these systems and trained staff to protect themselves against hacking. they have also been misleading about how many fake accounts and bots are on the platform, that s an attempt elon musk has used to try to get out of a deal with the company. there will be suspicions about the timing of this. are you guys carrying water for elon musk? absolutely not. we have been following the news like everyone else, but that has nothing to do with his decisions. he said he was fired by twitter in january of this year after he tried to raise the alarm internally. this is not any kind of personal issue for him. he was eventually fired in january of this year. but he hasn t given up on trying to do that job. in response to the allegations, twitter told cnn security and privacy had long been a priority at twitter. as for zacho, they said he, quote, was fired from his senior executive role at twitter more than six months ago for poor performance and leadership. he now appears to be op
today, with just 11 weeks until the november midterm elections. one of the most closely watched races today is a contest pitting two powerful house democrats, jerry nadler and house oversight chair carolyn maloney along with progressive challenger suraj patel, against one another. let s discuss with our panel. gloria, let me start with you. this is getting it s very unusual, first, it s strange to have two incumbent powerful democrats put against each other. usually, the forces that be will protect them. but cnn reports that congressman maloney is privately telling people congressman nadler is half dead. nadler allies, not nadler, but allies are reportedly calling maloney kooky and not entirely sober. nadler s considered the favorite. he secured the endorsement of chuck schumer and new york, what is very important, the editorial board of the new york times,
hearings are open or closed. you just had a federal judge this last week say it doesn t matter whether there has been approval by the full house floor or not. the house has the power to impeach and they can do it as however they see fit. and so it is interesting. the process is different. jerry nadler at the end will be very important. the articles of impeachment have to be written by the house judiciary committee. nancy pelosi clearly made a decision that she wanted adam schiff and the house intelligence committee running this operation. when we get these must-see public hearings which will be a big deal when they finally happen sometime in november it will be schiff and his committee that handles this, not nadler and his committee. one reason i think is the intelligence committee is smaller, it tends to be a little bit less partisan, you get a lot of people on the extremes in the judiciary committee. and i think she just thinks it
still with us we ve asked our print colleagues philip rucker and katie benner to hang around for one more round of questioning. phil, let s talk about the democrats in the house. every minute we re watching and listening to schiff, not nadler who happens to chair the judiciary committee. famously when that committee had their moment of moral high ground snubbed by the attorney general they answered with an empty chair for emphasis and a bucket of chicken, which kind of ruined the moment. do you think there is some strategy behind pelosi s assignment? there seems to be, brian. part of the reason for the assignment is that this issue of the ukraine call and the whistle-blower complaint seems to fall squarely in the lap of the house intelligence committee so it is only natural therefore that chairman schiff would be taking the lead on this. but i think pelosi is also expressing real confidence in
take it up. still with us we ve asked our print colleagues philip rucker and katie benner to hang around for one more round of questioning. phil, let s talk about the democrats in the house. every minute we re watching and listening to schiff, not nadler who happens to chair the judiciary committee. famously when that committee had their moment of moral high ground snubbed by the attorney general they answered with an empty chair for emphasis and a bucket of chicken, which kind of ruined the moment. do you think there is some strategy behind pelosi s assignment? there seems to be, brian. part of the reason for the assignment is that this issue of the ukraine call and the whistle-blower complaint seems to fall squarely in the lap of the house intelligence committee so it is only natural therefore that chairman schiff would be taking the lead on this.