Brian Lehrer

Giuliani lawyered up. Today, a discussion with Lanny Davis, who ran President Clinton's impeachment war room, and represented Michael Cohen in his congressional testimony in February. 

Trump didn't get what he wanted out of the quid-pro-quo, and Ukraine ultimately got its military aid. So why overturn the last election, and taint the next one with impeachment? 

Tax returns. Flipped witnesses. Public transcripts. Elie Mystal, executive editor of Above the Law, runs through a full docket of impeachment headlines.

If the House votes to impeach, the 100 professional politicians in the Senate would have to act as an impartial jury. One of them isn't sure his colleagues will be able to. 

It's been a non-stop flurry of impeachment news, so today Katie Benner runs down the latest headlines, and answers some listener questions you've left on our voicemail.

Elizabeth Holtzman, former U.S. Congresswoman during the Nixon impeachment proceedings, recalls how bipartisan that process was compared to today's. 

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) says that if the House impeaches, Republicans won't be able to avoid a trial. Plus, Emily Bazelon and Jonathan Lemire on Vindman's trial and more. 

On Sunday, a stadium full of baseball fans chanted at the president, "Lock him up." Could a vocal grassroots protest campaign move the needle on impeachment, as it did on Obamacare?

U.S. scandals — involving Paul Manafort, Hunter Biden and now Donald Trump — keep popping up in Ukraine, the country at the heart of the impeachment probe. What's going on there?

Two impeachment-related cases at the SDNY courthouse yesterday: one on presidential immunity, the other on Giuliani's associates. The hosts of Trump, Inc. were there. They have stories. 

Why are these high stakes testimonies happening behind closed doors? Michael Isikoff, who's covered Congress for decades, says it's time to make them public. 

Was Trump's use of the word "lynching" in a tweet this morning racism, or historical ignorance? Can he really pretend not to know his ambassador? AP's Jonathan Lemire fact-checks. 

There's the legal side of impeachment, and the political side. Today, a spot-check on both with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick and POLITICO congressional reporter Kyle Cheney.

Yesterday, Mick Mulvaney told reporters that quid pro quo "happens all the time," before backtracking hours later. Plus, a recap of the revelations from the past week.

Hillary Clinton tells Brian that Trump's impulsive withdrawal of American troops from Syria is an additional reason for impeachment. 

New York Times Justice Department reporter Katie Benner discusses the latest impeachment headlines, including the Administration's stonewalling of the House inquiry.

Why a State Dept. Ukraine expert says Trump sidelined him. 

On today's show, Brian spoke with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, and a member of the Judiciary Committee, which will play a critical role in the inquiry.