS:

Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News

RESOURCES:

Impeachment audio, C-SPAN
Everett Dirksen, "Gallant Men"

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Q is in the House Feb 05, 2021

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Mike and Dan talk to Marley Clements, a documentary filmmaker whose three-part Vice series QAnon: The Search for Q (with Bayan Joonam) is an in-depth investigation into the origins, operations, and leadership structure of the QAnon movement. Before that, Yahoo News reporter Jon Ward joins to about the House vote to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene — no stranger to QAnon —of committee assignments.

GUESTS:

Jon Ward (@jonward11), Senior Political Correspondent, Yahoo News
Marley Clements, documentary filmmaker, Vice

HOSTS:

Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News

RESOURCES:

QAnon: The Search for Q, Vice on TV
"Dark to Light with Frank and Beanz", episode with Patrick Byrne (Dec. 21, 2020)
"How three conspiracy theorists took 'Q' and sparked QAnon" by Brandy Zadrozny and Ben Collins, NBC News (Aug. 2018)
Mike Flynn's "army of digital soldiers" speech (Nov. 12, 2016)
"A Game Designer's Analysis of QAnon" by Reed Berkowitz (Sep. 2020)

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Can an ex-President be Impeached? Feb 02, 2021

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Constitutional law scholars Steve Vladeck and Philip Bobbitt join Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman for a lively and extremely relevant debate on whether or not the U.S. Constitution allows for the impeachment trial of an ex-President.

GUESTS:

Philip Bobbitt, Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence, Columbia Law School
Stephen Vladeck (@steve_vladeck), Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts, U. Texas at Austin School of Law

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