Weekly Roundup: Friday, January 17
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President Trump has announced his legal team for the Senate impeachment trial—and it includes ghosts of impeachment past. And a non-partisan government watchdog says Trump broke the law by withholding aid money to Ukraine that had been appropriated by Congress. Also, one tortoise gets too much credit for reviving his species. This episode: White House correspondents Tamara Keith, Ayesha Rascoe, and Franco Ordoñez, Justice Department correspondent Ryan Lucas, and Senior Political Editor and Correspondent Domenico Montanaro. Connect: Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here. Email the show at [email protected]. Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group. Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter. Find and support your local public radio station.
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