Rudy Giuliani will prove to be the crucial character who pushed Donald Trump towards impeachable offenses. But how did Giuliani go from “America’s Mayor” and icon of the moderate Republican establishment to…whatever he is now? There’s an answer, and it’s crucial to both the impeachment story and the broader approach Trump takes to running the White House. Preet Bharara joins me to give it.
In addition, Matt Yglesias and I discuss whether Democrats are wrapping their impeachment inquiry too early, and what it means that Lindsey Graham wants to turn the Senate trial into an investigation of Joe Biden.
And remember when Donald Trump promised to run the government like a business? I have a few thoughts on how a board of directors might look at this presidency.
Want to contact the show? Reach out at ezrakleinshow@vox.com
Credits:
Producer - Jeff Geld
Researcher - Roge Karma
Theme music composed by Jon Natchez
Special thanks to Liz Nelson
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A step past impeachment
Weeds 2020: The Bernie electability debate
Jill Lepore on what I get wrong
The impeachment trial convicted American politics
The McConnell effect
"Constitutional decay" in the US Senate
Impeachment and Iran
Impeachment in, and beyond, the Beltway
Mr. Feldman goes to Washington
How Andrew Johnson’s impeachment created the template for Trump’s
What’s wrong with the Republican Party?
With obstruction of justice for all
The biggest difference between Trump and Nixon is Fox News
A no-BS guide to how the House impeachment process really works
The Ukraine story is a Russia story
The four words that will decide impeachment
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