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With us for cross talk next here on our team to national. Oh in welcome across talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle well its finally begun the impeachment of donald j. Trump the president and his supporters say the process is nothing more than a political witch the democrats and the liberal Corporate Media say trump is a National Security threat and must be removed but in the end it would seem democracy itself is being impeached. Talking impeachment im joined by my guest rina sean. Washington shes a former g. O. P. Strategist as well as cofounder of womens Public Leadership Network also in washington we have leak he is a g. O. P. Strategist and in monterey we crossed to Spencer Critchley he is a former Communications Advisor to obama for america 20082012 as well as managing partner of the Communications Consulting firm boot road group all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate im only going to go to you 1st in wa
Very well now can see you watching us and see us. You. Know my. Name because it was a bit. More about. What we were doing the same. Scene that im going to him but im before. Him but. You know now im a body im not obama. Oh and welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle well its finally begun the impeachment of donald j. Trump the president and his supporters say the process is nothing more than a political witch the democrats and the liberal Corporate Media say trump is a National Security threat and must be removed but in the end it would seem to mock or see itself as being impeached. Across talking impeachment im joined by my guest on washington shes a former g. O. P. Strategist as well as cofounder of womens Public Leadership Network also in washington we have. He is a g. O. P. Strategist and in monterey we crossed to Spencer Critchley he is a former Communications Advisor to obama for america 20082012 as well as managing partner of the communications consulti
Thank you all very much. Mr. Horowitz thank you very much. Mr. Horowitz, thank you. I appreciate what you have done. Do you have your team with you . Would it be ok if they raised their hands . If they are ok with it, im ok with it. Thank you all. You have labored hard and your work product is impressive. I just want to thank you all for what you have done for the country. Mr. Horowitz, i am dying to hear from you. I will take a little bit longer to try to lay out what i think is before us as a nation to crossfire hurricane was probably the best name ever given to an investigation in the history of investigations, because that is what we wound up with, crossfire hurricane. There has been a lot of media reports about your report before it was issued. And i remember reading all these headlines lawful investigation with a few irregularities. Everything ok, lowlevel people kind of got off track. If that is what you get out of this report, you clearly didnt read it. If that is your take awa
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