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38 days into this thing, might as well make it official! The Democrat-controlled House votes to officially launch an impeachment inquiry. Also, what the hell is Crowdstrike, and how did it get into the president’s brain and into our lives?

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There are a LOT of names flying around, many of them Ukrainian. Today, we focus in on two key figures: Viktor Shokin and Yuriy Lutsenko. Both are former top prosecutors in Ukraine, and both key players in the impeachment saga.

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We reenact and dive deep on the call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Zelensky, so we can explain what all the fuss is about. Also, House Republicans won't go after a decorated veteran who flagged Trump's call with Ukraine, even if Fox News will.

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Thanks a lot, Founding Fathers. We could’ve used some clarity about this impeachment thing. What do we mean when we ask, “is the president going to get impeached?” We had politics editor Sarah Mimms on to go over what impeachment entails, and what we’re actually doing here.

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If you had the Ukrainian president on your list of reasons why Trump might get impeached, congrats, you're a wizard. The rest of us didn't see this coming. Who is Voldymyr Zelensky, and is he in over his head? We talk to Chris Miller, who's reporting from Kyiv.

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Senate Republicans want to condemn the impeachment inquiry, because of course they do. Hayes sits down with Katherine Miller to talk about Hunter Biden, the large adult son at the heart of this mess. Why is he in the news? Why does he keep coming up? It’s Impeachment Today.

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First, let's piece everything together: what do we know for sure? How did a July call between Trump and Ukraine's president snowball into a full-blown impeachment inquiry?

Then, the question of the day: has Rudy Giuliani always been this shady? Our editor-in-chief Ben Smith is here to talk about Giuliani's road to the middle of this mess.

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We get it — it’s easy to get lost in the impeachment circus, because every day brings a whole bunch of headlines. But listen — this whole thing is a big deal (really). We’re living through history here, and the stories matter a lot. 

In Impeachment Today, Hayes Brown takes 10-15 minutes to talk you through what you need to know and why the stakes are so high.

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