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Impeachment's policy roots

2019-11-26

Andrew Prokop joins Dara and Matt to discuss the long shadow of Viktor Yanukovitch's downfall.

What to read:

"Top U.S. official visits protesters in Kiev as Obama admin. ups pressure on Ukraine president Yanukovich" NYT

"Paul Manafort has now been sentenced to a combined 7.5 years in prison" by Andrew Prokop, Vox

"Former CIA Director: We worried arming Ukraine would hand technology to Russian spies" by Ken Dilanian, NBC News

""Hillary is the worst option": How Moscow sees American politics" by Max Fisher, Vox

Hosts:

Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox

Andrew Prokop (@awprokop), Senior Politics Correspondent, Vox

Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublica

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